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The Berlin Airlift: Central Intelligence Agency (declassified) Folder

Below are descriptions of the documents held in the Central Intelligence Agency (declassified) Folder. Hyperlinks will lead you to the actual document, and indicates how many pages that particular item is. To download a self-extracting zip file containing all the documents in this folder, click here Central Intelligence Agency (declassified) Documents. Size of package: 4.49 megabytes

  1. Draft of classified CIA report, dated June 14, 1948, titled "Effect of Soviet Restrictions on the U.S. Position in Berlin." The document, from the President's Secretary's Files, concludes that the Soviet walkout from the Allied Control Council has hurt U.S. intelligence-gathering efforts. (4 pages)

  2. Memorandum, dated August 30, 1948, from Charles E. Bohlen to the U.S. Secretary of State, summarizing developments in negotiations on the occupation of Berlin between the three Western powers and the Soviet Union. The memo includes the text of a communique and a directive issued by the governments of France, the UK, the US and the USSR.(6 pages)

  3. Copy No. 1 of CIA report for President Harry S. Truman, dated September 28, 1948, titled Consequences of a Breakdown in Four-Power Negotiations on Germany. The document, from the President's Secretary's Files, predicts that if talks break down the USSR will try to force a US withdrawal from Berlin and extend its dominance over the occupied city. (10 pages)

  4. CIA memorandum, dated July 12, 1948, for President Harry S. Truman from Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, R.H. Hillenkoetter, Director of the CIA. The memo transmits CIA intelligence summaries from Berlin on various aspects of the situation in the occupied city.(2 pages)

  5. CIA memorandum, dated June 24, 1948, for President Harry S. Truman from Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, R.H. Hillenkoetter, Director of the CIA. The memo, from the President's Secretary's Files, concerns the potential for creation of an Eastern bloc and integration of East Germany into that bloc.(4 pages)

  6. CIA memorandum, dated August 6, 1948, for President Harry S. Truman from Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, R.H. Hillenkoetter, Director of the CIA. The memo, from the President's Secretary's Files, theorizes that the USSR agreed to negotiate over Germany in order to ease international tension and gain strategic advantages over Western powers. The analysis includes a discussion of possible outcomes of the negotiations.(3 pages)

  7. CIA memorandum, dated June 30, 1948, for President Harry S. Truman from Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, R.H. Hillenkoetter, Director of the CIA. The memo, from the President's Secretary's Files, concerns a Russian directive indicating that the Soviets intend to incorporate Berlin into the Soviet zone.(8 pages)
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