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...besieged West Berlin last week, the U.S. renewed a solemn promise to Germans, East & West. "Everyone in the U.S.," said Dr. James B. Conant, the new U.S. High Commissioner in Germany, "knows that here the two contending forces of this mid-20th century stand face to face. Let me make plain the position of my Government." The U.S., said Conant, is "pledged to see to it that this city continues as an unshaken outpost of the Western world. We shall continue to insist on the free circulation within Berlin of all its inhabitants. The U.S. , is determined to keep open...
...High Commissioner's first message brought fresh and timely assurance to 2,000,000 troubled West Berliners. It was also beamed to the 17 million Red-run Germans of East Germany. "As the strength of a new Europe develops," Dr. Conant said, "changes must occur. The frontiers of freedom will peacefully expand, and Berlin will no longer be an isolated citadel." East Germany some day will unite with the West "under conditions which ensure a free democratic government of your own choosing...
...Harvard announced that Dr. James B. Conant would become president emeritus during his leave...
Terming the East German government "a puppet regime backed by Soviet arms," Conant denounced East German Communist leaders. He accused them of establishing concentration camps, burning books, and destroying academic freedom...
...Conant also announced that he will confer with West Berlin's Mayor Ernst Reuter and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer during the next few days. Their discussions are expected to center about West Germany's growing refugee problem...