Berlin: Meetings between the Senat and the German Democratic Republic and Soviet Union

A file containing documents concerning contacts between the West Berlin Senate and Soviet and East German officials. Subjects covered in the file include the requirement for meetings between the senate and the East German government to be controlled by the Western Allies; efforts by the East German authorities to hand over materials relating to two dead bodies; the financial problems and future of the S-Bahn suburban railway; and the large numbers of people refused entry to East Berlin and East Germany. Other subjects discussed in the file include East German currency exchange regulations; improvements in tourist and visitor traffic in East Berlin; arrangements for the transfer to East Berlin of a collection of archives and a group of sculptures from the Schlossbrücke; and suggestions that the mayor of West Berlin, Hans-Jochen Vogel, was looking for Soviet and East German support in his election campaign.