The World - News from June 30, 1987
French Premier Jacques Chirac praised Chancellor Helmut Kohl for proposing a French-West German fighting unit, calling it an important step toward unifying Europe, a Bonn newspaper said. But Chirac said his government intends to retain exclusive control over its nuclear missiles, the paper, Die Welt, reported. On June 19, Kohl proposed a French-West German army brigade as a way of boosting military cooperation between the two countries, which fought each other in two world wars. He said the command of such a brigade could rotate between French and West German officers.
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