There are other difficulties. For example, the imbalance of wagons that Mukran is also facing: gondola cars with raw materials are coming from the USSR, and covered wagons with finished products are coming back. But this snag can also be eliminated. For example, make a bet on mixed-type ferries and switch to Lubeck for the supply of rolled steel, which occupies an important place in supplies from Germany to our country. This cargo fits well into gondola cars, which means it is also suitable for a railway ferry.

Perhaps Morflot specialists have different views on the ferry crossing and Lubeck as the West German pillar of the future bridge across the Baltic. Anyway, from my point of view, this old idea deserves to discuss the pros and cons again, and most importantly, to be guided not by likes and dislikes for certain German companies, but primarily by a long—term economic calculation. Lubeck may well become a gateway not only to the North, but also to the East, and in the opposite direction — to Western Europe.

Not just trading

However, it's really not just about the ferry crossing. In Lubeck itself, as well as in Schleswig-Holstein, where it is located, Soviet foreign trade firms should take a closer look around. However, there are no such industrial giants as Mannesmann, Siemens or Ford. However, contrary to popular opinion among us, or rather a misconception, the face of technological progress, in which Soviet enterprises are also interested, is today determined not by giants, but by medium-sized and even small firms. And there are many of them in Schleswig-Holstein, and in all sectors of the economy — from pig farms and broiler factories to enterprises producing electronics and equipment for nuclear energy.

After conversations with representatives of the city's business circles, I became convinced that local businesses were interested in developing trade and economic ties with the USSR. The functionaries of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, which recently came to power in Schleswig-Holstein, associate their political prospects with this, as well as hopes for an improvement in the economic situation in the land. Reinhold Hiller, a member of the Bundestag from Lubeck, for example, told me that the city has great chances to become a center of trade exchange between Germany and the North and East.

The prospects for developing ties with the Soviet Union are not limited to the economic sphere.

"For the people of Lubeck," says Robert Knuppel, Mayor and chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Lubeck Port Society, "trade and navigation are not just an exchange of goods and services. They mean peaceful and friendly relations with all Baltic cities and countries for us. Mutual respect, open-mindedness, trust and willingness to jointly discuss issues of developing a fruitful partnership, regardless of differences in worldviews, correspond not only to our principled attitude. They offer a chance to create a model of good neighborliness with the help of the Baltic Sea, which connects the different peoples of Europe. I'm sure they think the same way on the eastern shores of the Baltic. The Baltic Sea highway from the USSR to Germany could become not only a mutually beneficial economic enterprise, but also one of the parts of the construction of a "pan-European house".

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