.. I I e/ I 5 INC01\UNG TELEGRAM Department of State 46 ==OONF If;)!NTIA't Action f-·RR RUEHCR R 1 0 0 3 8 EUR ~ DE RUF'HJl\' 201 12l1630Z ' I R 121615? f.'t\ I I APRIL 12, 1965 Info ? FM USS ER RE ·d T~i •• I I 11:55 AM I 1: TO RUEHCR/SECSTATE WASHD.C .. '...., • . l ' ' SS 1• INFO RUF'HOL/ AMEMB ASSY. BONN ·. '· G STATE GRNC .'. · , .. ' ., H r. . . , ·' l I REF': BERLIN:YEL 1405 .DEPT; 127'1 B 0 t-.J~1 ·• SAL • , . ' 1 I. .I . 1 I IO' · I WE COr.JTINUE .TO f?E COt\TCERNElJ HSRE T°r.fAT THE H/~RA,SS~·1~NTOt"' THS p PAST WEEK -\vILL HAVE LEFT THS ' EAST GERMANS A~lD EVE!--1 .THS "SOVS I ~ I r USIA WITH ,.THE IMPRESSION THAT... THEY CA~ +~ THE: fUTURS INTERf':'.:R~ NSC WITH .t\LLIED ACCES~ IN TH_IS \11AY WITf!OUT FEAR 'or RETAt.IATIO~·l. ~ THE ALLIES, 1.iJOULD IN FACT, RSSPO~JD M()RE VIGOROUSLY TO SOV INR [·· E,FFORTS DiRECTED SPECIFICALLY AGAINST ACCESS WITH THE· END ; NSA l PURPOSE OF · ACHIEVING A NET-REbUCTIO~ IN IT. GIVEN ;·'NIC l . I "~ ~ • '· : ; , 1 , -! , I ·' l r . · · ,.' . . \ • . i j .' DAC r 'i ' I \I I 1 \ \ I . l ~ I ",I l RAGE RUFHJA 201 ·G 0 ~~ i"· ! 1' T.1: N T I A b ­ RMR . •1. j ,. THE LIKELY MISRE,C)DING .OF ALLIED I~1TE~.lTIOt-1s, Tl-lERF. EXISTS A . . l' RISK OF' FUTURE co~JF'Rq~..1TATIO~. ON T~TS I,SSUF.. AS Qf\1'£ ~SANS OF , WAP.NING THE SOVS IN ADV(J,NC~, fl_ STAT,Et·~E\\~T · COULD B~ MADS_ BY THE PRESIDENT OR Sfi:CRF:TARY PERH.6PS A'"G THS C0!\'1M7.~~C'FJv1S~1T OF A .. 'l1. PRESS COMF~RENCE. SUCK A STATSMSNT, \•TOULD HAVE THE FOL SPECIFIC i..:~ 1 OBJEcrrvssr · 1 , ~ •' 'j I ~ I I : ~· I I I (1) TO PUT ' THE PEACF.FUL ASSE~·1BL.P.GE,' QF THE BU~1DESTAG. IN BERLIN I . ' , ,, I t IN ITS PROPER C0~1TEXT. I . ' I (2) TO RECALL THE LEGAL BAStS flYD RTGHTS OF' THE ALLIES TO ~ l B'E PRESE~1l IN BERLIM· ti.r1D TO ENJOY . FB~E ACCtt:SS . t' l I . ' ! f " ,--(3) TO DISPEL MISUNDSRSTA~DING BY T~E PUBLIC--~Nn Tn FOR~ST~LL I :' MISCALCULATION 0~] THE pt.~T Or THS S0VS--EXPL~. If\1 T1!f\T THE US . . ' li AND ITS ALLIES DID, u~~iJ .~R THE CIRCU~1ST~f\JCS~ , D!'.:LI3~?6TELY I f . ACT WITH A GREAT DEAL OF' RESTRAI"-1T rn THE FACr.: nf THE PROVOCATIONS AND ACTIOl\1 OF I~JTil\1 I~AJION WITH \•JHICH THEY WERS I I 1L. F_ACED. .. 1 I I~ '\ ! , ,, ·' i . •• I I ... \ • ~ I J ~1 I : ' I' • ., REPRODUCTION FROM THIS COPY IS ___:::G--311-l01L"t;F....,i:1'11<.:Wo::..i..mT..,,I=A=.mt,,,____ UN~ESS ....... ..... pROHIBlTED HUNCLASSIFI ED" • '1 I ' 'I ,, I, •.. -G&NFIDENT IAI.· · ·, -2-1423, APRIL 12, 5 PM FROM BERLIN .. .. ' I ' .. ,· .. ' . r \ ~: (4) TO SMPHASIZ·f!: TJiAT NEITHER. THE SOVS ~,OR THE EAST G~?.~1MJ C0"~~·1U HST LEADERS SHOULD MISTAKE THIS DEt~~0~1STRAT!OM OF RESTR!'INT AS A SIGM OF '~EAKNESS QR L.~CK OF RE',SOLV~.ro· RJ£SP0'1D WITH ~,~ASURET) BUT APPROPRIATE cpu~TER ACTIOMS SHOULD THEY PERSIST . IN THIS roRT or-INT.ERFERENCE. 1 : .. ) • I 1 . (5) TO RESTATE US . COMMI.T~ft~JT . 1'0 .BE~LiIN .O.ND GERMANY. · I I • \ • WE RSCOM~END THAT SUCH· A' STATEM~NT BE .MADE . AS SOON AS · POSSIBLE. I· L GP-4' HULICK .. ' t ., I' . ' I ' • ' ' NOTE: ADVANCE· DELIVERY TO S/S-0 4/12/65 AT . 12: 3~ Pl-t :.:; . ' .. PASSr;D ~H~E HOU~E, DOD,. AND ~~A AT 2:50 ~M • rl I I ~1 ', t, ,• r ' ..l ' ,., ,·/ j .... • ' :' 1 I ' I· • ·.. ' 'I '. .. 1 • .1' ' . ,. ,. I . ' ,·