WEST GERMAN PRESIDENT SIGNS LEGISLATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100070071-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 12, 2004
• Sequence Number: 71
• Publication Date: July 22, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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DATE: 22 JULY 1974
SUBJECT: WEST GERMAN PRESIDENT SIGNS LEGISLATION FOR ENVIRON-
MENTAL OFFICE
PRESIDENT SCHEEL YESTERDAY SIGNED THE LEGISLATION FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A FEDERAL E!/IRONMENTAL OFFICE INOWEST BERLIN.
HIS FAILURE TO SIGN LAST WEEK, AS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED, MAY
HAVE PROMPTED THE SOVIETS AND EAST GERMANS TO REITERATE THEIR STRONG
OPPOSITION TO THIS DEVELOPMENT LAST WEEKEND.
EMPLOYEES OF THE NEW OFFICE WILL ENCOUNTER PROBLEMS WHEN THEY
TRY TO USE THE AUTOBANN ROUTES TO TRAVEL TO WEST GERMANYOR WHEN
THEY WANT TO MAKE SHORT VISITS TO THE GDR. BONN AND THE WEST BERLIN
SENATE MAY CONSIDER AUTHORIZING A FORM OF PERSONAL DOCUMENTATION THAT
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DOES NOT DISCLOSE THE SPECIFIC NATURE OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SOVIET OFFICIALS IN BONN INDIRECTLY SUGGESTED THIS LOOPHOLE WHEN
THEY STATED THAT THE STAFF MEMBERS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY
WOULD NOT BE HINDERED IN THEIR TRAVEL AS LONG AS THEY DID NOT
CLEARLY DISCLOSE THE-NATURE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT.
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