Auferstanden aus Ruinen: An East German Timeline

Modrow: GDR Enters "New Dawn" as Treaty Signed Amid Festivities

March 27th, 1986

West Berlin (AP)-- Months of negotiation and politicking, sometimes contentious, came to fruition this afternoon as the Bonn-Berlin Treaty was signed after a day of festivities in East Germany.

West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl arrived in East Berlin late last night, being received by East German leader Hans Modrow and a military band on the tarmac of Schonefeld Airport in East Berlin. Tours to factories around Berlin and a changing of the guard at the Neue Wache were on the itinerary for the morning, followed by lunch and a concert from the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra.

The signing, which occurred at exactly 2 PM, was televised by both East and West German networks, as well as representatives from the BBC, NBC, CBS, Reuters and the Associated Press, among others. Both leaders took time after to address the media, with Modrow hailing the accord as a new era in East Germany and in inter-German relations.

"We have truly entered a new dawn," Modrow said. "A new era of prosperity has descended upon our Democratic Republic, and a new sun of friendship shines over Germany."

Kohl echoed the sentiments, saying that the conclusion of the treaty proved that "whatever our differences, Germans both East and West can work together for the good of one another."

"While our differences are many," Kohl said, "our spirit as Germans is one, and we will never spurn a call for assistance from our brothers and neighbors in the East." Kohl concluded his remarks by expressing hope that the aid will produce its desired effect in the East.

"Herr Modrow calls his economic plan 'Prosperity 91,'" Kohl said. "It is my hope, a hope shared with Herr Modrow, that with this aid, the German Democratic Republic can make that promise a reality."
 
Well hopefully Modrow can keep control, I can't help but thing a "reorganization" of the stasi will be necessary in the near-future.
 
Hey! Ran across this from somewhere else. Hopefully there will be an update sometime. :)

I like the TL, and it has shades of the "Gorbachev Mk II" to it, too. :p
 
I'm sad I missed this when it was still alive. While eventing people from thin air with a POD that occured in my lifetime does bother me a little bit, the idea of the DDR attempting a bit of "Ostnost" before its demise is pretty cool and I liked the direction you were taking. Any chance of a revival?
 
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