https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/f40526f369565858c841fb486fc76f6f.pdf 9f9e423b56ea867508ffe4d1957dc27b PDF Text Text ll"j 7Tocument dJsc;losedunder the Access to Information Ai:t • Document divulgue en vertu de lo Loi sur /'occes a /'information Post·· File .1' .. " - 24-4 .. BONN, NO~· 288 August 2; 1950 '.A~ \"V"vl., I t ~· Sir, Berlin Major General Maxwell D. Taylor ·of the United States Army is American Commander in Berlin. Towards the end of last week, Gener~l Taylor addressed 7 a meeting of·the members of the international press l! at a Britis·h Press Club luncheon in Frankfurt and ·9 defin~d the long-term objective of· _United States policy in Berlin ·as "helping a.unified, free city ' i • 1 to become a healthy, integral segment. of the free Addressing the· members, he. ans~ered the · Lf AUG,9~Q,,. world"• question "How are we doing in Berlin?" by the following statements: • ._.,..__ --,,..1 l-r -, ...~.,,. .. :- ... ,7 ,,_,,,r.,.,...., ....... "Politicali We are-determined ihat democratic processes will determine the • future of Berlin. We will not be coerced by the German Democratic Republic (Communist.directed government of the Soviet zone) , which is a ·cat'~ -paw for the Soviets in their • qianipulations of ·eastern Germany e We may look forward to a turbulent fall period when the Communists will attempt to give some sort of validity to the single list elections in the East·zone. The question of ·whether Berlin is to become a 12th state in the German Federal Republic is one which we shall·have to face up to in the not-too-distant future." s "Economic: ·Our aim has been clearly stated; it is to bring back economic normalcy in Berlin. Th~ long-term health of .the city depends in great part on its a'pility to . compete on an .equal basis with ·west German : industry for markets. T~e goal of ECA investm~nt capital here has 0een to ·improve industrial production and thus to improve Berlin's competitive· position. Everything.within reason we have asked from our government for Berlin has been grated us. Washington is backing us to the hilt." "Psych~logical: The most encourag'ing phen.omendn of the. past year has been the '. _;ruggedness, the unfailing high morale of the West· Berliners. Prompt U.S. aid t6 Korea -~ has shown Berliners the ·u.s .. is ready-to ba~k up those who -are attacked, those who would .. be deprived of their liberty by Communist . _:· Th~ S~cretary of State External Affairs; 0 TT AW A. for .•·· • • • 2 000245 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act DocumMt d,vu/gue en v~rtu d~ lo Lo, sur l'occ~s a l'informot,on fX 8 I I 1 r ..I• ,. 000246 �Ufnent:-disdosed un ertlre7'\ccess to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de lo Loi sur /'occes a /'inform·otion - 2 - aggression. A silver lining in the black cloud of Whitsuntide (when the Communist FDJ threatened a march on free Berlin) was the effectiv~ welding together in purpose and in action of the Allies and the West Berliners." 2.· ·General Taylor concluded by promising "the cold wind that blows from Moscow will never·freeze eastern Germany into a monolithic Communist state so long as freedom burns strong in the West Berlin." 3. I have taken this information from a copy of one of the daily releases from American and British High Command offices in Frankf~rt. ·r_have the honour to be, Sir, Your·obedient servant, T.C. Davis Head of Mission •. 000247 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDBC00320 Title A name given to the resource "Conditions in West Berlin," Bonn to SSEA, no. 288 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02-Aug-50 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "BERLIN. Political Situation. Relations between West and East Berlin," RG25-A-3-c, Volume 4072, File number: 10937-40, File part: 1, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource LAC ATIP A-2024-01457 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Berlin Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English