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TOP 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 S. exercise control over the operations with respect to Berlin of the "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS German bank of emission of the Soviet Zone. SERVICE' of rovembord 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 attempts 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 police with 15th

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