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Berlin visit tests postwar access amid Berlin crisis
West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard arrived for the Bundestag session in West Berlin amid Allied approval for the first such gathering since 1958. Western Allies warned the Soviet and East German traffic squeezes could threaten a 500 million dollar trade pact, while weighing reprisals and restricting Soviet mission movements. Soviet jets buzzed West Berlin airports, shattering windows and raising tensions across the divided city.
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Ludwig Erhard
Bundestag
West Berlin
Erhard
Tada
Heinz Behrindt
West
Germa
United States
Britain
France
East Germany
Berlin
Petr K. Kosheyov
Soviet Union
West Germany
Washington
Potsdam
U.S