https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/a5aa7a4401b5adb6982753b2eda0359b.pdf d9b955473772ca0277ffe7f2b86dad3f PDF Text Text r .... Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur /'acces a /'information l( f i:.: • ORIGINAL MESSAGE FORM · INCOMING F" a Mo. 1/37-'-f o / D 'iyl W__J -·---------·Security Classification S ECRE T !JlJL •. ·.. .J.() 195< FROM: THE CANADJA4'JAMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED TO: THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNALAff System No. Date: WA-1805 ------------'--------- CYPHER-AUTO Priority STATES RS, CANADA July 9, 1952 Reference: Departmental Circulation Subject: Berl::.n. 1. The rtate D p ~tment, we were tole today by Geoffrey Lewi. Deputy Director or the Bureeu or Gerrran Affair. is ve y worried over the kianapping of Dr. Walter anse. He is aeid to be man of great character and : ntelligeu.ce a.na has done valt:.able wol'k for the Comm.1,tee of Fr e Jurists. The kidr.apping is bou!ld to h, e a di p:.riting effect on otl:.er West Be:rJ.iners who have been e~.gaged in simi ar t1:·ork. 2. As been delivere ou know6 n ~-ritten protest ha~ alre dy by the U11ited States Commandent in Be!'lin; and t· •.s ha~ been folloved up by an eve11 sterner oral rotest to the Soviet Comma~...da x. Consider tion is ow bei given to hat furtli.er steps should be taken. Don________ , Dat--------1 References ti' f t.,Cfit l lfn~A ~~--~:, b,,'k, N.~ C:-Co.i T-·t-S• 'IV:t.<• ,._,, ~~\.;' ltwlfr. (d\_'CL~v- (~vv \ 20M-50-P-7')4 L-- rt\,__ 3. The• is a possibility that the t .ree Western poverfJ mlght a1•rauge e.ppi~opl'inte retal:tation. In all probab '.ity this would have to be actually carried out b ~est Ber" iners, since it seen.s that Dr. Linae•s ki nappers ,ere German citizens. During the Berlin bl ckade of 1948-49., whenever an Allied soldier was a. 1•eate in the Soviet sector., fou:.:s ld1e:?>s or t f:J Red Army wer-e immedi tel az•re. ted in. the Wester .. sectors on charges of spe diD.g., drunken·ness., etc; a 1 it a1~,ays proved mysteriously difficult fr the Sovie authorit:es to a~certain exactly whel'e th.ey were bei >.gheld 01, on what charges. Sl:.o:r--tly after the All1. d oldier was released from 5oviet hands, the fo~r Red Army men would mir culotsly turn up in the Sov Et sector. lewis aid th tit would be quite easiblw to ar~ange for retaliatory kidnappings on rather the same pattern. But this was a dirty business o.u - ·1 h no onu ·;.ranted to embark ur.less it seemed abs Jutely ~ecessary in order to ·erronstl'ate that West Berliners could not be kidnapped ~1th impunity. JJ. lev1 I indicated that tb arrest of the tbl'ee 000599 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de lo Loi sur /'occes a /'information l - 2 - American priests in Berlin on the 3rd of July had been in no sense a serious incident. They had been well within the Soviet sector;_ and they should have known - or should at least have been told by their German guide - that, however strange this might seem when tested by any standard of civilized usage, it was, nevertheless, the case that no one could safely take photographs once he was over the boundary line. The three priests had been returned to the Western sector (according to the report of the United States authorities in Berlin} ~unharmed, well treated but badly scared". 000600 J � 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 CDBC00335 Title A name given to the resource "Berlin, WashDC to SSEA, WA-1805 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 09-Jul-52 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 8506, File number: 10937-40, File part: 2.1, 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