Translation of Memorandum from Ambassador Alexander Panyushkin to Secretary of State George C. Marshall

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DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) 7-15-75 F.R. of us. UOL 111948 960 Dept. of State letter, Aug.10,1973 Page By NLT- HS , NARS Date 12-152 FOP SEURE TRANSLATION NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND July 14, 1948 RECORDS SERVICE* Mr. Secretary of State: 1. The Soviet Government has familiarized itself with the note of the Government of the United States of America of July 6, 1948 in which the situation which has been created at the present time in Berlin is described as a result of measures taken by the Soviet side. The Soviet Government cannot agree with this statement of the Government of the United States and considers that the situation which has been created in Berlin has arisen as a result of violation by the Governments of the United States of America, Great Britain, and France of agreed decisions taken by the four powers in regard to Germany and Berlin which (violation) has found its expression in the introduction abours, and the introduction of abecial Currency of separate our for the western sectors of Berlin and in the policy of the dismemberment of Germany. The Soviet Government has more than once warned the Governments of the United States of America, Great Britain, and France in regard to the responsibility which they would take upon themselves in following along the path SECHE