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Berlin: Delays at Crossing Points between East and West Berlin and Freedom of Movement in Greater Berlin

1 Jan 1981

A file containing documents relating to the movement of people between East Berlin and West Berlin. Subjects covered in the file include an escape from East Berlin in a French military bus; the issuing of new-style passports to British embassy staff in East Berlin and their dependents; difficulties in securing East German acceptance of this innovation; Soviet protests at the use of British Military Government identity cards by embassy staff; and an increase in attempts to escape from East Germany. Other subjects discussed in the file include the shooting of a man attempting to climb over the Berlin Wall from west to east; the Allied view that the boundary between East Berlin and West Berlin did not constitute an international frontier; incidents on the transit routes between West Germany and West Berlin; and problems experienced by American diplomats at sector crossing points.
united kingdom refugees united states of america freedom of movement border incidents borders emigration family international relations passports soviet union visas berlin east germany british army british armed forces defectors west germany united states armed forces berlin wall Anglo-East German relations diplomatic officials West Berlin embassy staff Border Security and Migration border controls United States Army East Berlin Peter Carington American-East German relations British Commanders'-in-Chief Mission to the Soviet Forces in Germany (BRIXMIS) David Mostyn Berlin border crossings Berlin garrison Peter Foster
Collection ID
FCO33
Countries
East Germany Soviet Union United Kingdom United States of America West Germany
Department Reference
WRL 40/1 PART A
Document Type
Administrative Records Correspondence Reports
File Reference
FCO 33/5012
Identifier
10.1080/cwee.fco33.005012
Pages
137
Persons Discussed
David Mostyn Peter Carington Peter Foster
Published in
United Kingdom
Subject Countries
Berlin
Themes
Border Security and Migration International Relations

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