German Democratic Republic (GDR): Internal Economic Situation in the German Democratic Republic

A file of correspondence and reports concerning the economic situation in East Germany. The documents cover the results of the economic plan for 1980; the plans for 1981 and the results of the first six months; the economic budget and national plan for 1982; and the new five-year plan for 1981–1985. Other documents in the file include East German plans to expand nuclear energy production; the difficulties facing the East German agricultural sector; current levels of East German hard-currency indebtedness; and a speech on the economy delivered by the East German leader, Erich Honecker, at the tenth congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The file also includes a despatch on the prospects for British exporters in East Germany; discussions on the exposure of British banks to the East German economy; and financial statistics on the gross national product of the East German and other world economies.