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RECD: JANUARY 2, I 1964, 1:39 P.M. 

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ACTION: BERLIN 674 Ii·1'·1EDIATE
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INFO: SECSTATE l23_~ PRIORITY 
SAL EUR PARIS 861 PRIORITY IO . 
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MOSCOW 419 PRIORITY
USIA I :N""R DATE: JANUARY 2, 5 p. :1. RMR FI IAL 
INFO USAREUR, CINCEUR AND USELNLO 
PARIS ALSO FOR USRO; USAREUR AND CINCEUR FOR POLAD 
SUBJECT: BERLIN P8SS ARRANGEMENTS 
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EMBTEL 2315. 
1. FOL HIGH LEVEL, EARLY ~ORNING FRG >1EETING ON NEH SEl~A':' 
PAs c PROPOSAL, STATE SECRETARY £ARSTEN~ ASKED ALLIED REP~ 
MEET WITH HIM AT 11:3Z A.1·1 · TODAY FOR CONSULTATIOi·:. HE ~.\ID 
THAT FRG HAD BEGUN TO ~TUDY PROPO~AL ON RECEIPT YE~TERD.'·.'.' 
BUT THAT IT HAD BEEN DIFFICULT REACH r ·:::ED IATE DECI2ION~ 
Slt 1CE BOTH ERHARD Af\:D ~CHROEDER UERE AHAY. FRO;·J HI~ FOLI.)'." ­
ING PRESENTATION IT WA~ QUICKLY APPARENT THAT, IN SPITE OF 

PREVIOUS RE~ERVATIONS, FONOFF, AT LEAST IN ABSENCE OF 
SCHROEDER, DID NOT CONSIDER THAT IT WAS IN POSITIO~ TO PREVENT SENAT FRO~ INITIATING FURTHER TALKS WITH EA~T GERMANS• 
2. CARSTENS FIRST OUTLINED FOLLOWING UNDERLYING QUE~Tio~;~· INVOLVED IN SENAT PROPOSAL: 
A. HUMANITARIAN INTE~EST -FIRST PASS ACTION WAS CLE~RLY OF 
HUMANITARIAN NATURE AND· BECAUSE OF HU~ANITARIAN ASPECTS,
MEST GERMAN SIDE HAD AC6EPTED CERTAIN CONDITIONS WHICH IT 
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OTHERHISE ,1IGHT NOT HAVE. :-n;:;A~:IT/\RIAP~ ELEMENT NOT QUITE so STRONG Ill NEW PROPO~AL BUT lS no.:ET1!ELES~ PRESENT. IN FACT, PROPOSED ENLA!CE.:ENT TO INCLUt1E ALL HES'f BERLINER~· INTRODUCES NEW HU>;ANITARIAN FACTOR SINCE :·1Ar\:y r·:oN-RELATIVES HAVE COMPASSIONATE REASONS TO VISIT EAST BERLIN. 
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B. FREE CIRCULATION -IF WESTERN SIDE E:•JPHASIZES PRINCIPLE OF FREED Or~ OF CIRCULATION IN BERL I , ~:ENTION OF EAST BERLIN TRAVEL TO WEST BERLIN SHOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED. IN DIS­CUSSING r;:rs HITH ~ENAT REP, LATTER HAD i·1ADE POINT THAT SENAT U TDER ORDERS FRO~ AK TO PREVENT ENTRY OF CERTAIN EAST BE~ LIN RE~IDENTS SUCH AS THE LAWYER KAUL. CARSTENS ASEUMED LIST HAS SMALL, HOWEVER, AND FELT PROBLE>i COULD BE HAt'DLED • ~ 
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C • FORd OF AGREE:1ENT -CARSTENS NOTED THAT POir:T I I. 1. 
OF SE 1AT PROPOSAL COULD BE INTERPRETED AS ~1EANING T'.<AT 

.l·.E TERf' SIDE WA~ PREPJ\RED TO REPEAT SAME FOR:·1 AS CHRIST~ AS PA~f PROTOCOL. FONOFF FELT, HOWEVER, IT S:{OLJLD BE If\TER­PHETED AS :·:EANING THAT COGNIZANCE OF DEC 17 PROTOCOL WOULD BE TAKEN I~ ANY FURTHER . 
... EE"1ENT BUT NOT TEAT !:VERY DETAIL OF G lAT E FOR EXA:·1PLE WOULD NECESSARILY BE REPEATED· C RSTEf c: AD V TTED THAT ~Et~AT FOR:·1ULATION NOT ENTIRELY CLEA:·{ 
UT l'E \·.Ar .... URE EA~T GER:iAI~~ WOULD RAISE TEIS POir,~T Ar,:D 
CLA IFICATTQ. WOULD BE ACHIEVED IN PROCESS OF NEGOTIATION. 

