Central (C): Germany (CG). Berlin

A file containing documents relating to Berlin. Subjects discussed in the file include the withdrawal of tanks from the Checkpoint Charlie area; threats to aircraft carrying West German politicians visiting West Berlin; Berliners' reactions to the Twenty-Second Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; and events in the "loudspeaker war" between propagandists in East and West Berlin. Other matters covered include the holding of West German Bundestag committee meetings in the city; the viability of West Berlin as an isolated city; the possibility of establishing a trusteeship as the basis for the Allied presence; and legal opinions on the status of Berlin as the capital of both Germanies. Documents in the file include summaries of Soviet press coverage of events in Berlin; a summary of events in Berlin during the second half of 1961; and minutes of informal meetings between Western commanders and the governing mayor of Berlin.