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    "ocrText": "-6-\nSecretary Acheson Says USSR \"On Defensive\". - At his press\nconference on June 23, Secretary Acheson said, referring to\nthe CFM session, that \"the position of the West has grown\nsteadily in strength\", and \"the position of the Soviet Union\nin regard to the struggle for the soul of Europe has changed\nfrom the offensive to the defensive, He added:\n\"The significance of this is very important in\nexplaining why no agreement was possible about Germany.\nBeing on the defensive, the Soviet Union was forced to\ntake, or did take at any rate, the attitude that it\nwould not relax its hold in any way whatever upon any\narea which it controlled in Germany. It would not\nrelax its hold on the Eastern zone of Germany or on\nthe Eastern sectors of Berlin. That fact, in and of\nitself, made any agreement impossible because the whole\nessence of the Western program was to relax this iron\ngrip of military government from the Western zones of\nGermany. \" 10\nWestern Powers Decree End of East Mark in Western Berlin. -\nA statement on currency reform issued by the three Western\nMilitary Governments in Berlin on March 20, 1949, and published\nby the Department of State in June, sets forth that the US,\nUK, and French Military Governors, after consulting with the\nresponsible German authorities in Frankfort and Berlin and\nin response to the unanimous resolution of the City Assembly\nadopted on November 4, 1948, had decided that as from March 20\nthe East mark should cease to be legal tender in the Western\ns\nsectors of Berlin.\nThe statement noted that the currency reform instituted\nin the Western Zones in June 1948 had not disburbed the posi-\ntion in Berlin but that the reform in the Soviet Zone was\nmade applicable to Berlin as well. In these circumstances\nthe \"estern powers had been obliged to introduce the West\nmark into their sectors but, in their desire to facilitate\nfour-power agreement, had made both the West mark and the\nEast mark legal currency in their sectors, according to the\nstatement. It stated that failure to reach this agreement,\ncoupled with the splitting of the city administration and con-\ntinuance of the blockade, \"have meant that these arrangements\nhave been inconsistent with the smooth ordering of economic\nand financial life in Western sectors, and grave economic\nand social injustices have resulted.\" 11\nUN Neutral Experts Report on Berlin Currency. - The Depart-\nment of State published in June the report of the Technical\nCommittee on Berlin Currency and Trade appointed by UN Security Council\nlOpress release 484 of June 23.\n1Documents and State Papers, Vol, I, No. 14, May (released\nin June) 1949, p. 782."
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