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COUNTRY WEST BERLIN/USSR 

DISTR. 24 SEPTEMBER 1964 
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INDIRECT SOVIET QUERY ABOUT A KHRUSHCHEV VISIT TO WEST BERLIN 
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l. ON 20 SEPTEMBER, TWO SOVIET DIPLOMATS ASSIGNED TO THE _A. JEXANDER 
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EMBASSY IN EAST BERLIN RAISED WITH A WEST BERLIN JOURNALIST 
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~KNOWN TO BE WELL-CONNECTED IN WEST BERLIN SENAT CIRCLES THE 	_CHASE ,_FORRESTAL 
QUEST ION OF A POSSIBLE KHRUSHCHEV VISIT TO WEST BERLIN. THEY _JESSt.JP 
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ASKED THE JOURNALIST TO SOUND OUT SENAT FEELING ABOUT THE 
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POSSIBILITY OF INVITING KHRUSHCHEV TO INCLUDE WEST BERLIN 
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IN HIS FORTHCOMING VISIT TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC. 

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SOVIETS MEANT AN INVITATION FROM THE BERLIN SENAT. MORE DIRECT CHANNELS TO THE SENAT ARE AVAILABLE : TO THE SOVIETS,BUT 
nits m&terial contains lnformati1>n affecting tbe National Defense of the United States wtthln the meanlng of the -.Plonaae LaW8, Tttle 
18, u.s.o. secs. '193  and '194 .  tl\e traneml811on  or  revelation of which In any  manner  to  an  unauthortzed person  ls prohibited by law.  
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THEIR USE WOULD RISK A SENAT CLAIM THAT IT HAD BEEN APPROACHED OFFICIALLY. THE POSSIBILITY . EXISTS THAT THE SOVIETS WERE TRYING TO EXACERBATE FURTHER BONN-BERLIN RIVALRIES AND HOPED THE QUERY WOULD RECEIVE CIRCULATION AMONG WEST GERMAN POLITICIANS. NOTABLY THOSE OF THE CDU. SOMEWHAT MORE LIKELY IS THAT THE SOVIET DIPLOMATS ARE SEEKING A CONSIDERED AND INFORMAL ANSWER TO THEIR QUESTION./ 
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4. 1 ICOMMENT. WEST BERLIN MAYOR WILLY BRANDT HAS ALREADY PUBLICLY'<' INDICATED WILLING~ TO MEET WITH KHRUSHCHEV DURING THE LATTER'S FORTHCOMING TRIP TO WEST GERMANY./ 
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