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ACTION CINCEUR INFO BERLIN 803 USAREUR DEPT 2837 FEB, 10, 8 PM. 
FOR GE1ERAL LEMNI TZER AND GENERAL MCCONNELL FR OM AMBASSADOR 
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SUBJECT: AUTOBAHN CONVOYS 
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• 	SEVERAL MONTHS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE LASfUS NON~DISMOUNT 
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CONV OY WAS SENT ·ovER THE AUTOBAHr" AND I AM CONVINCED THAT 
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JEOPARDIZ!N~, THROUGH SELF-DENIAL, A PRINCIPLE WHICH WE
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EXPENDED CONSIDERABLE cFFORT TO ESTABLISH. AN OCCASIONAL NON-DISMOUNT CONVOY WJULD NOT APPEAR CONTROVERSIAL OR PRO­VOCATIVE SINCE THEY ARE NOTHING NEW AND, IF OUR INTERPRE­TATION IS CORRECT, ARE SPECIFICALLY FORESEEN IN THE SOVIET DEFINITION OF "EXISTING PROCEDURES". 
THERE FORE, WHILE I DO NOT KNOW THE BACKGROUND OF YOUR DECISION TO RECONFIGURE US CONVOY 2 AS A DISMOUNT CONVOY ON FEB 5, I AM INCLINED TO THINK THAT THE PROPOSED NON­... 
.,' 	DI SM OUNT CONVOY 11 ON FEB 24 SHOULD BE· SENT AS ORIGINALLY 
PLANNED, PARTICULARLY SINCE WE NOW HAVE.THE JCS REPLY 
<JCS 4453> WHICH WILL PERMIT FLEXIBILITY ON THE NUMBER OF 
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