Deutsche is making the most of a byzantine fiscal regime by structuring its new subsidiaries as tax-efficient limited partnerships registered in Eschborn, near Frankfurt.

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In spite of this knowledge, the Eschborn office, in isolated instances, granted licenses for some of the part ordered from Germany by Iraq, even after Autumn 1989.

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In a program aired on 29 January 1991, Panorama concluded that the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Federal Office of the Economy in Eschborn which is responsible for granting export licenses and the Federal Intelligence Service were fully aware of the true, military character of items they were approving for export to Iraq.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy | Hoist on His Own Petard: German Foreign Ministry Reveals Genscher??s Perfidiousness