Radio Moscow broadcasts a speech by US President Ronald Reagan to the Soviet people in which he affirms his desire for further steps towards disarmament.
1 January
1987
In Beijing, some 1,000 demonstrators march from the university to Tiananmen Square in support of democracy and press freedom.
1 January
1987
West Germany takes a seat on the UN Security Council.
4 January
1987
At a national meeting of the CDU in Dortmund, West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl calls the GDR a "regime that keeps political prisoners in jails and concentration camps." The Permanent Representative of the GDR in West Germany lodges an official protest.
18 January
1987
West German public-service broadcasters ARD/ZDF and GDR television sign production and cooperation agreements.
25 January
1987
At elections for the 11th German Bundestag, the CDU/CSU receive 44.3% of votes, the SPD 37%, FDP 9.1% and the Greens 8.3 %.
28 January
1987
The SED’s central mouthpiece, "Neues Deutschland", publishes only excerpts from a speech by the Soviet party and state leader Mikhail Gorbachev on the "restructuring and cadre policies of the party". The passages in which Gorbachev expresses clear criticism of his predecessors in office are left out.
