Günter Schabowski
Schabovsky, Günther
member of the SEDSozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (Socialist Unity Party of Germany) Politburo and spokesman of the GDRGerman Democratic Republic government 1989.
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- 8.11.1989Telegram from the Dutch Ambassador in East Berlin, Egbert Jacobs, to the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hans van den BroekObservations on the political situation and internal developments in the GDR in the days prior to the opening of the Wall.
- 10.11.1989Telegram from the Polish Ambassador in East Berlin, Janusz Obodowski, to the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Krzysztof SkubiszewskiReport on the fall of the Berlin Wall and mass crossings by East German citizens into West Berlin.
- 10.11.1989Telegram from the British Commandant in Berlin, Robert Corbett, to the British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Douglas HurdDescription of a “historic night” of free travel between East and West Berlin.
- 14.11.1989Telegram from the Dutch Ambassador in Bonn, Jan van der Tas, to the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hans van den BroekReport on the events that unfolded on and after 9.11.1989. Van der Tas is critical of the "false note", the claim for reunification, brought into the festivities by FRG Chancellor Kohl.
- 15.11.1989Telegram from the Canadian Ambassador in Bonn, Thomas W. Delworth, to the Canadian Department of External AffairsObservations on the mood in East Berlin in the immediate aftermath of the opening of the Berlin Wall.