... thought that the nation could not Identify with a divided capital and the focus that was currently on Berlin would just remind them of the problems and suffering that they were experiencing. However at the time this was only seen as a temporary problem as it was expected that within 5 years that the two Countries would reunite and the capital would return to its former City. After a long debate it was eventually decided to move the capital to Bonn. One of the other main possibilities as the new capital was Frankfurt as it was central in West Germany , it was an old trading post and it was a large city and was deemed a very suitable replacement where as Bonn was quite small and unknown. It was decided that Bonn would be better choice thought due to the fact that it was relatively small and unheard of ...

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