Address given by Willy Brandt: the new Ostpolitik (Bonn, 10 May 1972)

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On 10 May 1972 in Bonn, at the parliamentary session in the Bundestag devoted to the debate on the ratification of the Treaties of Moscow and Warsaw, Willy Brandt, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), considers the political and historic impact of these Treaties and outlines the principles of Ostpolitik with the new prospects that it offers for the FRG’s relationship with the countries of Eastern Europe.

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Source: Bundesarchiv Koblenz, Potsdamer Straße 1, D-56075 Koblenz.
Bundeskanzler Brandt: Ansprache im Bundestag zu den Ostverträgen / Willy Brandt.- Bonn: 10.05.1972. Bundesarchiv, Koblenz. - SON (01:19:23, Fotomontage, Originalton).

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Address given by Willy Brandt (10 May 1972)