Stepanov-Mamaladze Diary February 13 1990 The secret matinee of Baker-Shevardnadze The American proposed the formula two four with a meeting after November 18 which means after the GDR election and mentioned a term to discuss the external aspects of German unification E A Shevarnadze E A does not like both It needs some thinking Meanwhile Moscow agrees to the numbers proposed by the Americans and we inform Baker about it Now we need to coordinate the formula with the partners But the conference continues and the Open Sky is still closed by the storm cloud of Germany Genscher skillfully plays with words We are pursuing the task of creating a European Germany not Germanic Europe Thomas Mann It is very difficult to imagine a united Europe with a divided Germany as it is impossible to imagine a divided Europe with a united Germany The speech had a very strong literary aspect but the philological aspect took the lead at the meeting of Genscher and E A - We do not like the definition unification of Germany said E A - as if everything was already predetermined - We have a TASS statement on Kohl's meeting with Gorbachev Genscher retorts - where they spoke about the unification - It was said about unity about the process of building Germanic unity and these are different things We argued for two hours tried to taste and touch the words compared the translations E A skillfully played the role of the slowcoach torn by doubts Genscher was nervous - I am in a stupid situation - said E A - We are discussing Open Sky but my colleagues are talking about the unification of Germany as if it was a fact - Could you agree with the proposed text of the joint statement if we removed the date of November 18 - This is a very important question I need to consult - It is hard for me to argue with you Use the advantage of all your influence as you did in conversation with me Then immediately there was a conversation with an old dandy Skubiszewski The result an addition - we will include security issues of the neighboring states - appeared in the formula Subsequently the Dutch representative van den Broek vehemently protested against it but Palazhchenko suggested removing the definite article the and everything calmed down O Grinevsky called the formula 2 4 and determination of the number of our troops in the Center Europe as two floats of our German policy During the day active games were taking place between all of them E A met with Baker five times twice with Genscher talked with Fischer Duma and the ministers of the ATS countries As a result the text of the statement took the following form The Foreign Ministers of the USSR the United States Britain France the GDR and the FRG met in Ottawa They agreed that the ministers of the GDR and the FRG would meet with the ministers of the USSR the US Britain and France to discuss the external aspects of building German unity including the security issues of neighboring states And - the text of the second float They consider an agreement on the reduction of Soviet and US troops outside their national territories in Central Europe to the level of 195 thousand as the greatest achievement of this meeting At the same time the parties took into account the statement of the US President that US troops in the Europe will not exceed 225 thousand Source Hoover Institute Archive Stepanov-Mamaladze Collection Translated by Ivan Smakhtin                     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