Details

Subject(s)

• Diplomatic and consular service [Browse]
• Foreign relations [Browse]
• Politics and government [Browse]
• Great Britain—Foreign relations—1906-1966—Sources [Browse]
• Germany—Politics and government [Browse]
• Germany [Browse]

Related name

• Great Britain. Foreign Office [Browse]
• Coherent Digital (Firm) [Browse]

Series

• General Correspondence from 1906-1966 (Great Britain. Foreign Office. Political Departments) ; FO371-163577. [More in this series]
• Cold War Eastern Europe. [More in this series]
• FO371: Foreign Office: Political Departments: General Correspondence from 1906-1966 ; FO371-163577

Data source

• Cold War Eastern Europe, 1947-1982
• Cold War Eastern Europe, 1961-1966: Module 2
• History Commons

Summary note

A file of correspondence, reports, and press material concerning negotiations between East and West over the future of West Berlin. The documents discuss the West German government's view that "the best card the West had in negotiations with the Russians was economic pressure" -- and the East German government's claim that the Berlin Wall served as an "anti-fascist defensive rampart" that prevented the "West German militarists and imperialists" from "hindering the development of socialism in the G.D.R.". The documents also cover the French belief that Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet leader, is preparing for the signature of a peace treaty between the Soviet Union and East Germany by persuading the non-aligned member states of the United Nations that the continuation of the occupation regime in Berlin is a "dangerous anomaly". Other documents comment on a rumour that Khrushchev is under pressure due to the lack of developments in Berlin.

Notes

• Title from Cold War Eastern Europe Module II.
• File date: 1962.
• Date document(s) were released to the public domain: 1992.

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