The World - News from May 11, 1987

An unpublished survey commissioned by the government shows that more West Germans believe that Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev is working for peace than President Reagan, a West German newspaper said. The conservative Welt am Sonntag said Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s government is keeping under wraps a 70-page survey it commissioned from the Allensbach Institute, a respected polling and demographic research organization. The newspaper said the survey shows that 49% of West Germans polled believe that Gorbachev is “really striving for peace,” compared to 46% for Reagan. The poll also found that most citizens want Bonn to treat Moscow and Washington equally.