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September 28, 1961

LETTER FROM KHRUSHCHEV TO ULBRICHT REGARDING THE SITUATION IN BERLIN

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    Khrushchev response to Ulbricht's 15 September letter regarding the closing of the border between east and west Berlin. He notes that since the Western powers were tending toward negotiation rather than confrontation over the crisis, "such steps which could exacerbate the situation, especially in Berlin, should be avoided."
    "Letter from Khrushchev to Ulbricht Regarding the Situation in Berlin," September 28, 1961, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, SED Archives, IfGA, ZPA, J IV 2/202/130. CWIHP Working Paper No. 5, "Ulbricht and the Concrete 'Rose.'" Translated for CWIHP by Hope Harrison. https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/116213

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Khrushchev response to Ulbricht's 15 September letter regarding the closing of the border between east and west Berlin. He notes that since the Western powers were tending toward negotiation rather than confrontation over the crisis, "such steps which could exacerbate the situation, especially in Berlin, should be avoided."

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Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971

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  • SED Archives, IfGA, ZPA, J IV 2/202/130. CWIHP Working Paper No. 5, "Ulbricht and the Concrete 'Rose.'" Translated for CWIHP by Hope Harrison.

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  • Leon Levy Foundation