Four Power Agreement on Berlin (1971)

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Cold War treaty diplomatic accord international agreement

The Four Power Agreement on Berlin (1971) was a Cold War diplomatic accord between the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France that improved access to and the status of Berlin, easing tensions and enabling West Germany’s Ostpolitik policy of rapprochement with the Eastern bloc.

Aliases (4)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War treaty → diplomatic accord → international agreement →
aimsTo	improve practical conditions for West Berliners → reduce tensions over Berlin → stabilize the situation in Berlin →
alsoKnownAs	Berlin Four Power Agreement → Four Power Agreement on Berlin → Quadripartite Agreement on Berlin →
appliesTo	Berlin → West Berlin → access routes to West Berlin →
basedOn	post-World War II Four Power rights in Germany →
clarifies	rights and responsibilities of the Four Powers in Berlin →
confirms	continued Four Power responsibility for Berlin as a whole → special legal status of Berlin →
context	division of Berlin → division of Germany →
dateSigned	1971-09-03 →
enables	West German Ostpolitik → rapprochement between West Germany and Eastern bloc →
enteredIntoForce	1972-06-03 →
hasParty	France → Soviet Union → United Kingdom NERFINISHED → United States →
keyFigure	Andrei Gromyko → Egon Bahr → Walter Scheel →
language	English → French → German → Russian →
limits	political presence of the Federal Republic of Germany in West Berlin →
negotiatedBy	Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom → French Ministry of Foreign Affairs → Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs → United States Department of State →
precedes	Basic Treaty (1972) → Transit Agreement (1972) →
providesFor	easier access for visitors to West Berlin → improved travel facilities for West Berliners to East Berlin → improved travel facilities for West Berliners to GDR →
recognizes	ties between West Berlin and the Federal Republic of Germany →
regulates	access to West Berlin → status of Berlin → transit traffic between West Germany and West Berlin →
signedIn	Berlin → West Berlin →
subjectOf	Cold War →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Four Power Agreement on Berlin (1971) ("Four Power Agreement on Berlin") → Four Power Agreement on Berlin (1971) ("Quadripartite Agreement on Berlin") → Four Power Agreement on Berlin (1971) ("Berlin Four Power Agreement") →	alsoKnownAs
Basic Treaty between the FRG and the GDR (1972) → Transit Agreement between the FRG and the GDR (1971) ("Four Power Agreement on Berlin") → West Berlin Allied forces ("Quadripartite Agreement on Berlin") →	relatedTo
American sector of Berlin ("Four-Power status of Berlin") → West Berlin Allied forces ("Four-Power status of Berlin") →	legalBasis
Treaty of Moscow (1970) ("Four Power Agreement on Berlin") →	followedBy
Ostpolitik →	significantEvent