>> what reaboved? what reaboved? >> the berlin wall, even as a border? can you foreclose that? >> i have talked about that. i think i gave an answer to this question at the beginning of my interview. >> do you consider what has happened so far in the last few weeks irrevisable and permanent? >> i think what is going on is irreversib irreversible. >> can you envision a reduction of soviet troops in your country and then envision that the warsaw pact and nato might be dismanteleled? >> as a result of this negotiations, which i hope will come to an agreement the course of next year, it's quite possible that some of the troops might be reduced and other countries, too, including western countries, which also are included in the talks and which also have their talk there is. >> ambassador, there have been contacts between the u.s. government and your government, either here or in berlin regarding the developments and what specifically would you like the u.s. government to do toward your country? >> what we have done is no secret and i told you that things have -- before these drasti