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info and pics of DDR embassy's
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NYC DDR Consulate
http://www.oldegoodthings.com/excavat16.htm
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http://www.oldegoodthings.com/excavat17.htm
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Ok, I'm up to speed now...there is an interesting article in the English version of Der Spiegel on US Embassy construction -
http://www.spiegel.de/international/...442772,00.html
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John F - I beg to differ, there was a US Embassy in East Berlin. See Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy...ates_in_Berlin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...o_East_Germany
Originally posted by John F. View PostThere was no East German Embassy in the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region> and vice-versa, due to the fact the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><ST1U.S. Government </st1:country-region>never officially recognize the DDR as a sovereign or legitimate nation despite the fact that the DDR had gain international recongnition when it was allowed membership to the United Nations in 1973.
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The new Berlin U.S. Embassy aside, its "Gawd Awful" - what's become of the former enclave around Brandenburg Gate. What once was open park along either side and to the rear, is now a solid mass of concrete jungle dwarfing this historic land mark. Its as though its being swallowed up by some giant sea monster.Michael D. GALLAGHER
M60-A2 Tank Commander Cold War proverb: “You can accomplish more with a kind word and a ‘Shillelagh’ than you can with just a kind word.”
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Gents,
now it will become more and more intresting.
Dave M. showed us pics from the G.D.R. consulate in NYC. But there must be an embassy in Washington. I searched on and on but I did not found any pics or the adress.
Maybe today the "Goethe-Institute"-dependance of U.S.A. is in??
So it was usual with the former G.D.R.-embayssies in other countries.
Who knows more?
AR-11, Dirk
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Here is an interesting snippet on East German embassies -
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=427213
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Originally posted by ehrentitle View PostJohn F - I beg to differ, there was a US Embassy in East Berlin. See Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy...ates_in_Berlin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...o_East_Germany
I stand corrected. I should have said until 1989, the U.S. did not have an embassy in the DDR.
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The US did have an embassy in the DDR from 1974 to unification. See East German a Country Study, Federal Research Division, Library of Congress July 1987 - Page 218 "The absence of formal diplomatic relations between the United States and East Germany had represented a reluctance to accord political legitimacy to East Germany. When the two governments signed diplomatic protocols in Washington on September 4, 1974, the SED could rightly claim that an unpleasant era had come to an end."
Originally posted by John F. View PostI stand corrected. I should have said until 1989, the U.S. did not have an embassy in the DDR.
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From the US State Department Website: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/10634.htm
German Democratic Republic - The Embassy in Berlin was established Dec 9, 1974, with Brandon H. Grove, Jr., as Charg******233; d'Affaires ad interim... Termination of Mission: Embassy Berlin was closed at midnight, Oct 2, 1990.
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Originally posted by John F. View PostI stand corrected. I should have said until 1989, the U.S. did not have an embassy in the DDR.
The tricky part was finding our way back to Checkpoint Charlie, given that we all were not quite in the same condition when we left, as we were when we initially arrived ..... if you get my meaning.Michael D. GALLAGHER
M60-A2 Tank Commander Cold War proverb: “You can accomplish more with a kind word and a ‘Shillelagh’ than you can with just a kind word.”
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Originally posted by Michael D. Gallagher View PostEr John, again Kevin and I will have to differ with you, mate. Prior to 89, the US had a US Consulate in West Berlin, and an Embassy in East Berlin. I actually along with five fellow members of Company F, 40th Armor's USAEUR Champion Combat Cross Country Team, at the inventation of the Company Commander, went there one Friday evening as his guests, where we were hosted by the Embassy's U.S. Marine Corps and treated to an unforgettable "TGIF" evening. This occurred in 1980.
The tricky part was finding our way back to Checkpoint Charlie, given that we all were not quite in the same condition when we left, as we were when we initially arrived ..... if you get my meaning.Last edited by John F.; 02-07-2007, 01:23 PM.
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Originally posted by John F. View PostI stand corrected. I should have said until 1989, the U.S. did not have an embassy in the DDR.
M.G.
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