No. 568
Editorial Note
In a speech over RIAS on the occasion of his first official visit to Berlin, newly appointed United States High Commissioner for Germany Conant stated, inter alia:
“Speaking as the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany, let me make plain at the outset the position of my Government. The new administration in Washington will not abandon Berlin. The United States is pledged to do its part to see to it that this city continues as an unshaken outpost of the Western world. We shall continue to insist on the free circulation throughout the entire city. We shall continue to fulfill our duties and maintain our rights. … The United States in cooperation with the other two Western powers, is determined to keep open the lines of communications with Berlin. I can assure you there will be no faltering in our determination.”
For text of this address, given on February 18, 1953, see Department of State Bulletin, March 2, 1953, pages 327–328.