Independent peace groups demonstrate in East Berlin against nuclear weapons in East and West. The state law enforcement officers react in a fairly restrained manner in view of the upcoming visit by Honecker to West Germany.
7-11 September
1987
Party and state leader Erich Honecker visits West Germany and is received with all honours due to a head of state. It is the first visit by a GDR head of state to West Germany.more
US Vice President George Bush visits Poland, meeting with both state leader Jaruzelski and the leader of the banned union "Solidarity", Lech Walesa. The trip aims to improve ties between the two countries after sanctions have been relaxed.