Berlin: Content of the Berlin Agreement Between Soviet Union, France, UK and USA

A file containing documents concerning negotiations for an agreement on Berlin between France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. Documents in the file include an English translation of a Soviet draft version of the agreement; agreed texts of certain parts of the agreement; records of meetings at which the draft agreement was discussed; and statements on the subject by Roger Jackling and Kenneth Rush, the British and American ambassadors in Bonn. Subjects covered in the file include extensive analysis of the Soviet draft agreement, which was described as "a considerable retrogression in substance on positions earlier taken by the Soviet side"; discussion of the term "transit" and the context in which it was placed; and the Soviet objective of gaining Western acceptance of the status quo in Germany, including recognition of the existence of the East German state.