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TO RUFHOL/ArlEMBASSY BONN FLASH 2783 
INFO RUFHJA/USMISSION BERLIN IMMEDIATE 0505 
RUEHCR/AMEABASSY MOSCOW 2559 

RUFNCR/A~EMBASSY PARIS 6593 
RUDTCR/AMEMBASSY LONDON 652 
RUFHNA/USMISSION NATO 2378 
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SUBJ: EAST GERMAN VISA REQUIREMENT 

REF: BONN'S 13163 
l DEPARTMENT AGREES TO THE TRIPARTITE DRAFT WITH AMENDMENTS AS NOTED IN FULL AMENDED TEXT ~E.LOW , .. SUBJECT TO FOLLOWING PROVISOS: CA) THAT THIS HAV~ ·, U-!..:~ P.ND FRENC}.f--CONCURRENCE, CB) TH.!\T REL.EASE OF STATEMENb:BE -W.ITHHELD -UNTIL AFTER DEPT HAS HAD OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE (fERMA~ PROPOSALS PRESUMABLY TO BE i1ADE BY CHANCELLOR TO AMBS A-1-6--P~M. CGERMAN TIME) MEETING, A\TI (C) TH.~T WHITE HOUSE APPROVAL OF FINAL DRAFT WILL HAVE BSEN OBTAI~1ED.---·--. 
3EG IN TEXT 
THE A~ERICAN, BRITISH AND FRENCH-GOVERNMENTS DENOUNCE AS COMTRARY TO LONG STANDING' INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND PR.~CTICE .t\NY PASSPORT OR VISA REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER OBSTACLES TO GER~AN PASSENGER AND FREIGHT TRAFFIC WHICH AUTHORITIES I N E/\ST BERLIN ARE SEEKING TO IMPOSE. SUCH REQUIREMENTS A1~ 09STACLES ARE ALSO INCONSISTENT WITH THE GOAL OF A RE­L.O,X1~T IO:T OF TENS I ON IN EUROPE. 
THE GROUNDS PUT FORWARD FOR THE EAST ·GERMAN MEASURES ARE 
~JOT V:1LID AND IN NO SENSE CAN JUSTIFY ACTION WHICH WOULD 
VIOLATE FREEDOM OF ACCESS TO BERLIN AS ESTABLISHED SINCE 
1945 A!O WHICH WOULD DEEPEN THE DIVISION OF GERMANY AND OF 
EUR OPZ. 

THE THREE GOVERNMENTS ARE PRESENTLY IN CONSULTATION WITH TP.~F'EDE~AL GOVERNMENT 0 J HOW BEST TO DEAL WITH THE SITU~~TION. THEY WILL COMMUNICATE WITH THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT, WHICH SHARES '~ITH THEM THE RESPONS IB IL IT Y NOT ONLY FOR UNHINDERED BERL IN ACC~SS BUT ALSO FOR AN ULTIMATE SOLUTION OF THE GERMAN PROBLEM. 
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