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<i>Tough debates in Bonn.</i>

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<i>Federal Chancellor Brandt demanded</i>
<i>negotiations with the GDR</i>

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<i>in his report</i>
<i>on the state of the nation.</i>

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<i>CDU and CSU are against it.</i>

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<i>They fear it will lead to</i>
<i>international recognition.</i>

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The length and difficulty of this road

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must not prevent us

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from reaching a regulated coexistence

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between the two states of Germany

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in this phase of history,

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if it is possible.

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There must, there can,

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and there will be negotiations

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between Bonn and East Berlin.

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Especially when you proceed
from the idea of two German states

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that are not foreign countries to us,

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you should build
this protective barrier.

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Otherwise one day

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you will have to
face the fact that the GDR

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is recognized
by other states of the world.

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And that they, to the GDR

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make the claim,
"You are not a foreign country",

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"so we must negotiate
special relations",

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and that the GDR disdainfully
closes the door in your face.

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That will complete the pile of shards.

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But I consider it irrational

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if you assume

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that politics in the Soviet bloc

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and politics in the socialist camp

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show a multitude of cracks.

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And that you give Ulbricht
the role of the lonely trumpeter

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who, to Moscow's displeasure,

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and to the annoyance
of other members of the camp

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must finally be roped in
by our negotiation tactics.

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The political order in the GDR

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is not in line
with our views as free democrats.

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But regardless of the fact

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that it is not in line with our views,

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we believe that the relationship

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between the FRG

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and the GDR
must be contractually regulated.

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So that
they do not drift further apart.