§ 7. Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he intends to take to establish a trade office in the German Democratic Republic.
§ Sir Alec Douglas-HomeIn the absence of recognition it would be inappropriate for the Government to establish an official trade office in the German Democratic Republic: but Her Majesty's Government have made it clear to those concerned that they have no objection to the establishment of a trade bureau by private British commercial interests doing business with East Germany.