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East Germany (Travel Documents)

Volume 768: debated on Monday 15 July 1968

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asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many citizens of the German Democratic Republic have been refused permission by the Allied Travel Office in West Berlin, to visit the United Kingdom during the past 12 months; and how many British subjects have been denied entry to the German Democratic Republic during that period.

In the 12 months from 1st July, 1967, to 30th June, 1968, 1,384 East Germans were issued with temporary Travel Documents by the Allied Travel Office for travel to the United Kingdom, and 10 were refused. I have no information about the number of British citizens denied entry to East Germany.