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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006100050018-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2002
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: June 10, 1950
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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GENERAL
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1. Western Commandants reply to USSR on Berlin elections--The
Department of State has agreed to the proposed text of a letter,
to be sent by the Western Commandants in Berlin to the Soviet
Commandant, which takes issue with the seven Soviet conditions
for city-wide elections and re-emphasizes the general prin-
ciples that guide the Western approach to the reunification of
Berlin. In. the proposed text, the Commandants insist on a free-
ly elected city government for Berlin, with the guarantee of
city-wide freedom for all individuals and democratic political
groups, before, during, and after the elections. The Comman-
dants point out that, because the occupation forces are intended
to guarantee the civil rights of the Berliners, there is no reason
to make the holding of elections conditional upon the withdrawal
of occupation forces. The Commandants also state that quadri-
partite work in the Kommandatura should be resumed only when
the abolition of the veto permits the expeditious handling of
'business.
British and French views on German export control--US High
Commissioner McCloy in Frankfurt expresses doubt that he
could persuade his British and French colleagues to approach
the West German Government with a demand for corrective
action regarding controls over the export of strategic items to
the Soviet bloc, McCloy states that British and French repre-
sentatives in the High Commission are unable to agree on strict
controls for German exports as long as their home governments
do not themselves apply stricter controls than they are now
doing. The representatives point out that, in the absence of such
action on the part of the British and French governments, the
Germans would charge discrimination.
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