SED General Secretary Erich Honecker and the Bavarian Prime Minister Franz-Josef Strauss meet on the sidelines of the Leipzig autumn trade fair.
13 September - 2 October
1985
Correspondence between SED General Secretary Erich Honecker and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl in which both leaders speak out in favour of the abolition of chemical weapons.
18-20 September
1985
The SPD chairman Willy Brandt visits East Germany at the invitation of Erich Honecker.
RIAS report on the meeting between Willy Brandt and Erich Honecker in East Berlin, 20 September 1985 (in German) (Source: Archiv Deutschlandradio, Broadcast: Rundschau am Mittag, Moderator/Reporter: Norbert Wassmund, Dettmar Cramer)
