A file of correspondence and reports concerning commercial relations between East Germany and the United Kingdom. The documents cover preparations for the ninth session of the Anglo-East German joint commission; details of the agenda and delegations at the session; and the programme for the East German delegation, which was led by Jochen Steyer, a director-general in the East German foreign trade ministry. Other documents in the file include proposals for an agreement on cooperation in merchant shipping; a memorandum of understanding for cooperation on standards in industrial, scientific, technical, and economic fields; and a suggested bilateral agreement on economic, industrial, scientific, and technological cooperation. The file also covers an Export Credits Guarantee Department proposal to reduce its market limits for East Germany, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia; meetings between East German representatives and the British company Imperial Chemical Industries; and the experiences of British businesses at the Leipzig Spring Fair.
- Collection ID
- FCO33
- Countries
- Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Hungary United Kingdom West Germany
- Department Reference
- WRE 121/1
- Document Type
- Correspondence Legal and Treaty Material Memoranda Press and Media Reports
- File Reference
- FCO 33/5540
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fco33.005540
- Note
- The following items have been removed from this file due to copyright restrictions: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 05.01.1982, DDR-Verkehrstarife drastisch erhöht Handelsblatt, 06-07.01-1982, Ein dramatischer Effekt ist kaum zu erwarten.
- Pages
- 163
- Persons Discussed
- Malcolm Rifkind
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- East Germany
- Themes
- Economics and Trade International Relations
