Konrad Adenauer has been cited predicting the reunification of Germany[REF] as early as the 1950s,[REF] but according to Hans-Peter Schwarz, in the last few years of Adenauer's life he repeatedly said that Soviet power would last a long time [REF].
In 1966, at the Christian Democrats' party conference, Adenauer stated his hopes that some day the Soviets might allow the reunification of Germany.