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| 1970 | DDR | First automatic firing installations along the inner-German border. 850km of the 1 393km are mined during the year. |
| 19.03.1970 | DDR | Willi Stoph, Chairman of the DDR Council of Ministers, meets Chancellor Schmidt in Erfurt for first talks on relations between the two German states. |
| 21.05.1970 | DDR | Second talks between DDR PM Willi Stoph and Chancellor Brandt. |
| 12.08.1970 | DDR | Brandt in East Berlin. In Moscow he signs a treaty on the "Normalisation of Relations" with the Soviet Union (Renunciation of Violence Treaty), recognising all borders in Europe as inviolable. A letter is handed over by the Federal Government stating that this does not contradict the goal of working towards peace in Europe and "the German people regaining its unity in peaceful self-determination." |
| 18.11.1970 | DDR | Poland and FRG sign a treaty normalising relations. |
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17.12.1970 |
PL | Demonstrations and riots in Polish Baltic ports follow the announcement of renewed price rises. They are suppressed by riot police with army support, causing many deaths. |
| 19.12.1970 | PL | Edward Gierek succeeds Gomu³ka who is removed from the Central Committee. |
| 1971 | DDR | Brandt and Brezhnev in Crimea. |
| 03.05.1971 | DDR | Walter Ulbricht is succeeded by Erich Honecker as leader of the DDR. |
| 03.09.1971 | DDR | Four Powers Agreement on the status of Berlin. Signed in 1972 it governs: Access to Berlin, Entry to East Berlin (from West Berlin) and West Berlin's role and place in the FRG. |
| 30.09.1971 | DDR | Post and Telecommunications Agreement between the two Germanies. |
| 17.02.1971 | DDR | Transit agreement between the two Germanies is signed. |
| 26.05.1972 | DDR | First treaty between the two Germanies, on transport, is signed. |
| 22.12.1972 | DDR | Basis Treaty signed between the two German states. |
| 03.07.1973 | 35 nations commence the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, including the US, Canada, and all European states except Albania. | |
| 18.09.1973 | DDR | The Federal and Democratic Republics of Germany are accepted into the UN General Assembly. |
| 30.10.1973 | WTO | NATO and WTO begin talks in Vienna on the limitation of arms and forces in Central Europe. |
| 14.03.1974 | DDR | Signing of a protocol on the "Permanent Representations" in Bonn and East Berlin between the two Germanies. |
| 01.08.1975 | The 35 participating nations sign the Helsinki Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe. | |
| 12.1975 | PL | Intellectuals in Poland sign the "Declaration of the 59" on constitutional reform. |
| 08.12.1975 | PL | First Secretary Gierek, at the PZPR 7th Congress states the need to end the existing freeze on food prices. |
| 06.1976 | PL | A European youth rally organised in Warsaw by an unofficial committee issues a manifesto criticising the government for alleged violations of the CSCE Helsinki Final Act. |
| 23.06.1976 | PL | Tribuna Ludu condemns the Polish policy of subsidies which encourage neither profitability nor productivity. |
| 24.06.1976 | PL | In Poland, Prime Minister Piotr Jaroszewicz
announces proposed substantial increases in the prices of many foodstuffs,
between 30% and 50%. He cites increasing import prices for grain. He warns
that the existing five year plan will involve many difficulties of supply
and shortage of housing.
Immediate strikes occur in industrial centres, particularly Radom near Warsaw. |
| 25.06.1976 | PL | In Poland, a series of strikes is triggered
in Radom by the announcement of imminent price rises.
Radom workers initiate a protest march. Local Party representatives refuse to negotiate and party offices are torched. Élite troops are flown in and street battles ensue. Eye witnesses claim 17 deaths. The government cancels the proposed food price rises. |
| 29.06.1976 | PL | 11 of the signatories of the "Declaration of the 59" write to the Sejm to ask for "an expansion of democratic freedoms in order to prevent further popular explosions," and expressing their solidarity with protesters. |
| 20.07.1976 | PL | Kuroñ appeals to the Italian Communist Party to help defend "Polish workers abused in the press, radio and television and held under arrest." |
| 23.09.1976 | PL | The Committee for Workers' Defence (KOR) comes into existence in Poland. |
| 01.01.1977 | CS | The Charter '77, calling for the implementation of rights enshrined in the Helsinki Agreement, is signed by 242 people (only one Slovak) in Prague. |
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12.06.1979 |
PL | Millions of Poles welcome the new Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla of Krakow) on his first home visit as Pope. |
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