European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                United Germany a Power to reckon with by Terrence Petty associated press a United Germany will have77 million people the two German Stales now have More than 500,000 soldiers within a new years the Economy of a single Germany could overshadow that of any other european Nalion is the world realty ready Lor one Germany friends and allies of East and West weal German firms such As Siemens could soon be a common sight in the East. ,. A .,-.or r i i a. .1 l  go or in the French  that p ,3 or Eurry of in unit Couke t g pc Oparil Rod  Faril is preoccupy o j  Geiman conservatives will demand  Clits territory Britain s prime minister Margaret Thatcher supports eventual German Unity but has recalled the nazi past by saying Poland and Britain have had experiences this Century that we Are determined should not happen  europeans Are greatly concerned about the economic Power a United Germany would eventually Wield said Dominique Moisi a French specialist in International politics. In the Short term there will be a slowdown of German initiative and Power As the West germans digest East Germany said Moisi of the Paris based French Institute for International relations but in five to 10 years economically we will be confronted with a very Strong  in land area alone a United Germany would be a sizeable presence. Combining East Germany with West Germany would result in a country of More than 137,600 Square Miles smaller than France but still a considerable expanse at Europe s heart. Merging East Germany with West Germany would add 16 million people to the West s population of 61 million unification is Apt to cause Many discomforts for germans increased Jol Cist ass and factory shutdowns i f in Ancl d  economic Burje r a c l go Rutlt is t or a Ray West Germany s  of  Germany will Cost billions Olf Cliss but they also say that because of West Germany s financial muscle it has Europe s mightiest Economy and East Germany s Industrial potential the transition May not last t of Long. West German companies like Volkswagen Are already launching plans to bring their technical know to to East Germany and the signs of g1 West German concerns like Siemens could soon be a common sight in the neighbouring land. Peter Pietsch an economist at West Germany s Commer Bank be there Are excellent possibilities for investment in East Germany once free Market economic conditions a established. Allies and friends of the two Germany have come to accept the inevitability of unification since the c other option would Likely be East Germany s collapse. But fears about a United German strength persist along with bitter memories of Adolf Hitler s third Reich. Poland s prime minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki on wednesday demand his country be included in the newly agreed talks on German unification which Are to include the two German and the four victorious world War ii allies the United states the Sovie Union. Britain and France. President Francois Mitterrand of France has thrown his support behin the four Powers have final say americana visiting East Berlin enter the City through checkpoint Charlie Ona o29 Border Crossings into the soviet controlled Section. Berlin was divided into four Allied sectors at the end of world War ii. Page 14 the stars and stripes associated press t he four valued Powers that Defeated nazi Germany in world War ii have maintained their rights As victors and 45 years later still have the final say on the reunification of the divided nation the announcement in Ottawa this week that the United states. Soviet Union Britain and France had agreed to a two stage plan for reunification provides the International framework to close the Long final chapter of the War. A peace treaty has never been signed Between the four Powers and Germany even though All four ended their state of War with the country during the 1950s. Differences Between the Western Powers and the soviet Union Over Germany led to some of the tenses episodes of the postwar Era. Such As the Western Airlift in 1948-49 that broke the soviet attempt to isolate West Berlin. In 1961, East Germany built the Berlin Wall which Only began to be dismantled last year around West Berlin to Stop the flow of East germans to the West. That exodus was threatening of deprive the communist state of some of its most skilled workers. At the end of world War ii. Britain the soviet Union and the United states agreed pending a peace settlement that some former German territories in the East would be taken Over by Poland and the soviet Union Many germans living there fled to the West East and West Germany joined in the 35-nation Helsinki accords of 1975 that specified european Borders could be changed Only peacefully and West Germany has signed separate treaties with the soviet Union and Poland that addressed the Border issues. But not All German political parties have renounced claims to the Eastern territories and any peace agreement would be expected to put the Issue to rest. The zones occupied by the victors after the War became the modern states of East and West Germany the Germany democratic Republic in the Eastern. Soviet zone and the Federal Republic of Germany in the it m 0 is b to p e w g Are a s b Trai re e s or g a saturday feb Ruai