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| 1970, Feb. 6 |
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| Conclusion of a trade agreement between the Common Market and Yugoslavia, the first such agreement with an Eastern European country. | 1 |
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| March 26 |
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| First meeting of the delegates of the four great powers (U.S., Britain, France, and USSR) to canvas possible improvements in the West Berlin situation. | 2 |
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| April 11 |
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| Visit of Chancellor Willy Brandt to Washington, where he found approval for his program of Ostpolitik. | 3 |
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| May 27 |
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| The NATO council, meeting in Rome, called for discussions with the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact governments, looking to the reduction of forces in Central Europe. | 4 |
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| Aug. 12 |
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| West German chancellor Brandt in Moscow for the signing of a TREATY BETWEEN WEST GERMANY AND THE SOVIET UNION recognizing the inviolability of all postwar European boundaries, including specifically the Oder-Neisse line. The Soviet Union disclaimed opposition to the reunification of Germany, provided it could be achieved by peaceful means. West Germany reserved all its ties with the West, but agreed to develop economic, scientific, and cultural ties with the Soviet Union. Ratification of the treaty, which was seen as a possible milestone in East-West relations, was made conditional on successful conclusion of negotiations regarding the status of West Berlin. | 5 |
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| Oct. 19 |
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Romanian president Ceau escu, in his address to the UN General Assembly, reiterated his demand for the abolition of military blocs, the dismantling of bases on the territory of other nations, and the withdrawal of armed forces from foreign territories. | 6 |
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| Nov. 19 |
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| Members of the European Community adopted measures aimed at the coordination of their foreign policies. A newly created political committee was to hold monthly meetings. | 7 |
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| Dec. 1–4 |
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| The NATO council and defense ministers meeting in Brussels announced plans for the European members to contribute more than $1 billion during the ensuing five years to improve bases, forces, and weapons to counterbalance increases in the strength of the Warsaw Pact forces. The United States disclaimed any intention of reducing its own forces in Europe. In a concluding statement, the conference declared that even the first steps toward a European security conference depended on satisfactory improvements in the status of West Berlin, about which talks had been initiated in March. | 8 |
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| Dec. 7 |
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| Visit of West German chancellor Brandt to Warsaw for signature of a treaty with Poland (See Dec. 7). Both sides renounced the use of force for settling disputes, and West Germany conditionally recognized the Oder-Neisse line as the western frontier of Poland. In return Poland was to allow some 90,000 ethnic Germans to leave for Germany. This treaty, too, was to be ratified only after settlement of the problem of West Berlin. | 9 |
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