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RIVA TH S S!TUATIO C EATES A CE TAIN 0 PO?­T IT RA D MI GHT WELL E RECE?71 VE TO POLICY LI s 
T iE US f• Y :'ISH TO DVA CE, ESPECIALLY A Y r EW SL ANTS ON THE 

IO~S OF' A. ANTI C C0~11UNITY ELATIQ~,s, If~TE ~·ATIONAL SECU\ITY, ROG ~SS 10 'A .D CEiT AL EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. 
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SPECIFIC PROPOS LS TO ADVA~C.... o AT Pi'ESENT DRAJDT SEES NO EN· 
CU G 'G Pf.OS?~CTS 0 SUBS ANTIVE P OG:1ESS IN GERMAN QUESTIO,. 

UBLIC S1 ATELE. 1TS H• HAS C" ITICIZED CDU d~SSURE FOR INITIAT1Vt 0 GE i PY STRESSI~'G E.."D •. OR SUBSTANTIVE PHOPOSALS RATHER THAN .. OPAGA D • EXERc ·s .. o 1 GOV1~AYOR H S EXPnESSED BEL Ef' THAT BEST 
DIRECTIO ' FOR '\TESTERN EFFORTS I S TO EXTEND TRADE AND ECONOMIC L_. s ET ~E T~O A. TS OF EUROPE AND -~o PAnTs OF· GE~r ANY; AN D TO -Cr EASE Hu~ COfJT .c-s s ~,ucH AS POSSIBLE <BERLI N•s A-678). 1€ ELIJ:.:VES 't.":. DI , FI CULT MOL IT I CAL QUEST I ors' SUC H AS BORDE RS' 
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-3-1369 April 8, 11 p.m. from Berline (SECTION ONE OF THREE\ 
GER~ A CONTACTS. HE T Hi NYS .THIS AGENCY MIGHT BE DIV1D._D ! TO 
.~ 8-G OUPS -c CONSIDER VARIOUS EAST ... \JEST PROBLEMS. WE DO oT 

