UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No C06264304 Date 05 09 2017 RELEASE IN FULL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 BONN 03400 01 OF 03 0119092 ACTION EUR-00 INFO LOG-00 ADS-00 INR-05 SS-00 DODE-OO H-01 NSAE-OO SSO-OO HA-09 L-03 TRSE-OO PM-10 PA-01 OMB-01 ACDA-13 USIE-OO SP-02 SNP-01 PRS-01 P-02 T-01 0119182 I49 0 0121072 FEB 90 FM AMEMBASSY BONN TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3704 INFO CSCE COLLECTIVE FRG COLLECTIVE E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PREL CSCE GE SUBJECT GENSCHER OUTLINES HIS VISION OF A NEW EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE 1 U SUMMARY AND COMMENT IN A MAJOR POLICY ADDRESS DELIVERED ON JANUARY 31 GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER GENSCHER HAS OUTLINED HIS VISION OF A UNITED GERMANY AND ITS PLACE WITHIN A NEW EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE FOLLOWING FREE ELECTIONS IN THE GDR GENSCHER SEES EAST AND WEST GERMANY ESTABLISHING A TREATY FRAMEWORK FOR THE GROWING NETWORK OF INTRA-GERMAN CONTACTS ALREADY TAKING PLACE AT ALL LEVELS THIS GERMAN-GERMAN RAPPROCHEMENT WOULD OCCUR IN A EUROPEAN CONTEXT INCLUDING EVENTUALLY MEMBERSHIP OF A UNITED GERMANY IN BOTH NATO AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY GENSCHER WARNS HOWEVER THAT ANY ATTEMPT TO EXTEND MILITARY TO THE TERRITORY OF GDR WOULD BLOCK GERMAN UNITY IN HIS VISION OF EUROPE GENSCHER SEES THE ALLIANCES CONTINUING BUT ASSUMING MORE OF A POLITICAL THAN A MILITARY ROLE GENSCHER ALSO STRESSES THE NEED TO MAINTAIN NATO AS A FRAMEWORK FOR A CONTINUING - AND NECESSARY - U S PRESENCE IN EUROPE CONFIDENTIAL REVIEW AUTHORITY Robert Homme Senior CONFIDENTIAL Reviewer PAGE 02 BONN 03400 01 OF 03 0119092 2 U VISION OF THE FUTURE ARCHITECTURE OF EUROPE ALSO ACCORDS A LARGE PLACE TO THE CSCE PROCESS GENSCHER CALLS FOR A CSCE SUMMIT THIS YEAR TO SIGN CFE AND CSBM AGREEMENTS TO BE FOLLOWED WITHOUT PAUSE BY CFE II AND CSBM II CONSIDER ESTABLISHING A SERIES OF NEW EUROPEAN DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF EUROPE AND POSSIBLY OFFER A SETTING FOR A DECLARATION BY THE TWO GERMANIES GUARANTEEING THEIR BORDERS GENSCHER ENVISAGES THE CSCE PROCESS FORMING THE BASIS FOR A NEW UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 006264304 Date 05 09 2017 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2015-10829 Doc No 006264304 Date 05 09 2017 OF BETWEEN EAST AND WEST WHICH WILL BE INCREASINGLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING PEACE IN EUROPE 3 C WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE FOREIGN OFFICE THAT SPEECH MERITS OUR CLOSE ATTENTION OUR INITIAL READING IS THAT IT IS MOST AMBITIOUS ATTEMPT YET TO PUT TOGETHER THE IDEAS WHICH HE HAS BEEN FLOATING IN RECENT WEEKS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IS REAFFIRMATION OF HIS APPROACH TO SOLVING THE THORNY SECURITY PROBLEM POSED BY A UNITED GERMANY BY ADVOCATING A UNITED GERMANY IN NATO AND THE EC BUT WITHOUT NATO MILITARY STRUCTURES BEING EXTENDED TO GDR THE LARGE ROLE GENSCHER ASSIGNS TO THE CSCE PROCESS AS THE FRAMEWORK FOR POLITICAL SECURITY AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION IS ALSO ESPECIALLY STRIKING GENSCHER IMPLIES THAT IT IS THROUGH CSCE - RATHER THAN IN ANY SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EC - THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEW EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE THERE IS NO MENTION OF US - EUROPEAN PARTNERSHIP AND THE OLD IDEA OF US AND EUROPEAN