Press conference by Minister of State at the Chancellery, Philipp Jenninger. He announces that the Deutsche Bank has granted the GDR a new loan to the tune of 950 million DM via its subsidy in Luxembourg, which the West German government has again guaranteed.more
Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. All Eastern Bloc countries with the exception of Romania refuse to take part.
The boycott is a reaction to the previous games in Moscow, in which Western states refused to participate in protest at the invasion of Afghanistan by Soviet troops.less