Word: east
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...confirmation of East German hints and Western expectations in a pattern building up since Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev called Nov. 10 for an end to the four-power occupation...
...said the Soviet Union would hand over its occupation rights in the old German capital to East Germany...
BERLIN, Nov. 19--A responsible Soviet source said tonight the Soviet Union intends to give Communist East Germany control over all Western Allies supply lines to Berlin--air, rail and highway...
...attain our objectives. The Communist regime in Germany is one of the most despicable of the satellite governments and is maintained chiefly by the presence of about twenty Soviet army divisions. The riots of June 17, 1953 revealed the regime's unpopularity, and while the material condition of the East Germans has improved since then, it is doubtful whether the government could survive without Russian support. In return, the German Democratic Republic has been the most consistent echoer of Moscow policy, especially with its vicious outbursts against revisionism...
...mere refusal to deal with East Germany offers no solution to the Berlin or German problem. Ideally a free, Western-oriented Germany would be the most desirable successor to the present divisions. A unified Germany, though, merely because of strategic consideration, would never be permitted by the Russians. Furthermore, Soviet prestige is staked on the East German experiment as much as Western prestige is staked on a free Berlin. On the other hand, an Eastern-aligned Germany would be unacceptable to the 50 million West Germans as well as to the other NATO allies...