€-eNFf DE~IAI:·• PAG~ 02 BERLIN 00475 151941Z INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE LEGAL AND ACTUAL STATUS OF WEST BERLIN, CAN~JOT, OF COURSE, CREATE OR STRENGTHEN ANY KIND OF "RIGHTS" OF THE FRG TO 1»EST BERLIN, INASt-'1UCH AS THE FRG NEVER HAS HAD .4:~D WILL NOT HAVE .SUCH RIGHTS. IN VIE~J OF THIS, THE D~LISERATELY PROVOCATIVE CHARACTER OF THE MEASURES WHICH Aq:: BEING PLANNED BY THE FRG GOVERNMENT ON THE TERRITORY OF WEST B~RLIN IS OBVIOUS. THE EFFORTS OF THE WEST GERMAN AUTHORITIES TO EXTEND THE JURISDICTION OF THE FRG TO A TERRITORY WHICH DOES NOT BELONG TO . IT IS AN ILLEGAL ACTION WHICH UNDERLINES THE AGGRESSIVE CHARACTER OF THEIR POLICY AND THE AIM OF ~XACERBATIN3 THE SITUATION IN THE CENTER OF EUROPE . ALTHOUGH COMMITTEES OF THE BUNDESTAG A~)D FRG MINISTERS t·1AY K~VE THE INCLINATION TO MEET ABROAD, IN THIS INSTANCE IT IS A QUESTION OF A DELIBERATE PROVOCATION, WHICH MAY LEAD ONLY TO THE EMERGENCE OF UNNECESSARY INTERNATIONAL FRICTIONS .~~;D C01~PLICATI01JS. 2. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT THE ABOVE-MENTIONED ILLEGAL MEASURES OF THE FRG CANNOT BE CAR2IED OUT WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE OCCUPATION AUTHORITIES OF THE USA, ENGLAND, AND FRANCE IN WEST 35.:RLIN, I HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO DRAW YO.UR ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THE ENTIRE RESPONSIBILITY FOR POSSIBLE UND~SIRABLE C0.1SEQUS~!CES OF THE REVA NCHIST INTRIGUES OF THE FRG IN .f£ST B~RLI~1 RESTS NOT ONLY Od THE FRG, BUT ALSO ON THE PAGE 3 R UF HJ A 0 4 7 5 -e Q ~-N-}':-±-·9-E-N-·'.f~-±---A -1::­AM ERIC AN OCCUPATIO N AUTHORITIES. 3. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THE HOPZ THAT THE CONSIDERATIONS I HAVE SET OUT WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN AN APPROPRIATE ~-~~ NdER BY YOU, AS T.HE RESPONSIBLE REPR~SENTATIVE OF THE ~ U.S. GOVERNMENT DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF TH~ A~1~2IC,L\ N MILITARY-ADMIN(STRATION IN WEST BSRLIN. '.•JIT H RE S?ECT, SI GN ED A3RASIMOV, USSR AMBASSADOR ,,.\X r• OM -u-c::t COPY ... ' .J .J.. J.i. -~:, ~ r. ... • P~(' -~ ~ 7 .. ~..... ~0 ZRLI J 00475 151941Z L. THE aDR ~. THZ jrssro:P s P:=?OTOCOL OFFICER SAID HE 1.ifOULD BR i t·iG THE L-TTE:R TO TH::: ATTEtlTION OF Ai•13ASSADOR :1CGHE.E . T HE l.ISSIOt} OFFICER NOTED THAT WORKING 1J~EKS H.l\VE OCC URRED rt: WEST 2E,1LIN BEF0~7, \·/IT HOUT HARM TO ANYONE' S L 1TERESTS. XHRUSTAL~V R~PLIED THAT SOMEONE ' S I NTEREST ARE AL WAY S FFECT:u BY SUCH ST2PS. HE SAID THAT THE THREE 11JESTERN ALLIES Id M,!\Y OF THIS YEAR HAD RESTATED THE I R POSITIJ:~ TH .T 'qEST BERLIN WAS dOT A PART OF THE FRG . I ~J RESPONSE TO · Q~:SSTIOl\J A30UT THE KINDS OF UNDESIRABLE CONSEQUENCES WHICH MIGHT OCCUR FROM A ~ORXI NG WEEK SIMILAR TO ON~S WHICH HAD TAK~N PLACE BEFORE , KHR USTALEV AS KED IF THE MISSION OFFICER HAD 3EEN IN BERLIN I N APRIL 1965. THE MISSION OFFICER R:PLISD THAT. HE HAD NOT , AND WONDER ED IF THESE WER E THE KI ND O? CONSEQUENCES THE SOVIETS HAD IN ff!I ND. KHRUSTALEV REMAINED ~:O.JCOMMITTAL . THE ENTI RE DI SCUSSION WAS FRIENDLY AND RELAXED . 5. KHRUSTALEV D:LIVERED SI MILAR LETTERS THIS AFTERNOON TO T HE BR IT I SH AND FR Ed CH. 6. CO~MENT : TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE THIS I S THE FI RST TI~~ THE SOVIETS HAVE OFFICIALLY PROTESTED AGAI NST THE 1-\0LJING OF WORKI~JG U:£EKS OF T HE BU~~DESTAG I N WEST 3ERL IN. V D THEY REALLY HO?ED THE ALLIES WOULD TAKE ACTION WIT H REGARD TO PREVEl~TING THE FORTHCOMING ':JORI\iNG 1.1EEK, THEY WOULD ALMOST C~RTAilLY HAVE DELIVERED THE LETTERS AT AN EARL IER DATE . IT SZEMS MORE LIKELY THAT THEY WISH TO USE THE LETTER TO PUT THEMSELV~S FULL Y ON RECORD I N SUPPO~T OF THE EAST S~RMA~JS. THE LATTER HAVE MADE TWO STATEMENTS WITHIN THE PAST TEtl DAYS PHOTESTING AGAINST SCHUETZ • S COND I DA CY C3ZRLit 433) .~·:JD