Archive

Large scale document archive

1979 Mar 2 - 1989 May 4
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2698
Germany (Visits to the UK by Governing Mayors of Berlin: Dietrich Stobbe, Richard von Weizsäcker, Eberhard Diepgen and Walter Momper)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 170
Themes: British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany

PREM19/2698 - download whole file (PDF, 73.5 MB)

Selections from this file

Showing items 1 - 17 of 17

Date Value Title
79 May 23 We Minor Germany: No.10 briefing for MT ("Call by the Governing Mayor of Berlin on Friday, 25 May, at 1000") [declassified Dec 2016]
79 May 25 Fr Minor Germany: No.10 conversation record (0915Z) (MT, Governing Mayor of Berlin) [MT: "the UK's commitment to Berlin was total"] [declassified Dec 2016]
80 Dec 12 Fr Minor Germany: FCO briefing for MT (visit of Governing Mayor of Berlin) [Berlin leading a "charmed life" at present, Soviets seeking no distractions; Polish situation] [declassified Dec 2016]
80 Dec 17 We Minor Germany: No.10 conversation record (MT, Governing Mayor of Berlin) [MT thought Soviets would not intervene in Poland until after Christmas] [declassified Dec 2016]
82 Jun 16 We Minor Germany: FCO letter to No.10 ("Visit of the Governing Mayor of Berlin: 1-2 April") [meeting with MT cancelled owing to the Falklands; MT ready to see him at later date; briefing for original visit] [declassified Dec 2016]
83 Apr 26 Tu Minor Germany: FCO briefing for MT ("Visit of Governing Mayor of Berlin") [topics] [declassified Dec 2016]
83 Apr 27 We Minor Germany: No.10 conversation record (0900-0945Z) (MT, von Weizsacker) [call by Governing Mayor of Berlin] [declassified Dec 2016]
84 Apr 4 We Minor Germany: FCO briefing (MT, Richard von Weizsäcker) [former Governing Mayor of Berlin, certain to be elected FRG President in May] [declassified Dec 2016]
84 Apr 5 Th Minor Germany: No.10 conversation record (MT, Richard von Weizsäcker) [MT's visit to Hungary; East Germany] [declassified Dec 2016]
84 Jul 10 Tu Minor Germany: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Call by Governing Mayor of Berlin 11 July") [declassified Dec 2016]
84 Jul 11 We Minor Germany: No.10 conversation record (MT, Governing Mayor of Berlin) [immigration from the East; firing range at RAF Gatow; conscientious objectors/draft dodgers in Berlin] [declassified Dec 2016]
86 Dec 12 Fr Minor Germany: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Governing Mayor of Berlin") [750th anniversary; Diepgen tempted to visit East Berlin - he should not] [declassified Dec 2016]
86 Dec 16 Tu Minor Germany: No.10 conversation record (MT, Governing Mayor of Berlin) [Situation in Berlin; asylum seekers; draft dodgers; 750th anniversary celebrations; East/West relations; MT found Herr Diepgen "rather over-addicted to the jargon of detente"] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jan 11 We Minor Germany: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Governing Mayor of Berlin") [meeting designed to underline strong continuing UK commitment to Berlin; CDU's Dipegen facing election end of January, "should win comfortably"] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jan 12 Th Minor Germany: No.10 conversation record (MT, Governing Mayor of Berlin) [situation in Berlin; contacts with GDR; Gorbachev; MT subsequently commented that the mayor held "rather naive views about East/West cooperation"] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 May 2 Tu Minor Germany: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with Governing Mayor of Berlin") [strong supporter of western presence in Berlin, unlike his coalition partners; "pretty naive" in his East/West views] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 May 4 Th Minor Germany: No.10 conversation record (MT-Governing Mayor of Berlin) [immigration; East Germany] [declassified Dec 2016]