WORLD : Six-Nation German Talks Stall
Six-power talks on the international terms for German unification ended without full agreement today as Bonn and Moscow continued to argue over the financing of a Soviet troop withdrawal from East Germany.
Diplomats said the Western negotiators rejected a Soviet demand that the final document include a binding commitment to keep nuclear weapons off former East German territory.
They said the Kremlin wanted a ban on atomic weapons and nuclear-capable artillery included in the accord, due to be signed Wednesday in Moscow, three weeks before East and West Germany merge on Oct. 3.
After four days of talks among senior officials of the two Germanys and the World War II Allies--the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and France--East German sources said all were confident that their foreign ministers could resolve the open questions in Moscow.
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