HAS DISAPPEARED COMPLETELY THIS SUGGESTS THAT WHILE GENSCHER SEES AN IMPORTANT ROLE FOR THE UNITED STATES IN A FUTURE EUROPE HE EXPECTS MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS IN THE RELATIONSHIP END SUMMARY AND COMMENT CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 BONN 03400 01 OF 03 0119092 GERMAN UNITY FROM BELOW CREATES IRREVERSIBLE FACTS 4 U GENSCHER OPENS HIS SPEECH GIVEN TO AN ACADEMIC CONFERENCE IN TUZING ON JANUARY 31 BY POINTING OUT THAT ACCORDING TO THE BASIC LAW THE GOAL OF NATIONAL UNITY IS ONLY TO BE PURSUED WITHIN A EUROPEAN CONTEXT AND IN A PEACEFUL FASHION HE MAKES CLEAR THAT THE PROCESS OF A GROWING TOGETHER BETWEEN THE TWO GERMAN STATES EVER CLOSER CONNECTION AND COOPERATION BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS ON ALL IS ALREADY IN FULL SWING AND THIS FROM IS IRREVERSIBLE FRG-GDR TREATY ON HOW TO ACHIEVE GERMAN UNITY IN EUROPE 5 U GENSCHER NOTES THAT AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FREELY ELECTED GOVERNMENT IN THE GDR IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO CONCLUDE A TREATY BETWEEN THE FRG AND THE GDR TO PROVIDE THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE GERMAN-GERMAN UNIFICATION PROCESS THIS AGREEMENT SHOULD NOT HOWEVER PUT ON THE PROCESS NOR EVEN SPECIFY A TIMEFRAME WITH THE CONCLUSION OF SUCH A TREATY GERMAN-GERMAN RELATIONS WILL TAKE ON A NEW QUALITY UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2015-10829 Doc No 006264304 Date 05 09 2017 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2015-10829 Doc No C06264304 Date 05 09 2017 GENSCHER REITERATES HOWEVER THAT THIS WILL INVOLVE NOT ONLY GERMAN CONCERNS BUT HAS TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE STRUCTURE AND ARCHITECTURE TOUCHING ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FOUR POWERS AND THE EXISTING THEREFORE ADDS GENSCHER THE TWO GERMAN CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 BONN 03400 02 OF 03 0119102 ACTION INFO LOG-00 ADS-00 INR-05 SS-OO CIAE-OO DODE-OO NSCE-OO NSAE-OO SSO-OO HA-09 L-03 TRSE-OO OMB-01 INRE-OO ACDA-13 USIE-OO SP-02 SNP-01 PRS-OI P-02 053531 0119182 49 012107Z FEB 90 FM AMEMBASSY BONN TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3705 INFO CSCE COLLECTIVE FRG COLLECTIVE E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PREL CSCE GE GENSCHER OUTLINES HIS VISION OF A NEW EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE STATES ARE CALLED UPON TO NOT ONLY A GERMAN BUT ALSO A EUROPEAN ANSWER TO THEIR ASPIRATIONS TOWARDS NATIONAL DETERMINING PLACE IN A FUTURE EUROPE 6 U THAT IS AT STAKE HERE GENSCHER STATES IS THE PLACE OF THE GERMANS IN A FUTURE UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2015-10829 Doc No C06264304 Date 05 09 2017 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2015-10829 Doc No 006264304 Date 05 09 2017 HE EMPHASIZES THAT GERMANS LIKE ALL EUROPEANS WANT MORE NOT LESS SECURITY AND WHICH MEANS THAT THEY DO NOT WANT UNITY AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS THEREFORE THE FIRST QUESTION THE GERMANS HAVE TO ANSWER IS ABOUT THE EXTENT OF THE TERRITORY OF A FUTURE REUNITED GERMANY GENSCHER INSISTS THAT THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE UNEQUIVOCAL ANSWER TWO GERMAN STATES CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 BONN 03400 02 OF 03 0119102 INCLUDING BERLIN NOT MORE BUT ALSO NOT THIS REQUIRES A GUARANTEE OF THE BORDERS OF NEIGHBORS A STEP WHICH SHOULD BE TAKEN AS THE FIRST JOINT DECLARATION OF INTENT BY THE TWO FREELY ELECTED GERMAN