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Message from General Lucius Clay
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Message from General Lucius Clay
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Berlin Blockade, 1948-1949
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PRIORITY
MSG NR BIV 18
TOP
ITTS ONLY
om CLAY REQURST DELIVERY AND oy THE PLLVG
2. FROM CLAY PD HAVE JUST REPLY TO
ROBKRTSONS PROTRST RELATIVE 20 AIRPLANT ORASH PD VRILE SOKOLOV SKY
HAD TOPRESSID REGRE? OVER the ACCIDANT AND HAD ASSURED
THAT NOLESTATION OF ALLIXD AIRORAT? VAS yor
OMA HIS LETTAR CONTAINS NO SUCK ASSURANCE PD MORTBOVITR the
Lertva GAN ONLY as BY BRITISN AS UNSATISTACTORY
AND IN JACT INSULTINO PD THE LETTAR COMPLETELY AT VARIANCE WITH
SUCK AS THE BRITISH NAVS ABL TO GATHIR CHA PLACES THM
ENTIRS BLANE on THE BRITISH TRANSPORT PLANE PD IT PURPORTS THA
SOVIET PLAM TO hava BED ONLY A TRAININO PLAR CMA AT/MOUGK
WING PARTS RYCOVERED IN STOTOR INDICATE IT 20 HAVE A
YAK PD MORKOVER CHA It CIAINS BRITIS 50 HAVE
IN TRY CORRITOR VITHOU? WARNING CHA THE JRITISH PIARE HAD
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CORRIDOR IN THIs CMA IT VOUT.D BE 7OR
The SOVIET TO UNDERTAKE PROPECTION MRASURIS PD
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PLANTS VHION FLY CORRIDORS RAS NO BASIS IN FACT CMA
AND Tax SOVINT RMPLY MUST BT CONSIDIRTO AS AMD
PROVOGATIVE PD
4.° SOVIETS REJECT A INVISTIGATION ONLY
TO A JOINT INVESTIGATION WHICIT It Is APPARKNT COUT.D STRVE TO
TVO RIPORTS PD x HAVE TO BRITISH
HILITART THAT IT TAKI up VITH FORMION OFFICE
THE AUVISABILITY 07 AN DENDIATE PROTTST TRROUGH THE BRITISH
AMBASSADOR AT MOSCOV CASA AM HAV# STAPMD TRAT IF THIS COURSTI Is
FOLLOVED I VILL THAT OUR ASSOCIATE
ITSTLE VITH SUCH A PROTRST PD I AM ASKING FOR A OOPY or no
REPLY so MAT I MAT GABLE I? TO YOU PD PLEASE
STATE DIPT ADVISNO 07 mess onty 20 YOU TO
EXTRIT YOU BELIEV: ADVISABLE AS mony ART wor BEING ALSO TO THE
STATN DUPT TEROUOR 308 MURPHY AS Is
THINK
ARCHIVES 'NALIONAL SERVIGE** RECORDS AND
DECLASSIFIED
E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
OSD letter, April 12, 1974
# 7
By NLT- HC. NARS Date 11-24-75
SOOR