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4 • CAR<::TENS SAID FRG PLAt 'ED RECO J:~E~lD ADDITIONAL Pl RASE IN POINT I• 1 C'TATING THAT THERE IS dO Lii·iITATIO~: OP EtJTRY TO WE:STERP s:CTORS OF PERSONS FR0:1 EAST BERLIN. DE i·'JARGERIE 
POI .TED OUT THAT THIS HA~ O~'LY A DECLARATION AMD TOT A 
· POI~.T TO H!:ICH OT:-1ER SIDE NEEDED AGREE. CAR~TZ~~S CO ,CURREDALD c AID F, G HOULD REC0'.~.1END C;tANGE IN WORDING HHICH HOULD ~AKE CLEAR THAT ACTION BY EAST GER~AN £IDE WAS NEEDED TO · LAKE EXIT FROM SOV SECTOR PO~~·IBLE· CAR~TENS SAID FRG HAD OT YET DECIDED WHETHER FREE CIRCULATION FR0'·1 EAST TO WEST t·.OULD BE ACTUAL CONDITION FOR Al 1Y AGREE.·iENT NOR HAD IT REACHED DECI SI01'.~ ON WHAT ITS PO~ITION HOULD BE IF EAST, GER ·1Al.S REJECT CERTAIN OTHER -POINTS. HHEN ASKED BY BRITISH ~I 1ISTER ·WHETHER FRG WOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE DELAY I VOLVED It REACHING SUCH DECISIONS DURING NEGOTIATIONS, CARSTENS SAID HE, PERSONALLY, DID NOT BELI~VE VE~TERN ~IDE EED BY U DER T-RE'.IENDOUS PRESSURE TO REACi-: AGREEiit:NT BEFORE JAN S. HE FELT IT I ~PORTANT NOT TO NEGOTIATE UNDER PRES~URE· 
S. CH SA US UAS PREPARED TO SEE NEGOTIATIONS CONTI~:UE I KORBER-WENDT CHANNEL AND l·JAS GENERALLY IN AGREE ·IENT \;ITK SPECIFIC POI ·rs IN SENAT PROPOSAL. us COULD PROBABLY AGREE TO ANY F GISE TAT POSITION ON LEVEL OF CHANN°ELS AND DEGREZ OF ECOGNITior1 INVOLVED IN DEALING WITH EAST GER>1AN£. Af Y EFFECT HHICH NEGOTIATIONS MIGHT HAVE ON UEST BERLIN, l O~EVER, WAS OF I:1:·~EDIATE I ~·1PORTANCE TO US AND BERLIN COMMAI DANTS ~1UST BE INFOR:·1ED IN ADVANCE OF PHOPOSED SENAT POSITIONS. CHARGE STATED THAT WE HOULD WI:... : TO EXA.<INZ HHAT, IF A~~Y, ROLE EAST GER~1AI~S :1IGHT CONTINUE TO HAVE IN WEST BERLIN. HE NOTED THAT ALLIES WOULD NOT WISH TO BE PLACED I POSITIOl, HOWEVER, WijERE THEY RECEIVED EXCLUSIVE BLA~E FOR A1y DELAY OF FUTURE TALKS· . 
6. CARSTE s co 1CURRED AND ASKED THAT, BEFORE COMMANDANTS 
AGREED TO Al Y 1EGOTIATING PROPOSALS MADE BY SENAT, ALLIES 

FIRST CONSULT FRG IN BOIJN. FRG, IN TURN, WOULD CONSULT 
ALLIED PRIOR TO RESPONDING TO SENAT. THIS WAS AGREED. 
7. B ITIS}f MINISTER THEN ASKED IF PRESENT CONVERSATION 
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FRG CONSULTATION PRIOR TO FRG REPLY 
TO SENAT LETTER. CARSTENS SAID YES. FRG REPLY WOULD, IN 
su~I! '1ARY' STATE CA> SIX POINTS IN SENAT PROPOSAL GENERALLY 
ACCEPTABLE; CB) HORDING OF ~1EMORANDU:1 SHOULD BE REVI~ED TO 
PLACE MORE STRESS ON FREE CIRCULATION FOR EAST BERLIN.ERS j 

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-4-2318, January 2, 5 P.M., From Bonn 
·cc> WHEN FORM OF FUTURE AGREE~ENT CONSIDERED, POSSIBLE 
DANGERS INVOLVED FOR FEDREP GER:·:AN POLICY SHOULD BE KEPT 
IN MIND; CD) SENAT :~UST CONSULT FRG FULLY AT EVERY STEP; AdD <E> ALLIES IL! BERLIN ALSO tJISHED TO BE CON~ULTED BEFORE SEN AT TAKES ANY ACTION WITH EAST GER >iANS. 
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8. ALLIED  REPRESENTATIVES  AGREED  THAT  SUCH  REPLY  ACCEPTABLE.  
IN VIEW THIS AGREEMENT IN COORDINATE SIMILAR ALLIED  BONN, BELIEV£ USBER SHOULD REPLY TO SENAT AND INDICATE  
CONCURRENCE  IN  INITIATION  OF  FURTHER  TALKS  WITH  WENDT  ON  
THIS  BASIS·  .  
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9. WOULD  APPRECIATE  USBER  SUGGESTIONS  ON  HANDLING  PRES~  

ERIES RE NEW APPROACH. ~·1IGHT BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO COORDINATE ALLIED PRESS APPROACH WITH SENAT IN ORDER PRECLUDE CONTRADICTORY INTERPRETATION OF DEVELOPMENTS • IF YOU 
CONSIDER THIS FEASIBLE, WE ·WOULD SEEK'TO DO ~A~E ON TR~­PA T BA S WITH FONOFF· -4. 
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