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Action RECD: FEBRUARY 12, 
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Info  FROM:  . BONN  
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G SP L H SAL EUR  INFO :  -SECSTATE 2862 PRIORITY PARIS 1043 ' PRIORITY LONDON 893 PR I ORITY MOSCOW 499 PRIORITY USAREUR UNN PRIORITY CINCEUR UNN, PR !ORI TY  / (SE CTI ON TWO OF  THO )  
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USAREUR AND CINCEUR FOR POLADSJ PARIS ALSO FOR USRO 
SUBJ: BERLIN PASS NEGOTATIONS 
7. KRAPF STTIESSED THAT THE DANGERS WHICH A REPETITION OF THE CHHISTHAS P/\SS ARRANGEMEf\1Tt·JOULD POSE FOR FRG ALL-GERMAN POLICY WErE VETIY REAL. HE SAID THAT AN ARAB AMBASSADOR CALLED ON HI~ YESTERDAY AND ~AID THAT HE HAD THOUGHT HE UNDERSTOOD .THE FTIG 
POLICY BUT HE NO LONGER FELT THIS TO BE TRUE IN VIEH OF THE . .CHRifTMAS PASS PROTOCOL· TEE Ar··1BASSADOTI SAID THAT HE APPRECIATED THE DIFFEREf\;cr:s BETUEEN CHINA AND GER~·1ANY AS EXPLAINED BY TEE FRENCH GOVERt'MENT BUT TEE GERMAN POLI CY ON PASS. I SSUEANCE PLACED THE GETII1AN QUESTION IN QUITE A DIFFERENT LIGHT· KRAPF HAD ALSO LEARNED THAT THE SOVIET EViBAS2Y IN BONN HAS BEEN TELLING NEUTR!iL E;,;~BAs~·IES THAT A DEFINITE CH/\NGE HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE GERMAN QUESTIOi,! AS A f!ESULT OF THE PAE~.' ARRANGEMENT. fJOREOVER THE FOREIGN OFFICE HAD RECEIVED REPORTS FROM VARIOUS NEUTRAL COUNTRIES INDICATING A BIDE· . 0 r1ISINTERPRETATION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF. THE CHRISTI·JAS PHOTOCOL· ' 
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S. TJ~E US DCM STATED THAT THE ALLIES HAD NOT YET EXPRES~ED ANY POSITION ON THE l'ft.i.'I~-::R PROPOSED EASTETI-WHITSUN AHRANGEr~ENT TO THE SEN AT. THE US WAS PREPARED TO CONCUR IN IT IF IT U/\S AGREED UP01i BETWEEN THE FRG AND 'FHE SENAT. NOW IF THE FRG AND THE SENAT AGREE' THAT THE ARRANGEMENT IS NOT POSSIBLE HE CAN ALSO · ACCEPT THIS. HE 
WOULD NOT WISH TO GET IN BETWEEN THE FRG AND THE EENAT, HOWEVER· HE EXPRESSED THE VIEH THAT THE ALLIES SHOULD BE RESERVED urJDER PRESENT ·CIRCur.-)STANCES IN ORDER TO AVOID RU1·)0R~ THAT THEY HAD DISCOURAGED AN ARRANGEMENT OR THAT THEY WER~ FOR IT AND THE FEG WA!j AOA!N!?f • ~ 
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-2-2862 , FEBRUARY 13, 1 A.M. FROM: BONN (SECTION 'IWO OF TWO). 

9o THE FRENCH MINI~TER SAID TH/\T FRANCE ALSO COULD 1AVE AGJ IZD TO T:Lt E EASTER ARRANGEt·~ENT IF IT HERE CONCURRED IN BY THE FTIG. 10U THAT THE FRG AND SENAT HEHE OBVIOUSLY NOT IN AGREE.;ENT, FhA~~CE UOULD BE I::CLir\:ED TO ACCEPT THE FEDERAL POSITION BECAUSE IT TIECOGNIZES THE DAi,!GERS OF E~rPLOITATION BY PANKOH· 
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KrAPF r\;OTED THAT It·~TERNAL POLITICAL COf1PLICATIOMS WERE NOU ALSO Pi.ESErT AND REMARKED THAT BRANDT. WAS rJOT YET TEE CHAIR:1AI'! OF THE SPD ~...EICH HAD :;ti.DE · IT POS~IBLE FOR A DIFFERENCE TO DEVELOP BETUEE ! HI ii At:D PARTY LEADEJ{S IN BONN• . HE COFCLUDED BY STATING THAT II\ THE JUDG~·iEI\T OF THE FRG THE E.C\ST GEBi··1ANS \·JILL RAISE THE QUESTION AGAIN EVEr·: IF /\ TEi'JPORARY BREAK oc9un~ IN 't·~EGOTIATIOt{S AT THE PRESENT TI:;r::. Tl:E FRG HAD It·~ MIND TlfAT UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES IT i·,11GHT DE PO~~IBLE TO DIRECT FURTHER TALKS If\TO THE IZT CHJ\NNEL. THIS HOULD BE DE~IRA3LE SINCE THEYf'ORESAW A CERT/\If\ DANGER IN COr~TIUUI~·c COtiTACTS DETUEEM HEST BERLIN AND ZONE• 

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C01MENT -HE BELIEVE THAT IT WILL · BE EXTREViELY Ii':PORTANT Fon THE ALLIES TO ~TAY WELL IN THE BACKGROUND NOH THAT THE PASS QUESTION ?no~ISES TO BECOME AN INTERNAL POLITICAL ISSUE BETWEEN BERLIN A~:n BO n~ A1JD EVEN UITElN THE SPD· THE FRG ~ 1AY WELL TAKE SATISFf\CTIOfi I r THE PROSPECT OF OBVIOUS CONTHOVERSY UITr-fIN THE SPD LJ;:ADER~HIP ON T~fE MATTER · UE WOULD PROPO~E TO TAl\E NO DEFINITIVE POSITION UNTIL SOME AGREEMENT HAS BEEN THTIASl-(ED OUT BETUEEN THE FRG AND THE SENAT • 


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