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unless Howley return and apologize to all. Yelizarov headed for the door with
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273:, and others flew in to Berlin for the meeting. Berlin's fate was sealed, however, prior to the July 7 meeting. Clay and others let Parks know, in no uncertain terms, that Berlin was to be governed unanimously in all instances. Howley's plan was carefully worked out and allowed governance on a divided basis when unanimity could not be obtained, but Clay was following orders from Washington. General Clay and the British, including
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with a machine gun in the woods outside Berlin. "He and I always kept one hand on the trigger.") At that point
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possible location for Kommandatura headquarters, but it was far removed in a distant Berlin suburb. The British offered several damaged buildings and a hotel in their sector. The Americans initially offered a building on
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Howley stated further that there was no success in smoothing over the divide between politics and philosophy. They could not even agree on the control of potato bugs, "because the boys from
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churches. We have succeeded in reviving the social and political life of the city. We have guided Berlin Germans to a concept of democracy similar to our own.
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