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DATE: FRIDAY, March 9, 1990                   TAG: 9003092375
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A/2   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: EAST BERLIN                                LENGTH: Short

GERMAN UNIFICATION TALKS BEGIN

The two Germanys today began preliminary unification talks, preparing for next week's meeting with the four World War II allies on German unity.

Today's discussions are part of the so-called "two-plus-four" formula of unification negotiations agreed to in Ottawa last month. Under that formula the two German nations are to discuss the domestic aspects of unification.

On Wednesday in Bonn, the two Germanys are scheduled to meet with low-level officials from the four World War II victors - the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain and France - for initial talks on how unification would affect European security and the concerns of other nations.

- Associated Press 


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