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Khrushchev ready resume negotiations on Berlin after new American
administration installed. On basis Gromyko remarks, British thought
crisis could be avoided for present.
    Kohler replied Gromyko line only confirmed our worst fears and
that it was reminiscent 1957 Moscow declaration3 re "peaceful take-
over", e.g. that strife is fault of capitalists who resist seizure their
property.
                                                             Dillon



    3 Not further identified.







224. Telegram 1321 From the Embassy in France to the
      Department of State


                                    Paris, September 30, 1960, 6 p.m.

    [Source: Department of State, Central Files, 662A.62B/9-3060.
Secret; Limit Distribution. 2 pages of source text not declassified.]







225. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the
      Department of State


                                Moscow, September 30, 1960, 7 p.m.

    873. While I do not disagree with position of Bonn and Berlin in ne-
cessity reacting vigorously to East German initiatives in Berlin in order
to impress East Germans and Soviets with seriousness our position as


    Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/9-3060. Secret; Limit
Distribu-
tion. Received October 1 at 7:29 a.m. Repeated to London, Paris, Bonn, and
Berlin.