Berlin ultimatum,demanding that the western allies should withdraw their troops from West Berlin and that WestBerlin should become a free city within six months. They believed without allied support WestBerlin would also fall under their control. On Feb. 2 1959, the threat of settling a separatepeace treaty between the USSR the German Democratic Republic (GDR) followed. The meeting between US President Kennedy and the Prime Minister of the USSR,Kruschev, on June 3&4 1961 ended without any noticeable results.The East German government had one goal at this time; preventing peoplefrom leaving the GDR. At an international press conference on June 15 1961,Walter Ulbricht The leader of the East German communist party, SED, andPresident of the Privy Council. Answered to the question of a journalist.I understand your question as follows: there are people in West Germanywho want us to mobilize the construction workers of the GDR to build a wall. I am not aware of any such plans... No one has the intention of constructing awall.(3)This statement could be seen as the truth or in the aspect that he knew nothing aboutthe plans of the wall. It was seen that the Soviets unlike the other allies did not planto give up their influence in the city. The Berlin airlift of 1947-49 is a great exampleof the Soviet aspirations to continue to control their sector even after they weresupposed to leave During the Berlin Air lift The Soviets cut off supply routes to thecity. the only way supplies could be brought into the city was to fly over and dropthem. The allies from Frankfurt began the almost three year effort to supply WestBerliners with supplies. The succeeded and the Soviets ultimately gave in. Theydid however create stricter guidelines on entering the city to include the developingof the infamous :Checkpoint Charlie, the last checkpoint on the autobahn beforeentering East Berlin.CONSTRUCTION OF THE WALLThe construction of the wall according to ...
