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Allied High Commission for Germany

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The three commandants of west Berlin on June 11 sent a note to the Soviet Control Commission protesting the restrictions by the Soviet authorities against the export of certain commodities from west Berlin to western Germany. Under the new export regulations seventeen categories of goods could not be forwarded to western Germany unless special certificates listing the sources of raw materials used for their manufacture were attached to the bills of lading. The commandants considered these measures illegal because they were contrary to the agreements of New York and Paris of 1949 which put an end to the blockade of Berlin. It was reported that measures were being discussed by western High Commissioners at Bonn to counter the Soviet Union's “little blockade”. According to press reports, a reply from the Soviet Control Commission on June 18 asserted its right to control Berlin shipping.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities IV. War and Transitional Agencies
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1951

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References

1 Le Figaro, Paris, 06 13, 1951Google Scholar.

2 Ibid., June 15, 1951.

3 New York Times, June 19, 1951.

4 Ibid., July 6, 1951.

5 Ibid., July 7, 1951.

6 Ibid., May 11, 1951.

7 Ibid., July 12, 1951.

8 Ibid., May 18, 1951.

9 For text of President Truman's communication, see ibid., July 10, 1951.

10 Department of State, Bulletin, XXXV, p. 906Google Scholar.

11 New York Times, June 9, 1951.

12 Ibid., June 11, 1951; ibid., July 3, 1951.

13 lbid., May 30, 1951.

14 Ibid., May 4, 1951.

15 The Times, London, 06 27, 1951Google Scholar; New York Times, June 13, 1951.

16 Report of the United States High Commissioner for January–March, 1951. For further discussion of the European Army, see this issue, p.631.

17 New York Times, July 16, 1951.

18 Department of State, Bulletin, XXIV, p. 901906, 1023Google Scholar; ibid., XXV, p. 35, 61.