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BTF RECE: JANUARY 2, 4:08 P.M. 

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BONN PASS USAREUR FOR POLAD CINCEUR FOR POLAD USNMR SHA?E FOR BURNS USELMLO. 
CO FIDENTIAL 
. PARIS AL~O FOR USRO 
SUBJ: VISITS TO EAST BERLIN 

REF EERLINTEL 880. 
DEPUTIES t1ET AFTERNOON JAN 2AND AGREED ALLIED CONCURRE~·:c~ 
IN SENAT PROPOSAL CREFTEL) SHOULD BE CONVEYED IN FORM 07 .~GREED 
I NTER-ALLIED MINUTE. TEXT HHICH FOLLOWS IS TO ~S REA J :.· ) 
SENATKANZLEI BY BRIT (CHM~ LIAISON OFFICtR EVENI:<G JA~'. 2. 
FRENCH INSISTED ON INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR EMB THAT NO :tP· . 
NO COPY BE HANDED OVER. 

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. 1. THE ALLIED KOMMJ\NDATURA HAVE TAKEN NOTE OF LETTER OF t~c 31, 1963, FROM SENATOR SCHUETZ TO STATE SECY WESTRICK, COPI :s OF WHICH WERE HANDED BY HEAD OF SENATSKANZLEI TO ALLIED .3S~ .. iTE LIAISON OFFICERS AT 2:30PM ON DEC 31. 
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REPRODUCTION FROM THIS COPY IS 
___o m_ENTIAL UNLESS
__ ________pROHIBITED "UNCLASSIFIED" 
CONFIDENTIAL 
-2-884, January 2, 8 p.m., from Berlin 
2. 
AFTER PRELit1INARY STUDY ON DEC 31, KO:InA~lDATURA ItJSTRUCTED CHM SEllATE LIAISON OFFICER TO WA:1N SENATE AUTHORITIES THAT IT tlIGHT WELL PROVE IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE THEIR CONSIDERED OPINION QN SENATE'S PROPOSALS BY 9AM ON JAN 2. 

3. 
ON EVENING OF JAN 1_, CHN SENATE LIAISOt1 OFFIC£:1 HAS INSTRUCTED TO CONFIRt11 TO SENATE THAT THEY WERZ U~!AJLE TO GIV: A :::PLY DY JAN 2 /\ND THAT· THEY RELIED ON SENATE NOT R?·~· NOT :"O ACT PRIOR TO RECEIPT OF VIEHS OF ALLIED I<OMi1ANDATUTL\. 

4. 
LEAVI f\SIDE THE PROPOSAL FOR ARRANGEt·iENr.'S :-:; :.:: .11.?,~,..:: WY 7 BERLINERS TO VISIT THE BORDER AREAS <RANDGE'JI:r~~~) OR :·:{I:: ~ . E, THE ALLIED KOMMANDATURA HAVE NOW AGREED THAT SENATE COULD ?,~OCEED WITH PPESENTATION TO EAST GERMAN OFFICIALS OF PROPOSAL ON SECTOR/SECTOR MOVEMENT AND RE·STORATION OF TELEP1'. '.)~"Z co::·:uNICATION HANDED TO ALLIED LIAISON OFFICERS ON DE 31, 1963. 

5. 
THE ALLIED KOMMANDATURA AGREED FURTHER THAT THZ FOL QUE:=.TIONS 
OR REMARKS SHOULD BE CONVEYED TO SENATE AT THE TIME THIS R~:?LY 
IS GIVEN: 



A. IT IS ALLIES' UNDERSTANDING TH~T PARA II 6 OF SENATE PRO­
POSAL ENVISAGES THAT EAST .GERMAN OFFICIALS WILL NOT RPT NO: 
BE STATIONED IN WEST BERLIN IN CARRYING OUT THIS PROCEDURE. 

B. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE FEDGOVT IS PROPOSING TO SENAIT 
THAT PRESENTATION TO EAST GEnr1AN OFFICIALS INCLUDE REFERENC::::: 
TO DESIRABILITY OF MOVEMENT FROM EAST TO ~JEST IN BERLir·:. T.~E 
ALLIED KOMMANDATURA SEES NO RPT NO PROBLEM IN PRINCIPLE WITH 
THIS PROPOSAL BUT SINCE SUCH MOVEMENT CLOSELY AFFECTS THE ~=­SPONSIBILITIE~ OF ALLIES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SECTORS THEY ev~:..D 
WISH TO SEE IN ADVANCE TIIE FORM IN WHICH THIS SUGGESTION 
IS ADV/\tJCED TO EAST GERMANS. THEY WOULD ALSO WISH TO BE KEPT 
PARTICULARLY CLOSELY INFORMED ON THIS ASPECT OF ANY NEGOTS 
WHICH JAY ENSUE. 

C. THE . LLIED KOMMANDATURA EXPECTS THAT IT WILL BE CONSULTED 
ON A STEP BY STEP BASIS THROUGHOUT THE NEGOT, WITH SUFFICIENT 
TIME AT EVERY STAGE, TO PERMIT ADEQUATI; STUDY OF SITUATION. 

CO IDENTIAL 

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CONFIDENTIAL ·3 884, January 2, 8 p.m., from Berlin 
D. T ALLIED KOilMANDATURA ~·TOULD LIKE TO Jn:o··J u::AT ?Li\~!S SENATE MAY HAVE FOR RELEASING TO PRESS INFO CONCERI,JiflG r:;rs P~OPOSAL. THE J'O l 11\IlDATURA ASSUMES THAT IF PROPOSAL BECO:·IZS PU8LIC K O·JLEDGE, ALLIES WILL BE REQUESTED TO COMMENT UP001 IT. DEPE DING OF COURSE ON PRECISE CIRCUMSTANCES, ALLIES PLAN TO SAY THEY HAD BEEN CONSULTED FULLY AND HAD CONCURRED IN S~NATE ACTIOU AND THAT THEY ANTICIPATE THAT THEY HILL I:.: CONSUL'"-"ZD SI1ILAhLY THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS l'·:ATT:!:R. END ·.:XT 
STATEMENT OF ALLIED ASSUMPTION IN PARA SA OF TEXT IS INTEUDED 
AS REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION ON POINT LEFT OBSCURE BY SENAT 
CREFTEL> RATHER THAN AS CONDITION OF ALLIED APPROVAL. 
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