In the United States, the film actor Ronald Reagan, from 1967 to 1975 Governor of California, wins the presidential election for the Republicans over Democrat Jimmy Carter.
9-19 November
1980
"Decade of Peace" of Protestant youth in the GDR, which takes place decentrally under the motto "Make peace without weapons".
11 November
1980
Start of the second CSCE follow-up meeting in Madrid.
12 November
1980
A memorandum by the SED Politburo member Werner Krolikowski, probably meant for Soviet diplomatic channels, states that Central Committee economics secretary Günter Mittag is willing "to help out EH [Author’s note: Erich Honecker] in any dirty business. (…)
EH and GM [Author’s note: Günter Mittag] have the same attitude to their own party, to the working class and to the people – they made common cause with one another in the big price swindle in autumn and in fact to this day. (…) The GDR is already up to its neck in debt to the NSW [Non-Socialist Economic Territory]! EH concealed the call by L.I. Brezhnev in the Crimea to remove GM from this position from the PB (…). EH and GM have a considerable foreign currency account with Schalck – several billion VM – for which they do not account to anyone, not even the PB. This is the worst kind of arrogant abuse. (…) These are criminal actions whose extent must be examined more closely."
Memorandum by Werner Krolikowski on a discussion between Willi Stoph and Erich Mielke on 13 November 1980 (in German)less
15 November
1980
Representatives of the "Greens", the DKP (German Communist Party), church and union groups and members of the SPD issue the "Krefeld Appeal", in which the West German government is called upon to withdraw its agreement to allow the stationing of American medium-range missiles.more
24 November
1980
A strictly confidential report by the State Security on the economic situation of the GDR concludes that decisive measures are needed to overcome the crisis.more
