Soviet natural gas starts being delivered to West Germany.
2 October
1973
The SED Central Committee agrees on an ambitious programme of residential housing construction. By 1990, 2.8 to 3 million apartments are to be built or modernised in order to remove the "problem of housing as a social issue".
3 October
1973
Willi Stoph becomes chairman of the GDR Council of State; Horst Sindermann becomes chairman of the GDR Council of Ministers.
6 October
1973
Israel is attacked by Egypt and Syria on Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). A resolution by the UN Security Council of 22 October leads to a ceasefire.
30 October
1973
MBFR negotiations are launched in Vienna between twelve NATO and seven Warsaw Pact countries.
