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E.O. 11832, Sec. 3(E) and S(D)
-4-
By
NARS Date
of the Control Council of November 30, 1945, actually during the
discussions leading up to the decision of the Control Council of
November, 1945, to establish air corridors, the Soviet military
authorities in Berlin had suggested that the traffic in the corridors
should be limited to the needs of the military force. Neither the Control
Council, however, nor any other four-power body accepted this proposal
and the traffic in the corridors has since been subject only to those
safety regulations which were agreed on a four-power basis. Other
than these agreed safety regulations, no restrictions whatsoever have
been or are in existence on the use by aircraft of the occupying powers
of air communications in the corridors between Berlin and the Western
Zones of Germany.
In regard to four-power control of the German mark of the
Soviet Zone in Berlin, the Soviet military governor refused to admit,
despite an agreement in Moscow, that the financial commission should
exercise control over the operations with respect to Berlin of the
German bank of emission of the Soviet Zone.
Furthermore, with respect to the question of the control
of the trade of Berlin, the position of the Soviet military governor
amounted to a claim for exclusive Soviet authority over the trade of
Berlin with the Western Zones of occupation and with foreign countries.
This claim was a contradiction of the clear meaning of the agreed
directive to the four military governors.
7. Even while discussions were in progress, the Soviet
authorities in Berlin tolerated attempte on the part of minority groups
sympathetic to their political aims forcibly to overthrow the legal
government of the city of Berlin, constituted by democratic elections
held under four-power supervision. On August 30, the representatives of
the three western occupying powers in Moscow had drawn Mr. Molotov's
attention to the disturbed situation in Berlin. They suggested that
instructions be sent to the four military governors that they should do
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