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Talks in the Kremlin between Nikolai Ryzhkov, Politbureau Member of the CPSU Central Committee and Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers, Politbureau Member and Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee L.Zaikov, Candidate to the Politbureau and Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee N.Slyunkov, on one side, and party and government officials of the GDR, on the other. (KEYSTONE/SPUTNIK/Vyasheslav Runov)