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- asked Under Secretary Katzenbach
to introduce the discussion.
Under Secretary Katzenbach said the Ministerial Meeting was taking
place against unhappy backg1· ound - - the difficulties in France, the lack
of a government in Belgium, and the Berlin crisis
- Germans are dealing from weakness . They are concerned
about political developments in the Eastern European bloc.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Stoessel: The major German problems su1n
marized in the State paper are: Berlin, relations with the USSR
- not affect e d by the Sovie t
action. In respon :;c.: he w a s told that U.S . i n t erests are involved i n Berlin
where we are cornrnitte d to prevent the city being over run by th e Russians.
Although th e ::>uviet military effort went smoothly
- that tanker shoot back?
General Wheeler:
Is is unarmed.
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The President:
Will there be retaliatory pressure from the USSR ?
General Wheeler: They could stop duty trains in Germany .
they ran maneuvers in the air corridors in West Berlin
- on the West, pa:-ti.ct.:.la:rty Berlin. K:-usc~ev callee 5e:-E:i
.:.~testicles of the \Vest anci. whe:l he wanted to c :r eate presso.::re !-le
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Discussions have been
held on the use of military facilities in France in t he
event of war or of NATO alert , or in circ llii\stances such
as another Berlin crisis . France has now made clear that
no re- entry by the US into a irfie lds or depots in France
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deliberately provoking a major crisis in some other area of the
world, e.g., Berlin or Cuba.
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- Vietnam.
9. There is no reason why we cannot insist that the North Vietnamese be
specific as to what they will do. In the negotiations involving Soviet miss il e s
in Cuba, the Korean Armistice negotiations, and even in the Berlin crisis ,
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- parts of the world,
the effect would also be very serious, even to the extent of affecting the morale
in Berlin.
Senator Dirksen asked Director McCone what the reaction of the Ch inese
Communists would be .
Mr. McCone said we did not know as yet, but he
- weapons is deterred. How
ever, the nuclear situation does not dete r other uses of lnilitary force,
such as halting convoys on the Berlin autobahn. Neither side now has
a deployed anti - ballistic missile system. It would cost $15 billi on to
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- no doubt utter
threats against the Turks , it would not engage its own forces in
any Cyprus crisis. We: cannot, however, ignore the possibility that
Moscow might see~ to exploit this crisiu of NATO through moves
elsewhere in the world, i . e.: Cuba, Berlin