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Intelligence Information Cable 25X1A COUNTRY EAST GERMANY /USSR 
DATE OF 
DISTR. 5 APRIL 1965
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EAST GERMAN AND SOVIET PLANS FOR RESTRICTIONS ON BERLIN ACCESS 
PLACE & 
DATE ACQ. 25X1X REF IN 

1 . IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEST GERMAN BUNDESTAG SESSION SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN WEST BERLIN ON 7 APRIL 1965, THE EAST GERMAN GOVERNMENT REQUESTED THAT THE SOVIETS IMPOSE A TOTAL BLOCKAGE ON 
-~ 	ALL ACCESS ROUTES TO THE CITY FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING. 
THE SOVIETS REPLIED THAT SUCH A MEASURE WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE 
TO THE PRESENT SITUATION AND THAT THEY WISHED TO HOLD SUCH AN 
EXTREME FORM OF HARASSMENT IN RESERVE FOR "MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES." 
THE SOVIETS AGREED, HOWEVER, TO HARASS AIR TRAFFIC BY REDUCING THE 
NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED FLIGHTS TO AND FROM BERLIN, NARROWING THE 

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AIR CORRIDORS FROM THE WEST, PLACING FURTHER RESTRICTIONS ON PERMISSIBLE ALTITUDES, AND ACCOMPANYING SOME FLIGHTS WITH JET FIGHTERS. 
2. I ICOMMENT: THE SOURCE HAD NO INFORMATION ON ANY 
..I 	SOVIET INTENTIONS REGARDING ALLIED MILITARY ACCESS TO BERLIN. SOURCE APPARENTLY WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE SOVIETS HAD ALREADY ANNOUNCED THE NEW ALTITUDE RESTRICTIONS ON THE EVENING OF 4 APRIL 1965.) 
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