PRETEXT FOR RUSSIAN ACTION IN BERLIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001600940001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 16, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 19, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Pretext' fox Russian Action in 'Berlin
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORtIATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFCNSC
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE ISEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT SO
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officer among colleagues",,
conce*ned. S1ra3.1 a measu.r ss will have to be taken in regard to
others branches of the city administration. It is believed by zany
it Karishorst that the lot. of the average Berlin e; rk ^g mr ol:E.:'
best be improved if the Magistrat were made responsible to on-:
occur ing power only, thus eliminating the cumbersome Xomendatclra
machi .eryr. This change in the governing o.C the city cou..L. '00
achieved even though the v:stern Allies were to stay in Berlin,
inde f. nitel.y.'?'
3. Makarov said that his remarks were off the record and that he : o e:
not ih his official capacity but merely as `Earl old-time police
Lions 'and salaries of the city police force. This siMa t; .o `'? na.
Germany, (Russian Gone)
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Major A. L. Malkarov Deputy
VrLer ioi in ernal K. F-7 3 , n of the UVDS SMLL~ lnspec ed mes the s nhool of the Berlin police at obersch~5.neweide. Makaro,~,v ex
pressed satisfaction with --,hat he saw. and before departing made
a few "'unofficial" remarks to the staff, the substance of which
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2. "It ha become obvious to all rational people that Berlin is ..ooanec
to starvation and extreme economic hardship under qua driparti to
rlul e. The Soviet authorit::yea were, from the begj nr._ing, sk=:;ptic al.
of such an arrangement, but agreed to it in the hope that the
stern Allies would observe the spirit of the Yal.tr and Po?tsd gym
agreen ants. Time has provveed, such a hope to be ill fo-zndedv The
Berliq iComendatu'd .I s in particular, has provided an excell nt
example of the obstruction:'.st tactics of the Anglo-Saons,Iwho , w a
their -desire to injure Soviet interests, have become completely
oblivious to the interests of the Berlin working pc'puiationry,
There n lies the cause for Berlin's ineffective city governrient,,
The frequent use of the ve'i.;o power by the American and Brit _= British
commandant: has prevented the enactment of many y_mpr-Sant measures
including several which were designed to i:nrrcve the working condi....
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