PARLIAMENTS AND GOVERNMENTS GERMAN MEMBERSHIP IN EC AND NATO IRREVOCABLE 7 U MOVING TO THE NEXT QUESTION OF MEMBERSHIP IN THE EC AND NATO AFTER GERMAN REUNIFICATION GENSCHER EXPLAINS MEMBERSHIP IN THE EC IN THE CASE OF GERMAN UNITY IS IRREVOCABLE AND AS IS OUR WILL TO CONTINUE THE INTEGRATION PROCESS IN THE DIRECTION OF A POLITICAL UNION THE SAME APPLIES TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF A UNITED GERMANY IN THE WESTERN ALLIANCE WE DO NOT WANT A NEUTRAL REUNITED TERRITORY OF GDR NOT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE MILITARY STRUCTURE OF NATO B U ON THE OTHER HAND GENSCHER MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THE CHANGES IN EASTERN EUROPE AND THE GERMAN UNIFICATION PROCESS MUST NOT LEAD TO AN OF SOVIET SECURITY THEREFORE NATO SHOULD RULE OUT AN OF ITS TERRITORY TOWARDS THE EAST I E MOVING IT CLOSER TO THE SOVIET GENSCHER ADDS THAT OF INCLUDING THAT PART OF GERMANY WHICH CONSTITUTES GDR IN MILITARY STRUCTURES WOULD BLOCK THE GERMAN-GERMAN CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 BONN 03400 02 OF 03 0119102 THE FUTURE ROLE OF THE ALLIANCES UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 006264304 Date 05 09 2017 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2015-10829 Doc No C06264304 Date 05 09 2017 9 U ON THE FUTURE ROLE OF THE TWO ALLIANCES GENSCHER REMARKS THAT AS CONFRONTATION CHANGES TO COOPERATION THE ALLIANCES WILL BECOME ELEMENTS OF SECURITY FOR ALL OF EUROPE- WESTERN ALLIANCE WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST IN KEEPING WITH THE DESIRE OF ITS INCLUDES OUR CONTINUED MEMBERSHIP IN IN THIS CONNECTION GENSCHER POINTS OUT THAT THE US ROLE IN ENSURING SECURITY AND STABILITY IN EUROPE IS ON THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF THE WESTERN AND THAT THE UNITED STATES BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CSCE PROCESS SHARES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FUTURE OF EUROPE GENSCHER ALSO STRESSES HOWEVER THAT IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE ALLIANCES TO DEFINE THEIR ROLES MORE AND MORE IN POLITICAL TERMS GENSCER ALSO CALLED FOR A OF STABILITY BETWEEN EAST AND TO BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE CSCE PROCESS A CALL FOR RESOLUTE DISARMAMENT STEPS 10 U GENSCHER STRESSES THAT THE DISARMAMENT PROCESS MUST NOT LOSE STEP WITH POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS SAYING THAT RESOLUTE DISARMAMENT STEPS THERE WILL BE NO EUROPEAN AND NO GERMAN IT IS IMPORTANT GENSCHER STATES THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIRST PHASE OF THE VIENNA CFE AND CSBM NEGOTIATIONS TALKS ON A SECOND CFE AND CSBM AGREEMENT FOLLOW WITH THE START OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIRST CFE AGREEMENT THE WAY WILL BE OPEN TO NEGOTATIONS ON SNF CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 BONN 03400 02 OF 03 0119102 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2015-10829 Doc No 006264304 Date 05 09 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2015-10829 Doc No 006264304 Date 05 09 2017 CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 BONN 03400 03 OF 03 0119102 ACTION EUR-00 INFO LOG-00 ADS-00 INR-05 SS-OO CIAE-OO DODE-OO H-01 NSCE-OO NSAE-OO SSO-00 L-03 TRSE-OO PM-10 PA-01 OMB-01 INRE-OO ACDA-13 USIE-OO SP-02 SNP-01 P-02 T-01 0119182 I49 0 0121072 FEB 90 FM AMEMBASSY BONN TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3706 INFO CSCE COLLECTIVE FRG COLLECTIVE E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PREL