HAS THOUGH"" OUT CARE FULL y· THE I ,1PLI CAT I Of S OF MIXED GE ... , Ai 
CO ISS OLS UNDER THE REVISED MENDE CONCEPT. HIS ·ACCEPT 1JCE F 
IT PROB BLY REFLECTS HIS' DELIEF sovs WILL Nor· T 1JOT ACC'"':-'T OLD 
FOuR-P01 E ur BRELL A FOrH UL AT I ON AND HIS WILLING ESS MAKE C011 ­P.OrISE r. ORDER OBTAIN SOME MOVEM.... NT 'INFO i OF MIXED GE 1A 
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J' ILE BRANDT HAS REPEATEDLY SUGGESTED VARIOUS FU'""'LJ, E '°S.lA...t STE, S" ..... A D HIS D\' 7 SERS SEE LITTLE CHA JCE AT P ESEf T~ FOR Af Y Pl OG ESS 9 
BEYOND BERLIN PASS AGMTS. ANTICIPATED EAST GERMAN EFFORTS TO EXACT POLITIC.AL-CONCESS-IONS___FOR CONTINUATION OF-PASS OPERATION (! JAL NEGJTI ~ro•s IN COMING SUMMER) INDEED MAKE IT DI. ?ICULT 
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OVER GE A ·yqs ~ESE1r· POSJT ON IN -H_ WOLD, ES, EC LY M ODLE -AST ..... N EXPEr'!~ CE A~D GREAT O!!..""A",.~ OVE, JAZi HE SEE~S. OU LED P .RT CUL LY BY U157T'LIJG EFFECTS 
G A PUBL c. WHILE ACKNOt1LEDGI G EED o. SO·t.. CH Ar 1 .,Es, 
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ACTION: SECSTATE 1369, PRIORITY 
INFO: 	BONN 1226, PRIORITY LONDON UNNUMBERED, PRIORITY MOSCOW UNNUMBERED, PRIORITY PARIS UNNUMBERED, PRIORITY USAREUR UNNUMBERE_D, PRIORITY USCINCEUR UNNUMBERED, PRIORITY USNMR SHAPE UNNUMBERED, PRIORITY ~ USELMLO UNNUMB~RED, PRIORITY 
DATE: 	APRIL 8, 11 PM (SECTION 2 OF 3) 
7492 APRIL 8, 1965 
8:04 PM 
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IS _so rOrt us 0 USA EUR AND USCINCEUR 7QR POLADS SHAPE 
FOR BU S . SUBJ: BR fJDT o S APR IL· VISIT. T 0 \·J ASHI dGT O~ .... F., BZRL I ~TEL 1204 c -ATLANTIC -EUR O?EA.~ A7-; ,!1.S: L.\ .•:u"{ cc::r1cruES TO URGE MOvE·Ef'"' TOUAPD EU1 O?EA~ u·1 O. ON :JRADEr BAS~S ~:~t.~; CO a 1JOJ MtJx:·tr.· HE HAS LCO•ED ·iERGER O· HPEE iURO i .. ~v .,3:1·~C1'S: ... r-•~D iDVOvt't.. ES 
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TWO UF'HJA 1 6/2 -t: 0 ·N-F I D c N Y I 0 STRE~GTHEN EU. OPEA1 POL I CAL uN or Is G. I!. ~.T ~s 'B, A DT BELIEVES THIS BJ .. CTIVE COU D BES.... GR DU."L S~EPS'> l.HIL B 1ND)· · 1s R..::S O~SIV 
G .uLLE •S IDEAS, PARiICULA\LY WITH 
:ZT IEEN HESTERN AND EAS. • ~. ,tJR01 E "EU1 0 :AN EUROPE" f.>1S •••..·1-n:~o FORCi..." . t..r !C".N ALLIANCE AS IN.• C.£.JS ;:,,'·" 
co. s:o..:.l s EUROPE~. AT ' ·oo.. IB .. i cc OR *'{ B. EA: · oour~ uA:~R 
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RS ST'J•EN '"tO '1RADi .,RES O• EUf: p-_. ... :.I.­HOUL1 O! .. i "' .~0'1 u'Z .. UD-J_ 1 :DED /J.:.:· ,,L,,q, BRANDT Yl.AY EXPRESS CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM REGh.~DINt'.;_ 
EJEC~;s CONCEPl" OF ETt:~ZN us AD. USSN •. . HE ·~~Gt-.; DS ""'O Sc.CU!')l"l'Y OF' EURO?•, :-i-'D _,t.E t' TH .JT-·1PTS DY AH. '.ATION T s:r: '!GLY .. V011S ;:, Fol\·~s 
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REPRODUCTION FROM THIS COPY IS ___GeNF~~i-BE...i~·..,odA.m.ll..l~~"""'"....... · __.:...--PROHIBITED UNLESS
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-2-1369, APRIL 8, 11,PM. (SECTION 2 OF 3) FROM BERLIN 
~·.'E DOu:.. T THAT .. BR AND! EXPECTS TO' \t 1 v MAJO'rt IT YI) HE HOPES F O 1 c O"E· 
RACE AND COALITION ARRANGEf11ENT E ABLING HIS PA11TY FOR FiRST 
T!.»1~: . 0 ENTER FEDER ~.L GOVT 0 ,. 

W~I~E HE HAS_RE.SERVED FI. AL. DECISIOrJ, IT APPEtRS INC~EASiiJGLY . OoABLE THAI BRA DT · WILL 10VE YO BO 1N EVEN IF SPD REMAINS IN 
O?POSITION, TO BECOME FULL-TIME P ,RTY LEADER. AS REGARDS CAMPAIGN, 
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I 	IN TIMES OF QUIET THIS IS LIKi!.LY 0 ~ /O~G TT • THIS hAS Ll .... E. INCREASINGLY THE CASE DURI1JG LAST .WO YE. S 0 SO. CUFf'o"')~~T SOV-EAST GERMAN HARASSMwNT OVER BU !D.!.S. G SZSSION. HAS DL~:.:C. Ai Et1 BE:L!N ·s VULNERABILITY' AiJD IT HAS Aa...Su SHOHN 
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SITU TION: DT MAY GIVE GENER.l\L DESC, IPTIO.~ OF 
.. rs RLI' sr o·, E·1PHASIZI JG :111r"'J7LY SA"'"IS.i-ACH) 
OF ECO 0 ~ AND POPUL AT I Of1 1·10VE1·1Er.JT Q ... "l IS POSS uLi:.. 
DT ·AY. GAI~ RAISE Q ·ESTIOJ O. EF·~C: 3· . US IAX LEGIS­
A· IC I. VEST.·1ErJT ' DZ;-'~I. 1 (SE: s.... -Lr.: •s A-667) • .... C OF CURRE. T LOC .. L \E-E1 . .:RG~ JCE o;. "'HE COLD \'JA, . T­... E -PA-IC . _y FOR HIS POLIC' V.. S-A·V SE ST GZRi·1A. Y-­E I ' ER S"'" I 1G -0 EXPLORE WITH H:M o 
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