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MEMORANDUM Germany. Hut his 10 9/Supp) THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON SECRET/EXDIS INFORMATION April 24, 1969 MEMORANDUM FOR MR. KISSINGER FROM: Helmut Sonnenfeldt Of SUBJECT: Hot Line Negotiations with the Germans Pursuant to your notation on my memorandum on this subject of April 16 to "proceed with it, 11 I called George Springsteen at the State Department and told him to prepare the necessary plans to arrange for hot line communications with the Germans. I told him that he should of course get appropriate interagency coordination and then submit the proposed course of action in a memorandum from John Walsh to you. Springsteen said he would proceed on this basis but that because of the complex technical problems involved it would probably be a little while before he would get back to you. In order to avoid getting wires crossed, I would suggest that if the Germans approach you on this matter that you refer them to George Springsteen. SECRET/EXDIS Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library.