· -3-3619, APRIL 6, 6 PM, FROM: BONN 
·Jl L . PLORE PERSONALLY. ITH K. RUSHcHEv :1HET ER THE AB~LI~· ~ ~E ! GERMAN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE COU D cONST!TUTE THE NE~ E~E~EN . OED 10 BRING MOVEMENT INTO THE CURRENTLY FROZEN GERMAN 
QUt..STJ.ON. EVEN BELO, THE' LEVEL OF LARGE ScAtE ASSISTANcE, IT IS DOUBTLESS THE ECONOMIC FIELD THAT OFFERS THE BEST PROSPEcTS FOR 
OVEMENT. IN SPITE OF SOVIET TESTINESS ABOUT THE ISSUE IT WILL 9E RECALLED THAT THE RANDE AND NAVIGATION AGREEMENT ·BERLIN CLAUSE ~5 PECULI1 LY 1 BIND.1.tG, SO THAT IT NEED NOT REALLY CONSTITUTE A BARRIER IN ESSENCE THE "C.AU:E"CONSISTS OF AN EXCHANGE OF "UNDERSTANDI~GS", 0 THE GER1AN SIDE THAT THE AGREEMENT APPLIES TO BERLIN, AND ON THE SOVIET SIDE THAT IT DOES NOT. WE DO NOT EXPECT ANY CHANGE IN GERMAN CREDIT POLICY IN .THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT, ALTHOUGH IT WOULD BE DIFFirULT, 'SO~·lE ACC0,1MODATION OF THE SOVIET DESIRE. FOR LONGER TERM TRADE 
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ARRANGEME TS MIGHT SE POSSIBLE IN THE LONG RUID. 
3. PRESTIGE·• IF DEGAULLE MEETS WITH KHRUSHcHE" SOON, AN IMPRESSION WILL E STEREO IN GERMANY THAT IT IS THE PREROGAT!vE OF MAJOR JORLD LEADERS TO HAVE DIRECT PERSONAL CONTACT ~ITH MOScow. GERM .N t I NCE 0 ASHING ON AS A CHANNEL TO KHRUSHcHEv IS LIKEL y TO 
PPEAR 	INCREAS ~GLY ANACHRONISTIC AND BY NO MEANS ESSENTIAL TO TH­
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4· REPAT.IATION ··THE FLO~ OF REPATRIATES FRO~ THE USSR HS ·ALLEN 
TO THREE OR F'OU. 10NTHLY, ALTHOUGH, SOME 10,000 PERSONS RE~AIN !~ '""~~ 
SO! ET UNION WHO HAVE REGISTERED FOR EPATRIATION .ERHARD . IGH..... 

CALCULATE THAT S071E SUCCESS IN REACT !'!AT ING REPATR I ·1 J. WOULD QE 
SUFF!C EN . TO JUS I y A ~EET G U!TH KHRUSHcHEv, THE M IN PURPOSE 
0 .JHiCH ~JOULD BE 0 E 0 A OF THE CONSIDERATIONS l.1S · D BOv 
FOR THE PRESENT 'E ·ouLD NOT EXPECT ERHARD TO GO BEYOND A c u ~IOUS 
A.~D QUIET EXP4,.G.t .~. IC1 OF SOVIE INTENTIONS SUCH EXPLOR T!O P t 1 
OUR V!Et.i1, IS Ju·. YET LIKELY TO REVEAL ANY SUBSTANTIAL ROS? cTS 0 
AGREEMENT EVEN SO, THE ABOVE CONSIDERATIONS WILL INCRE .S~~GL. 
BECOME F' CTO. S IN GERMAN THINKING. THEY MAY BE BORNE IN MIN Ir_-­
AS WE CONSIDER LIYELY--ERHARD CONSUL1S WITH US N THE ADnIS QILITY 
0 s-EKING A MEETING WITH KHRUSHCHEv. 
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