A file of correspondence and reports concerning political relations between East and West Germany. The documents cover discussions with West German politicians and diplomats on the current state of relations; talks between the West German and East German leaders, Helmut Schmidt and Erich Honecker, which took place at Helsinki; and East German press reports critical of the West over negotiations on cultural relations, the banning of communists from the West German civil service, and the activities of neo-Nazi groups. Other documents in the file discuss the concept of German nationality with reference to a clause in a consular agreement between Austria and East Germany; and East German criticism of a speech delivered in the Bundestag by Chancellor Schmidt. The file also covers the work of the boundary commission; the behaviour of German politicians at trade fairs; and criticism of West German policies towards the East.
- Collection ID
- FCO33
- Copyright
- Content from Latest from Germany - Facts Figures Background was created by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and has been reproduced in accordance with copyright law exceptions applying to government material. Content from Latest from Germany - Facts Figures Background was created by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and has been reproduced in accordance with copyright law exceptions applying to government material.
- Countries
- Austria Finland West Germany
- Department Reference
- WRE 3/309/1
- Document Type
- Correspondence Press and Media Reports
- File Reference
- FCO 33/2645
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fco33.002645
- Note
- The following items have been removed from this file due to copyright restrictions: BBC Monitoring, 08 May 1975, VE-Day anniversary: Schmidt stresses rejection of extremism and force; Paris Herald Tribune, April 1975, John Dornberg From Munich: 'The social development of East and West Germany has taken so different a course over the years that a unified national language no longer exists'.
- Pages
- 108
- Persons Discussed
- Oskar Fischer Erich Honecker Helmut Schmidt
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- East Germany
- Themes
- International Relations
