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dated March 11, 1959: West Berlin’s future

The Soviet Prime Minister, Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, told a rally in East Berlin on March 9 that the future road of Germany “does not only concern the German people, but millions of people in the whole world. In his reference to the stationing of troops in West Berlin to maintain its status as a “free city”, Mr. Khrushchev said: “Some people in the West express the fear that somehow we would threaten the freedom of West Berlin. Such fears have no basis at all. Nevertheless, we have proposed that the Great Powers should guarantee the freedom and independence of the “free city.”

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