Berlin: Visit of Dietrich Stobbe, Governing Mayor of Berlin, to UK, November 1977

A file containing documents concerning a visit to London by the mayor of West Berlin, Dietrich Stobbe, in November 1977. Subjects covered in the file include the fact that Stobbe had taken over the city at a difficult time and had to confront several "unglamorous" problems; practical arrangements for the visit; a luncheon at Mansion House with the Lord Mayor of London; a visit to the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House; the need to assure Stobbe of the total British commitment to Berlin; and Stobbe's meetings with the Foreign Office minister Frank Judd, the Foreign Secretary, David Owen, and the prime minister, James Callaghan. Documents in the file include a report on Stobbe by the British military commander in Berlin, Roy Redgrave, entitled "A perfect Prussian?"; and briefing papers on the economic, political, and security situations in Berlin.