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Re:Fall of the Berlin Wall on Usenet (1989.) by dantyti on Monday May 15, 2023 @03:27AM (#35944814)
some bold claims here, could you please link your sources/documents?

> sought to withdraw completely from Germany, if it became a neutral country like Switzerland or Austria

this bargain didn't work out too well for Czechoslovakia.

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Re:Fall of the Berlin Wall on Usenet (1989.) by Wildgoose on Monday May 15, 2023 @06:25AM (#35945997)
To be fair, Czechoslovakia was part of the Warsaw Pact. The USSR withdrew from Austria in return for Austria becoming a neutral country. I presume the commenter is suggesting that the same approach would have worked for Germany.
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