The Mikado
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« on: November 29, 2015, 12:05:26 AM » |
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« edited: November 29, 2015, 12:08:24 AM by The Mikado »
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I'm not sure how this proposal succeeds with both Ulbricht and Adenauer probably vehemently opposing reunification on these terms, even if Washington and Moscow agreed.
And yes, this offer was probably honest on the Soviets' part, at least during the short window it would've been possible (1952-54). Stalin and Beria viewed East Germany as a leech that was taking more resources than it could contribute and viewed a neutral, non-NATO aligned Germany (pushing NATO bases west of the Rhine or south of the Alps) to be a huge gain. Post-Khrushchev it was dead, dead, dead, though.
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