/specialCollection/BerlinWall/1961-Fall/1961-12-19a.pdf

wv Cri - SECHET Bort DCI BRIEFING 19 December 1961 BERLIN We see Moscow's negotiating position on Berlin as shaping up along the following lines: First, the four powers should conclude an agreement conferring a new status on West Berlin. The Soviets will probably offer the standard three alternatives for guarantees: by four power troops, neutral forces, or the United Nations, the last being the Soviet preference. A new gambit on the question of four power guarantees is Khrushchev's state- ment t...