 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bochow akachinjirwa kubasa rehurumende muna 1976, achibatanidzwa nechikamu cheWestern Europe cheEast German Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Pakati pa1977 na1981 akashanda semumiriri wenyika yake kuLisbon achitevedzana. Portugal yakanga ichangobva kuita chinjoiyo yaibatanidza kubviswa, muna 1974, kwoudzvinyiriri hwerudyi, uye Bochow akanga ari chete mumiriri wechipiri kutumirwa kunyika nehurumende yeEast Germany. Bochow akadanana zvikuru nePortugal: aizorangarirwa gare gare nokuda kwechido chaaiimba nacho nziyo dzechiPutukezi dzokurwira nyika dzakadai se Grândola, Vila Morena und apo, somumiriri, akakokwa kuti apinde mumisangano yezvematongerwe enyika. 