Radio Berlin: transcript re- Ger. currency issue (6/24/1948)., 06/24/1948-06/24/1948

File — Box: 4, Folder: 11

Identifier: 68955

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Lucius D. Clay Documents.

Dates

06/24/1948-06/24/1948

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Extent

From the Collection: 12 Linear Feet (10 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Shelf Location

18/05/06

Container Summary

1 typed transcript (2 pages; 1st page carbon copy, 2nd page edited copy) dated 6/24/1948 from a Radio Berlin broadcast: "Proclamation of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany to the population of Berlin." The proclamation expresses the Soviet reaction to the introduction of a currency reform in the Western zones of occupation by the American, British, and French military authorities. The Soviets implemented the Berlin blockade on the same day, 6/24/1948. The Allies began the Berlin airlift on 6/26/1948.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

GERMANY - REFERENCE - CURRENCY ISSUE (6/24/1948): Other Types

BERLIN - TRANSCRIPT: RADIO BERLIN BROADCAST (6/24/1948): Transcript

RADIO BERLIN - TRANSCRIPT: SOVIET PROCLAMATION RE- GER. CURRENCY, 1948: Transcript