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INFO ROUTINE BON, UK ELEMENT LIVE OAK, BM BERLIN, FCO (WED)

FOR SECRETARY JIC (G)

WEEKLY REVIEW: EAST BERLIN CONTRIBUTION

1. GDR INTERNAL (U/C):

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(A): PRESIDENT OF THE GDR TREUHANDANSTALT (TRUSTS AGENCY), REINER GOHLKE, RESIGNED ON 20 AUGUST. DETLEV ROHWEDDER SUCCEEDED HIM. (B): SOME 80,000 EMPLOYEES IN THE GDR IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY WERE GIVEN A PAY INCREASE OF DM300 A MONTH (BACKDATED TO 1 JULY) ON 20 AUGUST. THEY WERE ALSO GUARANTEED WORK OR RETRAINING FOR A FURTHER

YEAR.

(C): CO-FUNDER AND FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE GDR SPD, IBRAHIM BOEHME, RESIGNED FROM THE PARLIAMENTARY PARTY ON 21 AUGUST. THE PARLIAMENTARY PARTY CHAIRMAN, SCHROEDER, ALSO RESIGNED. WOLFGANG THIERSE (ALSO PARTY CHAIRMAN) SUCCEEDED HIM.

(D): THE GDR STATISTICS OFFICE RELEASED FIGURES ON 21 AUGUST THAT TURNOVER OF GDR SHOPS IN JULY HAD DROPPED BY 44 PERCENT.

(E): THE GDR VOLKSKAMMER MET FROM 22 TO 24 AUGUST. IT PASSED THE LAW ON ELECTIONS AND AGREED THAT ACCESION TO THE FRG BASIC LAW WOULD BE ON 3 OCTOBER..

(G): THE GDR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ALLOCATED THE POSTS LEFT. VACANT BY SPD MINISTERS TO THE FOLLOWING ON 22 AUGUST:

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: LOTHAR DE MAIZIERE (ALSO PM)

LABOUR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS: PROF DR JUERGEN KLEDITZSCH (ALSO HEALTH) AGRICULTURE FOOD, AND FORESTRY: GOTTFRIED HASCHKE (NEW STATE

SECRETARY)

TRADE AND TOURISM: LOTHAR ENGEL (NEW STATE SECRETARY) FINANCE MINISTRY: WERNER SKOWRON (STATE SECRETARY) RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY: HANS-JOACHIM MEYER (ALSO EDUCATION) JUSTICE: MANFRED WALTHER (STAE SECRETARY)

ECONOMICS: DR GUNTER HALM (STATE SECRETARY)

POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS: HANS JUERGEN NIEHOF

(PARLIAMENTARY

STATE SECRETARY)

2. INNER GERMAN (U/C): KOHL VISITED EAST BERLIN ON 24 AUGUST FOR A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CDU, DA, DSU PARLIAMENTARY PARTIES.

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