A file of documents relating to a visit to East Germany by the British Deputy Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Reginal Hibbert. The file contains a list of briefs compiled in preparation for the visit, covering the internal situation in East Germany, Anglo-East German economic and political relations, developments in disarmament, the internal and external affairs of the European Economic Community, developments in the Middle East, and a personality note on the East German deputy foreign minister, Kurt Nier. Other subjects discussed in the file include Soviet foreign policy; East German-West German relations; and the situations in Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Documents in the file include statistics on Anglo-East German trade; British trade with Eastern Europe; a record of a conversation held between Hibbert and the East German foreign minister, Oskar Fischer; and a record of a conversation between Hibbert and the mayor of West Berlin, Dietrich Stobbe.
- Collection ID
- FCO33
- Countries
- Namibia South Africa United Kingdom Zimbabwe
- Department Reference
- WRE 26/5 PART A
- Document Type
- Correspondence Reports
- File Reference
- FCO 33/3423
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fco33.003423
- Pages
- 172
- Persons Discussed
- Cyrus Vance David Owen Dietrich Stobbe Kurt Nier Oskar Fischer Reginald Hibbert
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- East Germany
- Themes
- Domestic Politics International Relations
