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To: Neocon who wrote (23800)	9/30/1999 3:00:00 PM
From: MNI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24894

You are correct about border conflicts, Germany had to renounce a position formally held for long time by Western Germany about the Oder-Neisse line. And that may have caused anxiety in Poland. However, due to the politics of Willy Brandt (and, in this case notably, Guenter Grass), this position had already been renounced around twenty years before, but the conservative party, which was then the opposition, had always twisted and turned those words to hold open a German option on Eastern lands. The German refugees from the Eastern countries were organized in clubs that acted as a fix support for the conservatives. Kohls insistance on playing around the screwed formal position had won him a critical margin in the 1983 election. So I can see well what you mean with anxiety, after all. Brandt's policy was opposed so much at his time, that he nearly lost a parliamentary vote similar to an impeachment over it. The contender, Mr. Rainer Barzel, was very surprised that he didn't win; it appears now that three or four conservative representatives took bribes over their vote for Brandt... however, nobody wishes the accompanying facts publicly discussed anymore. Regards MNI.