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OCR Page 1 of 4FOP SEGRET
DECLASSIFIED
E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (E)
7-15-75
Dept. of State letter, Aug 9, 1993
"NATIONAL
By NLT- He , NARS Date 12-1-25
= ARCHIVES SERVICE* RECORDE AND
MEMORANDUM
Mr. Malik, Soviet Representative on the Security
Council of the United Nations, recently approached
Mr. Jessup in a private conversation with suggestions
which intimated that the Soviet Government might be
prepared to lift the Berlin blockade if the Western
Powers would lift the counter-blockade and would agree
to a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers. Mr.
Malik indicated that the Soviet Government might agree
that the lifting of the blockade could precede the
convening of the Conference of Foreign Ministers, pro-
vided a date was fixed for the latter.
In view of the extreme delicacy and importance
of this matter, I instructed the Secretary of State
to have this approach followed up in further private
discussions between Mr. Jessup and Mr. Malik, with a
view to ascertaining whether it had any real substance.
Mr. Jessup was instructed in particular to obtain con-
firmation of Soviet readiness to lift the blockade prior
to the meeting of the Ministers.
Pending such clarification I instructed the Secretary
of State not to disclose information about this discussion
without my authorization. The British and French Foreign
Ministers were naturally kept personally informed of the
progress of these talks.
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