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Wilsonianism Redux: Inadvertent Publication of Secret Protocol, Hungarian-East German Agreement on Visa Requirements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

T. M. F.
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Extract

This treaty between the (East) German Democratic Republic and Hungary concerning visa requirements was deposited with the United Nations in accordance with Article 102 of the UN Charter. When the Government of Hungary decided to permit East Germans visiting Hungary to emigrate to the Federal Republic of Germany (West), the authorities in Budapest informed the East German authorities that the treaty had become inoperative. Among the reasons cited was its inconsistency with the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, to which Hungary had acceded on March 14, 1989.

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American Journal of International Law , Volume 84 , Issue 1 , January 1990 , pp. 281 - 283
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1990

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References

1 Agreement concerning Exemption from the Visa Requirement for Purposes of Crossing the Frontier, with Protocol, June 20, 1969, Hungary-German Democratic Republic, 286 UNTS 46.

2 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, July 28, 1951, 189 UNTS 150.

3 The Agreement and Protocol are reprinted from the translation in 286 UNTS 50–53 (Arts. 8–12, an annex and UNTS footnotes are omitted).