 From 1990 to 1998 Embassy Office Berlin would act as a satellite of the embassy in Bonn.The 1990 announcement also indicated that "during a transition phase, some functions, including consular services for Berlin and the territory of the former GDR, will also be carried out at the location of the present United States Mission at Clayallee".That 'transition phase' would turn into what is seemingly a permanent presence in the Clay compound for some of the Embassy's functions.