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(Te bs made by the UnltEd titetesn the Unlted Klngdo$r and !'ranee tf and-when ths $ovlet Unlon announcos tho l:tuulnent' tunnlng over to ttre $$H of the checkpolnf"s for l\l"}tsd acoogs to derLln" )

fhe $ovsrnmont of thE Sovlet Unlon hae announeed lte lntentlon of handlng ovor lts roenonalbllttles ln the $ovlet ?one af Gonmsny to tho bast Gsrman authorttles. Ths Oovernmenta of t'nence, the Unl.ted t(lngdom and the Urrlted'$tateg wlsh to etate that thts ln no way affoets thelr rlghts and rosponalbllltl-es ln on relating to Ser}ln' r*hlch they ers determlned to rvralntaln" ihey d$rlve thsee rLghts and rssponslbllltles fnom tlre defoat of l{ar.t Oermany !n 191+5 and the aseumptlon by the Alliod Porvora of, supreme authortty wlth respeet to Germonyo $lnce tho.t tlrno 'they have contlnued to ad.mlnleter tboln coctorl there &s a of *he cI.ty, and have kept a sma1l force of troopa qontlnue thc way gu*rantee that the lnhabttants wllL be sble to f,he $ovLot lsaders have of ttfe that they therneeLves pnofer* sta.ted on a rlu:;;ber of oocasLone that thoy havs no wlgh to lnterfers wlth tFrls way of Llfe, fhsns ls no doubt that ttre lnhabltants sf Host rlerlL.n themseLvee regard the lrlogtrnn garlsons aB a safogrrard and l*lsh thern &o sta;r" ?o As pert of tholr rlghts r:olatfng tc tse::llnn the three tioveg,nmante onJoy tire t'lght of unrestrlcted accosq to the'cltyo Certaln arr"su6ements lrsvo been mnde Ln tho past wlth the $oviet Unlon ta endure the ordorly prosness of Alllsd tnafflc on Land *.nd in the af"ro 'fhoy pnovlde tlrat the eommenders of all"led tralns enC road csnv*irs &nd vehlcl"os should oresenb pauers to the husslan *heok-pstnts whlch ldsntlfy then ag alli.ed trafflc tlhlch ts n$b errbJo*t to the customs and othen adraLnlstr:atlvo checke impose'J on ordlnary conmerclal trafflso As roge.nds aln trsfflct lnfonm tho the $r3.{;1sh, },'r'ench and Untted $iba*es Control}er"s fiovlet controiler trn tho quadrlpart,q.te trilerl"ln Air uafety Centrarr ln advenco of the f,ltghts mado by allled alrcraft to and fron $er}fnr so that tho $ovlet CantroLlen 1s able to ensura that other s,lrcraft operatLng J.n dast tiormany keep clean of'them.

E"-ffiH'Effit scmblnes the rjnltlsh draft ths $:'eneh dreft dated June 10, 1959"
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-2If the $o'rlet Unton reouLd cloarly reeogntze ltg contlnutng obllgatlons to the lhroe Powenr wlth iegard-to the questlon ofaceers to ilorlln and would raake 1t olean that liast Oerman pro sonnel utlLlzed fon tnafflo contnoL purpoaeg at the nall and hlghlay oheckpolnts rrenE servinlq ln the eaoaclty of agents for the Sovlot Unlonl the I'hree Powers wculd accept-the auUgtltutlon of such nengonnelo 'Ihe Sovlet Unlon has, however, not made a proposal of thls klnd" Tlre fhres Powers ther"eforc dsclane thet they 1111 contlnue to hold the Sovlet Unlon regoonglble fon the carrylng out of the rssnonslbllltlss uhlch lt under.took toward them wltn raepect to Benlln and thelr rtghta of acccss to that 3"

