Berlin: Sponsored Visits from Berlin

A file containing documents concerning visits to the United Kingdom by politicians and officials from West Berlin. Subjects covered in the file include a visit by the senator for federal affairs, Horst Korber, which included discussions with the Foreign Office minister Goronwy Roberts and Foreign Office officials; a visit by a large group from the Berlin housing department, which included tours of urban regeneration projects in London, Bath, and Manchester; and a visit by three politicians from the Social Democratic Party of Germany, who were particularly concerned with police and security matters. Documents in the file include programmes for these visits, records of meetings, and reports on the visits. Also included in the file are two articles reporting on a visit by a group of politicians from the Christian Democratic Union of Germany in November–December 1977.