Editorial Note
The Report of the Technical Committee on Berlin Currency and Trade was released to the press on March 14 for publication on the 15th. The report was accompanied by a statement of the President of the Security Council, Alvarez, along the lines of that transmitted in telegram 315, supra. On March 17 the three Western powers then released the texts of their statements on the Technical Committee report in which they traced the course of the Committee’s work, outlined the concessions offered by the Western powers, and placed the blame for the failure of a settlement of the Berlin currency and trade problem on the actions of the Soviet Union. The full text of the Committee’s report was published as United Nations Press Release SC/908, a copy of which is in file 740.00119 Control (Germany)/2–1549. The President’s statement was included with SC/908. For the text of the United States statement on the Committee’s report, see Department of State Bulletin, March 27, 1949, pages 377–379.