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clty" 4, If the $ovlot Govsrnmsnt decldes to wltbdnaw $ovlet pensonnol fion the ground check-polnta and ghe tJenlln Alr: Safety Centne the thlree Oovernments must assums that the Sovlet Govsrnl no longer congidens the adrnlnlctretive proceduros prcvLous.ly Ta!! follored to be nceograry. 'fhey wlLl contlnuo to use the same accgls r.outes as at pnssent (1.e, ths autobahn fnom Helmstedt to tierllnr. the rallwey ?rom He]rnesdt to tlsrlln and the three elr corrldor.g leadlng to Hamburg, Hannover, Iarankfurto ) they w111 teke the followln6; meesures to lnfonn the llast German authoritlor of theln movenents o that ths orderly progregs of tr.affle may bc
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5, lhe three Oovernrnonts recognlzc that the rnlrtuno of their trafflc rnd ordlnery corunorelal-trafflo on the sano noutea ma,kes lt reagonable to fol-low somo unlforn orocedure whenoby AlllEd trafflc can be readlly tdontlfled. iliLloving that ali neegonablo tdcntlflcatlon roqtrlroncnts wllr tberoby be furry metr.they havc egrac<l,to Eroceed as follows" rhey rlLl pnicaro a epbclar mosemcnt order for eaeh traln, road conyoy or r.oad vehtoli cer:tlfyr* lng that lha vehlcLec, tr"avellars and gooda oonoorned eonatltutc offlolal altrled treffie onoceedlng to 5r firon Benlln ln connexlon ulth tba occripatlon.of Berlln, slch nrovement onder wlll be stanped by an aLlled offlcer befor:shand to ghcw thc date and tlnrc at vhtch the tratn, convoy on vehlcle entered rjast Genmanyo 6. A cop; of thts movemsnt onden w111 be handed to the uast Gerslan check-pol.nt pensonnol at the eutobahn checkpoLntg at rcarlanbonn and liowawes or the tneln shsck-Folnt at Marlenborno fhe three (iovcnnrnents look to the dagt.G6riaan authonltler to afford the al},led tnaln, convoy or vctllclc f,rsc pagaaga on rsoelpt of tlrlr lnformatlono v

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illi, Agci'Pg (tgt alternatlvs for use 1f ncourse rn ls adoptedl: 7" The three Governmentg rlrl contlnue to exohanse fltaht safety lnfornatlon. among, one another ln the Bs;ti;"Ar"-siFJty Centre and aggume that f,tre $ovlet uovennment has dcclded that lt oa,n and w111, wlthout tho beneflt of exchangi oi-irreha -Lnformatlon ln. tho _oentre, nelntarn aueoruti-iEp.oition of $ovlet alncraft ancr ar.r siher alrcnaft operatin|-i;-[te zine from the elncreft of tbe thnse porscrs flytng tn theEivret Benlln corrldors and ths H'enlln control zeno rn ifiii Eonnexion t&nee bovennmsnts desLre to neltsrate that trrJ iroun-io*"r th-Agneenonts do not flx any altltude llmits for thc-eelrltn atrp corrldor
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(?nd alternattve for use 1f tr0ounae IItt ls adopted): 'lhe threo Govennmentg asgume that the $ovlctr by theln 7" ulthdnanat have g11en blentcet aBsurancr oi iri"tJ-to"rii-ii" thlgeaporor alrsiaft tn the Berr.ln and the ilerlln corltr:ol soneo .'rhc drltlrh, !'nench "oooldono and unlted bgsSei oontnollerc w111. contlnue to. cxcbaleo- irrrht. safety onr -lnfornration-anong another ln tho tssrlln safety^dentro, gitd rlII naii afri"E pLane 1n edvancen vle thc eilatlng ioieprrntcr llnc fnon iiigrrt re'polbof Arrpori, to rhs ,JputschS-Luitr,"nii-iE;;;i 6rrtas rn iiaet Berlln" Thoy rook to the $ast oenmen authonltlea to engure that these _fllght-plans are pasted to ths approprlatc a1r trafflc controls io that other afu:crafi-oper"ii[i in lraat Gcnnrany. can lreep crcero rn thls conncxlon, tlo thne5 uli"irirnenta dcglne to relterato thet thc !'oun-Pouer e,glrcenenti- af a oot flr any altltude fon' the Benlln alr sonnldofro

tlp U:tr:, lnd b'ranoa deat,ane that ett aWemptr !: -.ln:^!:l:, otr shc uorman authorltlcs'of the $ovtet zone to rubnlt Allied trafflc to other forrnalltlis or to any contrpl whatsoevcr would ba consldcred by them ar lnadnlssabie-rntertir"noJ-*itt, thelr rlght of fnec aaccss to Berlln.

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