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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01634R000100130008-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 25, 1958
• Content Type: TELEGRAM

Approved For Release 2000/08/27 : CIA-RDP78-01634R00 100130008-9
INCOMING TELEGRAM Department o State
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TO: Secretary of State
NO: 394, NOVEMBER 25, 3 PM
SP SENT DEPARTMENT 391+, BONN 3116
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p OURTEL 325 BONN 371 SECSTATE SUMMARIZED LOCAL VIEWS ECONOMIC
UOP DEVELOPMENTS. WITH REGARD TO ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
'WMSC REFTEL, AIR TRAFFIC FIGURES INCONCLUSIVE WITH TRAFFIC IN BOTH
E DIRECTIONS FLUCTUATING WITHIN 10 PERCENT RANGE. REFUGEES
IRC ARRIVING BERLIN CONTINUE DECREASE SINCE AUGUST 1958. DAILY
DCL AVERAGE WEEK OF 3-9 NOV -294, i o-i 6 NOV -287, 17-23 NOV -271+.
AS NOV. ALSO SHOWED DECLINE IN THREE PREVIOUS YEARS MISSION
ICA BELIEVES, AND BERLIN REFUGEE AUTHORITIES CONCUR, THAT DECLINE
OCB LARGELY SEASONAL. AND THAT BERLIN SITUATION HAS AS YET NOT
USIA MATERIALLY INFLUENCED REFUGEE FLOW.
CIA
OSD BUYING RATE FOR WEST MARKS DECLINED FROM 1+.05 EAST MARKS ON
ARMY NOV 17 TO 3.76 NOV 22 AND 3.63 NOV 24. APPRECIATION EAST
NAVY AIR MARKS AGAINST WEST MARKS GENERALLY INTERPRETED HERE AS
REFLECTING WITHDRAWAL AND REPATRIATION FUNDS HELD WEST BERLIN
BY RESIDENTS EAST SECTOR AND SOVIET ZONE PROMPTED BY APPREHENSION
POSSIBLE SUDDEN CHANGE POLITICAL STATUS WEST BERLIN.
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