The World : 2 Germanys’ Leaders Meet
The leaders of the two Germanys, forced by East-West tensions to cancel a meeting last fall, conferred for more than two hours in Moscow, where they were to attend today’s funeral of Soviet President Konstantin U. Chernenko, West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and East German leader Erich Honecker, in a joint statement after their meeting in a guest house, pledged to work for better bilateral relations and said the new Geneva arms talks could bring smoother relations between East and West.
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