In West Germany, the 10th World Cup takes place. Teams from the two German states meet in the first round.more
18 June
1974
SED General Secretary Erich Honecker meets CPSU leader Leonid Brezhnev for talks in the Kremlin in Moscow.
Without mincing words, the Soviet party leader gives free rein to his anger at the Romanian CP leader, Nicolae Ceaucescu, who Brezhnev says is obstructing the success of the European security conference. "Between us," he confides to Honecker, "the time will come when we will have to tell Ceaucescu the truth to his face. We will ask him: Where are you going? Either with us, or you’ll be playing a dangerous game."
Honecker tries to allay Brezhnev’s misgivings about over-generous concessions by the GDR to West Germany. He says that issues surrounding family reunions are being treated on a restrictive basis and that he is the sole person to take decisions on permits to leave the country. Moreover, he says, the GDR uses the pretext of family reunions to get rid of "many criminal elements" in West Germany. He adds that the GDR will also gradually reduce its payment obligations to West Germany.less
19 June
1974
The West German Bundestag decides that the Federal Environment Agency is to have its headquarters in West Berlin. The GDR protests because it sees this as a violation of the Four-Power Agreement.
