United States Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20520, February 10, 1988.


CONFIDENTIAL


MEMORANDUM FOR COLIN L. POWELL, THE WHITE HOUSE

Subject: Appointment Request for Berlin Governing Mayor to call on the President


[...] As Governing Mayor, Diepgen is Berlin's key political figure. His skill and prominent position afford him broad influence in the Federal Republic of Germany as well, not least because he is a rising star in chancellor Kohl's CDU party. Like others before him, notably current FRG President Richard von Weizsaecker, Diepgen displays both the ability and ambition to parlay his role as Berlin Governing Mayor into a national political career [...] [hihi!]

Declassified NLS F95-073 #13 By [unleserlich] NARA, Date 10/28/99