CSCE GE SUBJECT GENSCHER OUTLINES HIS VISION OF A NEW EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE NUCLEAR ARTILLERY MUST ALSO BE INCLUDED IN ARMS CONTROL IN ORDER TO MAKE 1990 THE YEAR OF DISARMAMENT GENSCHER CALLS FOR THE FIRST AGREEMENTS ON CFE AND CSBM THIS YEAR A WORLDWIDE BAN ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND A FIFTY-PERCENT UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2015-10829 Doc No 006264304 Date 05 09 2017 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No C06264304 Date 05 09 2017 REDUCTION IN STRATEGIC NUCLEAR ARMS A CSCE SUMMIT AS THE STARTING POINT FOR A NEW CHAPTER IN EUROPEAN HISTORY 11 U GENSCHER SUPPORTS THE IDEA OF A SPECIAL CSCE SUMMIT CONFERENCE IN 1990 AS THE APPROPRIATE FORUM FOR THE SIGNING OF THE FIRST CFE AND CSBM AGREEMENTS SUCH A SUMMIT WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM ALL PREVIOUS CSCE AND IS TO BECOME THE POINT FOR A NEW CHAPTER IN EUROPEAN GENSCHER REMINDS HIS CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 BONN 03400 03 OF 03 0119102 AUDIENCE THAT AT THIS CONFERENCE TWO DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GERMAN GOVERNMENTS WILL BE REPRESENTED WHICH WILL BE FAR ALONG ON REALIZING THEIR COMMON GOAL OF GERMAN UNITY IN THIS CONNECTION HE REFERS TO A SPECIAL EUROPEAN RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GERMANS I E OF BEING A FORCE FOR THE STRENGTHENING AND DEEPENING OF THE CSCE PROCESS THE EAST-WEST COOPERATION AND 12 U GENSCHER CALLS FOR THE CSCE SUMMIT TO ADDRESS THE FUTURE STRUCTURE OF EUROPE AND CITES CALL FOR A EUROPEAN CONFEDERATION AS AN AND CONSTRUCTIVE IN ADDITION THE SUMMIT SHOULD CONSIDER ESTABLISHING A SERIES OF EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING AN INSTITUTION TO COORDINATE EAST-WEST ECONOMIC A EUROPEAN HUMAN RIGHTS A CENTER FOR EUROPEAN A EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL THE EXPANDING OF EUREKA TO ALL OF EUROPE EUROPE-WIDE SPACE A EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS A EUROPEAN TRANSPORTATION A EUROPEAN VERIFICATION AND A EUROPEAN CONFLICT REDUCTION CENTER IN ADDITION THE SUMMIT ALSO COULD SET UP A COUNCIL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS OF THE CSCE COUNTRIES WHICH COULD MEET REGULARLY THROUGH STRENGTHENING THE CSCE PROCESS A OF STABILITY IS TO BE CREATED BOTH FOR THE FORESEEABLE AND UNFORESEEABLE DEVELOPMENTS IN GENSCHER EXPLAINS FYI FURTHER ON GERMAN THINKING ON CSCE FOLLOWS SEPTEL END FYI GERMAN UNITY ONLY WITHIN THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2015-10829 Doc No 006264304 Date 05 09 2017 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2015-10829 Doc No 006264304 Date 05 09 2017 PAGE 03 BONN 03400 03 OF 03 0119102 13 U GENSCHER CONCLUDES BY REITERATING THAT GERMAN UNITY CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED IN A EUROPEAN CONTEXT THE PROCESS OF GERMAN UNIFICATION AS DEFINED IN A ON GERMAN UNITY IN IS TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN SUCH A CSCE FRAMEWORK OF STABILITY SO THAT THERE WILL BE NO SHIFT IN THE RELATIONSHIP OF FORCES AND NO DESTABILIZATION IN EUROPE GENSCHER ADDS THAT THE GERMANS IN PURSUING THEIR GOAL OF NATIONAL UNITY ARE NOT FOLLOWING THEIR OWN SPECIAL PATH BUT ARE FULLY AWARE OF THEIR EUROPEAN RESPONSIBILITY AND WANT MORE THAN LIVING IN PEACE AND FREEDOM WITH ALL OF THEIR WALTERS CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2015-10829 Doc No 006264304 Date 05 09 2017                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu