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MDLIAN 5694
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FM BONN
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 1068
OF 241607Z AUGUST 90
TOP COPY Q DIST?
INFO ROUTINE EAST BERLIN, HONG KONG
HUD 340
RECEIVED IN REGIST·
06 SEP 1990
DESK OFFICER
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HONG KONG TELNO 1554: EAST GERMAN CITIZENSHIP FOR HONG KONG INVESTORS
SUMMARY
1. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOT INVOLVED IN GDR DECISION. EXISTING WEST GERMAN SCHEME TO HELP HONG KONG CHINESE WILL NOT BE AFFECTED.
DETAIL
2. WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THE DEPUTY HEAD OF THE MFA'S FED. SCHROEDER SAID THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAD NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY WAY IN THE EAST GERMAN PASSPORTS DEAL. AS FAR AS HE KNEW THERE HAD BEEN NO OFFICIAL FRG COMMENT ABOUT IT. HE STRESSED THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DID NOT APPROVE OF THE SCHEME: QUOTE THAT'S NOT THE WAY WE DO THINGS UNQUOTE. BUT UNTIL UNIFICATION, THE GDR GOVERNMENT HAD SOVEREIGNTY OVER SUCH MATTERS.
3. SCHROEDER ADDED THAT IF THE HONG KONG CHINESE RECEIVED EAST GERMAN CITIZENSHIP BEFORE UNIFICATION THEY WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BECOME GERMAN NATIONALS AFTERWARDS. IF THEY DID NOT GET EAST GERMAN CITIZENSHIP BEFORE UNIFICATION, THEY WOULD STILL BE ENTITLED TO GERMAN PASSPORTS IF THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY CONCLUDED A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT WITH THE GDR GOVERNMENT.
4. SCHROEDER STRESSED THAT THE EAST GERMAN DECISION WOULD HAVE NO EFFECT AT ALL ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S SCHEME TO GRANT RESIDENCE RIGHTS TO EMPLOYEES OF WEST GERMAN FIRMS IN HONG KONG.
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