Does not approve of gorbachev
Gorbachev wants to admit the failures of communism, honecker does not
Honecker and sed reject glasnost and perestroika outright
Honecker thinks gorbachev is a young upstart with big ideas and no brains , cite the fact that the GDR is actually doing okay (economic reconstruction in 1960s) and as its so close to west germany, can't be too liberal as a large revolution will happen
GDR starts to censor gorbachev's speeches in soviet papers - genuinely worried about gorbachev's impact on GDR
