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Germany conditional on its neutralization and disarmament, and Khrushchev shortly before his downfall in 1964 was dropping hints to Bonn of a possible deal. For the time being, however, the Soviet commitment to East Germany appears firm. A reversion by Moscow to a strategy of a united, neutralized Germany would at this stage seem only a remote possibility. Equally remote is the chance that the Soviets would soon allow the final view, the lot of East Germany depends on how well it, with Soviet backing, can meet the challenge of West Germany.

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