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<I>As so often, a dialog about</I> <br/> <I>the weather opens the conversation.</I>

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Thank you for the welcoming
and for bringing good weather.

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-No problem.
-Thank you.

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<I>A turning point for those</I>        <br/>        <I>with good intentions.</I>

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<I>They are watched</I> <br/> <I>with mistrust and suspicion</I>

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<I>by those who think</I> <br/> <I>time has stood still with them.</I>

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<I>For press photographers,</I> <br/> <I>a chance to take a picture</I>

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<I>that will circulate the world.</I>

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<I>The crowd that breaks through</I>        <br/>        <I>to see Willy Brandt</I>

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<I>is not an army of revolutionaries</I>        <br/>        <I>and traitors of the state.</I>

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<I>It is more that</I>        <br/>        <I>the name Willy Brandt</I>

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<I>comes with the hope for</I><br/> <I>a better co-operation in Germany.</I>

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Willy Brandt to the window!

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<I>The GDR places a set of demands</I>

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<I>on the conference table</I>        <br/>        <I>at Erfurter Hof,</I>

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<I>which can only be understood</I> <br/> <I>as maximal initial positions</I>

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<I>if the dialog is to have a future.</I>

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<I>"It will be a long, long road",</I> <br/> <I>Brandt concluded after the meeting.</I>

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<I>What do citizens</I><br/> <I>in Erfurt and Weimar think of this?</I>

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-What do you expect of 
Brandt's meeting with Stoph?

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- Nothing.

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I think that not much 
will come out of this first meeting.

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But it is good that the
two statesmen sit down together.

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Well, that the German
Democratic Republic is recognized.

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I think it's not useful.

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It's useful for the people to see

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what the opinions
of the two parties are, but...

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I don't see any success
and I don't expect anything.

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Well, I would say...

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it would be very nice
if once a unity could be reached.

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Not much. I don't think much
will come out of it.

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But I think interpersonal
relationships should be made easier.

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What do you mean by that?

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Well, it's been said often enough.
So don't ask me ...

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What concessions should 
both sides make?

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- Look, there are too many people here.
-Thank you.

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<I>The people's sympathies accompany</I> <br/> <I>Willy Brandt to Buchenwald.</I>

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<I>History allows the Chancellor</I>        <br/>        <I>to commemorate the victims</I>

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<I>of the concentration camp</I>        <br/>        <I>with his head held high.</I>

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<I>This moment</I>        <br/>        <I>becomes a deeply human experience,</I>

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<I>despite the ceremony</I>        <br/>        <I>with military honours.</I>

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<I>When Willi Stoph and Willy Brandt</I>        <br/>        <I>return to the station after 13 hours,</I>

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<I>everything that needed</I>        <br/>        <I>to be said today had been said.</I>

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<I>The result:</I>

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<I>A reunion on 21 May in Kassel.</I>