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BERL! N 8 15 PARIS 1055 LONDON 937 MOSC CW 505 USAREUR UNNJMBERED CI N:EUR UNI\l.JMBRED 
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..; E .J T I A L USP.REUR AND CI i!:EUR FOR PO..ADS 
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SUBJZCT: BERLIN P.l\SS NEGOTIATI ONS 
P~F: :::'1BTEL 2862 TO DEPT 
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1 .."'HE FE DER' L GC:VEPNMENT HA S JUST I SSUJ::D A STATEMEN~ THA ! THE F RG A till :.. r.1.C.. SI:NAT ARE IN AGREEMENT ON THE PASS NEG OTIA­71 o.~s. "fi·E STATEMEL\J"f MAKES THE FOLLOWING POINTS: 
A. THE Cf-P~I STMAS PASS ARRANGEMENT WAS AGREEP TO FOR HU MANI T­
ARI AN REASONS. 
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B THE SED FAS SI i\;(;E SOUGHT TO EXPLOIT THIS ARRANGEMENT F CR UdACCEPTABLE PCLI TIC AL PURPOSES. 
C. THE SENAT AND THE FRG ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THE EAST 
GERM~ N PROPOSAL FOR THE EASTER/WHITSUN ARRANGENENT IS UNACCEP­

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D. THE HESTEHiJ SI DE MADE PROPOSALS DURING THE KORBER-HE MDT "lEETit""S ON JAN 3 AND 24 WHICH PROVIDE A BASIS FOR FURT!-!.ER rEG orIATI ONS TQ\1ARD A SENSIBLE SOLUTION Of THE PASS PROBLEt-! 
~EPRODUCTION FROM THIS COPY IS _ ___:.~:.J,,a'°u.:.1'Tu.:F...a.I.J.J.nE:.w.i..iNT...a..I~ALu..w.._____,__,PROHIBITED UNLESS "UNCLASSIFIED" 
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2. THE ~ C~ CFF <OK,, 1\EN) HA S I ( · 0 RM£ D t,;S THI\ T THI S .STATE"MENT 
WASP.·') 10VED BY BRANDT PRI OR TO ISSUANCE. IT CLEARLY LEAVES THE DOCR OPEN FOR FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS AND DOES NOT SPEC I FY TiiE PHECISE GROUNDS ON WHICH THE EAST GERMAN PROPOSAL I S Ul.f CCEPTADLE. IT IS THEHEF ORE BY NO MEA NS CLEAR . THAT THE DI _·::-: 1.EI::.:;:C:S 3ETWEEi~ THE .SENAT AND THE FHG HAVE BEEN FULLY HES '"ED CR T~E POSSIBI LI TY OF F UHTHER CONTROVERSY ELIMINATED. 
Q\:v 1<E N SA!.. D T!-t~T THE F ONOiF WAS HAPPY WI T.H·:THE STATEMENT, 
.11QJEVER, SI .CE IT ,PROVIDE D A BASIS F OH UNIT1Y . AMONG THE . 
P •. RTISS D BETUEEN SEi AT AND FRG ON THE PASS QUESTI a\J , 
w·11 .... ~ r 1.SSUR: -~ ':HAT FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS WITH Tl{E EAST 
GE1--t~t\. 1S -JILL BE 0'' TERM S ACCEPTABLE TO FRG· 
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