World IN BRIEF : GERMANY : Bonn to Speed Aid to Its Eastern States
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s government announced an immediate $3.4 billion in aid to the former East Germany, and Economics Minister Juergen Moellemann outlined a $7-billion plan to help the five eastern German states. Kohl called on industry and society to join forces to support those states, where 2.6 million workers are jobless or underemployed.
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