Cold War: The Western <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany" id="mwvg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Allied-occupied Germany">occupying</a> powers approve the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Law_for_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany" id="mwvw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany">Basic Law</a> and establish a new German state, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germany" id="mwwA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="West Germany">Federal Republic of Germany</a>.<sup about="#mwt50" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_23#cite_note-8" id="mwwQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwwg">[8]</span></a></sup>
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