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THE AUTHORIZATION OR APPROVAL OF THE ALLIES AND THAT THE EMBLEMS HAVE NO SIGNIFICANCE WITH RESPECT TO THE ATTITUDE OF THE THREE POWERS TOWARDS PANKOW. RATHERj THE ALLIES CONSIDER THAT THE RUSSIANS ARE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH ACTIONS AND THEY WILL MAKE THE NECESSARY PROTESTS WITH A VIEW CLEARLY TO ESTABLISH THEIR POSITION AND TO INDUCE THE SOVS, IF POSSlf3LE, TO INTERVEHE 
IN ORDER TO END SUCH PRACTICES. 
J. 3UCH PROTESTS COULD t5E tiASED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT WHILE Tl-IE PLAC'NG OF SUCH EM1:3LEMS ON ALLIED TRAINS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A !~PEDIMENT OF ALLIED ACCESS TO BERLIN, IT DOES CONSTITUTE AN OFFENSIVE MEASURE WITH RESPECT TO THE THREE POWERS AS WELL AS A DISREGARD OF THE NATURE OF THE TRAINS IN QUESTION AND THE PRIVILEGES WHICH THEY fNJOY DURING THEIR JOURNEY ACROSS THE ZONEG 
4. IF SJCH INCIDENTS CONTINUE, THE TRAIN COMMANDERS WILL PROTEST TO SOVIET C01~TROL_ OFFICERS EACH TI ME THAT THE PRESENCE OF EAST G:R.v1A EMBLEMS ON THE TRAINS Is CONF I RMEDo 
HE PROTESTS COULD 1:3E BASED ON THE FOLLOWING TEXT: 
11 THE PRESENCE OF THEl)E Elv11:3 L_EMS ATTACHED TO THE LOCOMOTIVE ON TH l S TRAIN, CONSTITUTE3 AN OFFENSIVE GESTURE AGAINST FRENCH (~RITISHD A~ERICAl') AUTHOR TIES AND A DELl1:3ERATE DISREGARD OF THE SPECIAL CHARACTER OF ALLIED TRAINS TRAVELLING HETWEEN BERLIN AND W[.ST 
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THE FRENCH (BRITISH, AMERICAN) AUTHORITIES HOLD THE SOVIET 
AJTHORITIES ULTIMATELY RESPONS11:3LE FOR SUCH ACTS~ AGAINST 1H ICH I iAVE BEEN INS RUCTED TO PROl EST TO YOU. I ASt\ YOU TO TAKE ALL NECES ARY Acl ION TO REMOVE THE EM1:3LEMS IN QUESTION 
JD ro AVOID A RECURRENCE OF slMl LAR INC IDENTS 1 N THE FUTURE. 11 
ENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES THE ALLIES WILL DETERMINE
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IT IS NECESSARY TO PROTESf ON A HIGHER LEVEL AND WHETHER 1 ti THEIR APPROACHES TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE THREE POW[RS DO NOT 

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DO NOT INTEND TO APPROVE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH PRACTICES • THE FORM AND THE REPETITION OF THESE PROTESTS AT A HIGHER LEVEL WILL DEPEND ON DEVELOPMENTS IN EACH CASE; ~UT, IT WOULD SEEM TO BE IN THE ALLIED INTEREST NOT TO MULTIPLY THE NUMBER OF SUCH PROTESTS AT THE RISK OF UNDERSCORING THEIR INEFFECTIVENESS 0 
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THE FRENCH DRAFT IS GENERALLY IN LINE WITH THE POLICY WE HAVE PROPOSED AND WE CONSIDER IT ACCEPTAeLE. THE BRITISH ALSO CONSIDER IT SOUND. WE ~OTH INDICATED WE WISHED TO CHECK WITH eERLIN AND WITH MILITARY HEADQUARTERS~ HOWEVER, PRIOR TO CONCURRING. 
WE MADE CLEAR THAT US TRAIN COMMANDERS WOULD NOT SET THE BRAKES AS SOON AS THE WEST BERLIN SECTOR BORDER WAS CROSSED IN ORDER TO REMOVE OFFENSIVE EM~LEMS. WE WOULD SIMPLY TAKE THE FIRST CONVENIENT OPPORTUNITY, PRESUMABLY WHEN THE TRAIN STOPPED AT A STATION. THE BRITISH SAID THEIR PRACTICE WOULD BE THE SAME. THE FRENCH STATED THEY ALSO WOULD NOT SET BRAKES BUT ON THE OTHER HAND THE FRENCH TRAIN MADE A LONG TRIP THROUGH WEST eERLIN PRIOR TO REACHING THE FRENCH STATION IN TEGEL. IT WOULD NOT BE DESIRABLE TO DISPLAY THE FLAGS THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE ROUTE. THEY PREFERRED THEREFORE TO RETAIN THE PHRASE "AS SOON AS POSSl~LE AFTER IT HAS CROSSED THE SECTOR eORDER 11 IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH. 
WE WOULD APPRECIATE COMMENTS FOM USAREUR AND BERLIN ON THE FRENCH DRAFT. 
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