A file of correspondence and reports concerning inner-German trade. The documents cover discussions on the extent of East German debt to West Germany; reports that East Germany is requesting assistance from West Germany in order to obtain international credit; and criticism over the use of swing credit facilities to bring East German goods into the European Economic Community. Other documents in the file cover a meeting between the West German minister for economics, Otto Graf Lambsdorff, and the East German politician Günter Mittag for talks on inner-German trade; and a visit undertaken by Lambsdorff to East Berlin and Leipzig. The file also covers the U.S. attitude to inner-German trade; the increase in the value of East German exports due to the rising prices of oil, chemicals, and non-ferrous metals; and reports that East Germany is reassessing its trading relations with countries belonging to the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance.