RESTRICTED
3:5
130236
MDHIAN 8104
RESTRICTED
FM BONN
TO DESKBY 09103OZ FCO
TELNO 831
OF 09092OZ JULY 90
AND TO DESKBY 09103OZ ROME
INFO IMMEDIATE CG BERLIN
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG
ROME FOR PS/MR MAUDE
Bi
HKD)
34071
RECEIVED REGISTRY
12 JUL 1990
JESK OFFICER
INDEX
PA
YODOR
Ken
ODY
YOUR TELNO 436: HONG KONG: SYMPOSIUM IN BERLIN: STATEMENT BY HERR SCHAEFER
SUMMARY
1. SCHAEFER'S STATEMENT COVERS FAMILIAR GROUND. BUT APPEARS TO BE FIRST TIME GERMANS HAVE PUBLICISED THEIR SCHEME.
DETAIL
2. SCHAEFER'S STATEMENT ON THE FRG'S OFFER OF THE RIGHT OF ABODE TO MANAGERIAL STAFF AND THEIR FAMILIES WAS PART OF A LONGER SPEECH ON HONG KONG. THE RELEVENT PASSAGE CONTAINS NO NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE GERMAN SCHEME (REPORTED IN BONN TELNO 365), QUR UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION:
(128)
''WE THEREFORE CONSIDER IT ESSENTIAL THAT THE CONFIDENCE OF THE HONG KONG POPULATION BE RESTORED... IN THIS CONTEXT WE WELCOME THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S MOVE TO GIVE CERTAIN HONG KONG CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO SETTLE IN GREAT BRITAIN. WE TOO ARE PREPARED TO GRANT, ON A LIMITED SCALE, RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC AS A SAFEGUARD TO MANAGERIAL STAFF WORKING FOR GERMAN FIRMS IN HONG KONG. NATURALLY THIS WILL ALSO APPLY TO THEIR FAMILIES. THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS WILL IN THE NATURE OF THINGS BE SMALLER THAN THAT IN GREAT BRITAIN
IN THE LONG TERM, TRUST CAN ONLY BE ESTABLISHED, IF THE PRC PROVES THAT SHE IS PREPARED TO REMAIN TRUE TO THE SPIRIT OF THE JOINT DECLARATION OF 1984''
COMMENT
3. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE FIRST PUBLIC STATEMENT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT THE GERMAN SCHEME. WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY GERMAN PRESS COVERAGE.
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