§ 64. Mr. Zilliacusasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, since the Anglo-U.S. right to occupy part of Berlin is derived from the surrender agreement including the Soviet Union, he will no longer attempt to continue that occupation now that the policy has been adopted of establishing a West German State in disagreement with the U.S.S.R.
§ Mr. BevinNo. Our right to occupy Berlin does not rest upon the Surrender Agreement. It derives from an agreement which also regulated the division of Germany as a whole into zones. This agreement was originally signed in the European Advisory Commission on 12th September, 1944, and after amendments caused in part by French accession, was signed in its final form in the European Advisory Commission on 26th July, 1945.