The World - News from Nov. 11, 1985
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West Germany will not sign a treaty formally joining the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative but may participate in the “Star Wars” program through a memorandum or exchange of letters, government spokesman Friedhelm Ost said in Bonn. The West German newspaper Bild reported that Chancellor Helmut Kohl has agreed to take part in the research phase of the space-based missile defense system. It said Bonn has reservations about a treaty because of possible harm to East Bloc relations.
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