European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Or tory of sum Jamas a. Baker Iii convening feb. 13 above with the Novlet foreign my Nutter Eduarda. Shevardnadze during meetings in Wawa Canada that culminated in Accord on major Steps to help it Termine How a United Germany will lit into a Post cold War european order. In a major diplomatic Gamble West German foreign minister mow right with Shevardnadze and Baker flexed Bonn s muscle behind Tenet of the Ottawa conference Otna to and Warsaw pact ministers. At tight top to Bottom British foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd East German or flan my Nutter Oskar Fischer French foreign minister Roland Dumas. Re Star Tho d Laii Jii Tigi. I 11 n Piu j i Jui decided then Hull in they could get Shevardnadze to sign on to it now. They should do it events in Germany were moving Loo f is they reasoned and if they broke up in Ottawa without an Undi is Landing it would be Hal much Moro difficult later f rum i last. Baker drove Back to a Lull session re the open to As ministers milled around Llo e ii a walked Ovi to o a scrap of paper in his i and with s a. s Iran later standing them rarer Ria Frig Iron. F. v of Ritin i a d to to plus .,-,-.j 1,. Rin in he i in my. He Ard 1 Trici g Ilic -. Dizzying Speed German disunity other Loose ends it at tins Jun Luri. also Minimi a Fihaki i read to ept Bush son in la Lii of Oiler Baker Vas pleased hut taken Aback no one had really expected Gorbachev to come around so soon the soviet Leader was apparently playing from a much weaker hand than anyone thought Baier Wali de out of the Hall and telephoned president Bush with the Shevardnadze phoned president Gorbachev to get his reaction to the two plus Lour language meanwhile Tho Bush had been conducting ins Telephone diplomacy on let 13 speaking Kohl Bush knowing thai guns Char and Kohl political allies of necessity m Bonn s government coalition Pishke each other and often do not even Tell each other they Are doing decided that he had to personally make certain that Kohl approved of the to plus four Deal that Genscher was striking with Baker Kohl told the Bush Hal he willing and Tho president gave Baker his Green Light two hours later. and Oaker met again m a private conference room Shevardnadze said that Gorbachev supported the idea but Hal he needed some changes in the text first it could not mention the Archib East German elect on Dale or suggest thai this was the event thai would trigger the two plus four meeting this Vas done to to l by ins East German allies and to avoid treating unification or the dissolution of East Germany As a foregone conclusion sfie.-atdnad70 also insisted apparently on behalf of the poles that the statement contain a log Lor some changes m the Tot. Particularly Tor some reference not Only to me Security of states neighbouring Germany but also m the res of Europe the were cd in no Uncertain terms that this a Mailer Lor the Allied with Legal rights m Germany and nobody Eiso an administration official said that is the Deal Cut Vay told them and in you Don t like it i m sorry but of no Legal rights car 24,1990 the stars and stripes Page 15
