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WORLD, Page 39World NotesTHE GERMANYSFuller Speed Ahead
As the two Germanys hurtle toward unification, politicians
worry about how soon it should happen and who will be the
leader of the new nation. Last week Chancellor Helmut Kohl
urged even speedier progress, hoping to give his Christian
Democratic Party -- and Kohl -- an edge. His allies proposed
advancing the date for all-German elections to Dec. 2, 1990.
West Germans realize that unity could cost up to $100
billion, and East Germans are apprehensive about massive
unemployment. Kohl wants the election to take place before
Germans sour on the idea -- or him. "Act soon," Kohl said his
advisers told him. Added Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich
Genscher: "History does not repeat its offers."