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- WORLD, Page 43All in a Day's Work
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- East Germany's first freely elected parliament got down to
- business last week after approving a new noncommunist coalition
- government. In the space of six hours the legislators:
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- -- Apologized to the world's Jews for the Holocaust,
- promised them reparations and resolved to seek diplomatic
- relations with Israel.
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- -- Recognized the legitimacy of Poland's postwar borders.
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- -- Expressed remorse for East Germany's role in the
- Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
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- -- Endorsed the rapid unification of the two Germanys.
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- -- Agreed that a united Germany should be a member of NATO
- until a new European security system evolves.
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- -- Elected Lothar de Maiziere, the Christian Democratic
- leader, as Prime Minister.
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- The speedy pace was understandable, since the parliament
- will dissolve after the Germanys are merged. "There is an inner
- tension in playing the role of liquidator," said De Maiziere.
- "One of the psychological challenges I face is to take
- responsibility for an office which will become superfluous."
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