RESTRICTED
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY EAST BERLIN
TELNO 239
OF 10123OZ SEPTEMBER 90
AND TO PRIORITY HONG
KONG
RESTRICTED
HUD 340,
RECEIVED IN DEL
Irit Sup.
(348
176534
MDLOAN 6330
11 SEP 1990 TOP COPY
Q DIST?
DESK OFFICER INDEX
PA
141 12/4
Action Taku
OUR TELNO 235: EAST GERMAN CITIZENSHIP FOR HONG KONG PEOPLE
1.
A SIMILAR STORY APPEARS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF TODAY'S TIMES QUOTING A FIGURE OF
•
DM 1 5 MILLION FOR EACH PASSPORT. THE STORY COMES FROM THE WEST
GERMAN NEWSPAPER BILD AM SONNTAG OF 9 SEPTEMBER WHICH PUBLISHED COPIES OF A DOCUMENT APPARENTLY AUTHORISING TWO
BUSINESSMEN TO OFFER CITIZENSHIP TO UP TO 10,000 PEOPLE. IN THE ARTICLE DDR GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN IS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT THIS
FIGURE AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IS UNTRUE AND THAT ONLY 52 HONG
KONG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GRANTED CITIZENSHIP,
2.
NEWS DEPARTMENT ARE RECEIVING FOLLOW UP ENQUIRIES ON THE
STORY. GRATEFUL EARLY REPLY WITH YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS AND TUR.
3. FOR HONG KONG. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS ALSO AND CONFIRM IF
ANYTHING HAS APPEARED IN LOCAL PRESS.
HURD
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
LIMITED
HKD
WED
NNNN
29
DISTRIBUTION
29
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
MR MCLAREN
MR BURNS
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