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o~GE  ~2  BERLIN  00514  23!723Z  
OF  7HE  SoV  MEMORANDUM  OR  THE  NATURE  OF  RESPONSE  WH!(H  ~HE  
GEQMAN  S!DE  SHOULD  MAKEo  IT  WAS  CLEARJ  HOW EYER1  THAT  THE  FRG  

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JAH~ SAID THAT THE LACK OF POLEMIC§ IN THE MEMORANDUM 
N07 BEEN MATCHED so FAR BY ANY DIMINUTION OF sov:E~ oRO?AGA~DA AGAINST THE FRG ELSEWHERE~ THE R~GIME IN EAST 3€R~IN WAS PARTICULAR~Y STRIDE NT AT TH~ PRESEN~ WHICH J"•'.:~~--ESS INFLUENCED SOVIET ATTITUOESo THE FOREIGN OFFiCt D~) NO~ CONSIDER T~AT THE TIME WOU LD BE RiPE ~OR ANY REAL ~-:~ss~oNs WITH THE sovs UNTIL AFTER ~OMPLETION OF TYE SO'' ·E·· JUB~L..EE YEAC( CELEBRATIONSo 
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