UNCLASSIFIED
FM EAST BERLIN
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 502
OF 221315Z AUGUST 90
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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, BM BERLIN, BONN, PEKING, HANOI
INFO ROUTINE UKREP BRUSSELS
MY TELNO 498 HONG KONG INVESTORS
SUMMARY
1. GDR CABINET APPROVED ON 15 AUGUST 52 CITIZENSHIP APPLICATIONS.
DETAIL
2. AN INTERIOR MINISTRY SPOKESMAN SAID ON 21 AUGUST THAT
THE GDR CABINET HAD AGREED UNANIMOUSLY ON 15 AUGUST TO APPROVE
52 APPLICATIONS FROM HONG KONG INVESTORS FOR GDR CITIZENSHIP. THE
MOVE WAS SUPPORTED BOTH BY THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONER FOR FOREIGN
RESIDENTS AND THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONERS IN THE BEZIRKS.
3. THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE APPLICATION HAD BEEN APPROVED ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS, BUT THE EXPECTED 15 THOUSAND MILLION DM INVESTMENT WOULD HELP THE GDR ECONOMY IN THE SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESS SECTORS AND CONTRIBUTE TO KEEPING OR CREATING ''THOUSANDS'
OF JOBS.
4. NEUES DEUTSCHLAND OF 22 AUGUST, PUBLISHING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESS SPOKESMAN, ACCUSED INTERIOR MINISTER DIESTEL OF ALLOWING THE INVESTORS TO CIRCUMVENT FRG RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS. THE
SPOKESMAN WOULD NOT CONFIRM WHETHER THE FRG HAD BEEN CONSULTED.
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.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
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