46. Editorial Note
Ambassador Thompson offered his analysis of Chairman Khrushchevʼs thinking on Berlin in telegram 2209 to the Department of State, March 16, 1961. “All my diplomatic colleagues who have discussed matter appear to consider that in absence negotiations Khrushchev will sign separate treaty with East Germany and precipitate Berlin crisis this year. My own view is that while he would in these circumstances almost certainly conclude separate treaty, he would likely attempt avoid immediate crisis on Berlin by some method such as instructing East Germans not to interfere with Allied access for given period of time.” For text, see Foreign Relations, 1961–1963, volume XIV, pages 30–33.