TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 25, 1948. Letter to Dr. Phillips P. Elliott of Brooklyn, New York, in full: "I appreciated very much your letter of the eighteenth in regard to your visit on the thirteenth. I was very glad to have an opportunity to talk to you and to try to explain to you that the Russian situation is one of Russia's own making. We have put forth every effort possible to get a peace by negotiation and, as I told you on that day, the Russians have not only not kept their agreements but they have obstructed the approach in the United Nations, which would cure the thing and they are still doing just that. All we can do is to keep trying." In fine condition. Accompanied by the original White House mailing envelope.
When the Western powers of America, the United Kingdom, and France decided to coordinate their West Berlin occupation zones into the ‘Trizone,’ Stalin, desirous of transitioning Germany entire under Soviet rule, withdrew his representative from the Allied Control Council on March 20, 1948. The creation and subsequent introduction of the Deutsche Mark into the four German sectors on June 21st further aggravated Soviet plans and soon prompted their military to blockade all rail, road, and water communications between Berlin and the West. On June 26th the United States and Britain began to supply the city by air, a costly but ultimately highly effective transport maneuver that maintained for 11 months, until on May 12, 1949, the Soviet Union lifted the blockade. A fascinating letter relating to one of the first major international crises of the Cold War.
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