Despite the superpower chill, a Soviet satellite stays in touch with the West
If American missiles are deployed on West German soil the situation will change." When the late Soviet leader Yuri Andropov directed that warning at West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl last year, he left no doubt about what he meant. Ties between East and West Germany would inevitably deteriorate once the two countries had to view each other "through a thick palisade of missiles."
Relations between the two Germanys have changed, but not in the way that Andropov predicted. Only three...
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