Transit Agreement between the FRG and the GDR (1971)

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The Transit Agreement between the FRG and the GDR (1971) was a key Cold War treaty that regulated civilian traffic to and from West Berlin, easing tensions and improving practical relations between West Germany and East Germany as part of Ostpolitik.

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Generate an image of the Transit Agreement between the FRG and the GDR (1971) (The Transit Agreement between the FRG and the GDR (1971) was a key Cold War treaty that regulated civilian traffic to and from West Berlin, easing tensions and improving practical relations between West Germany and East Germany as part of Ostpolitik.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War agreement ⓘ
German–German agreement ⓘ
bilateral treaty ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
aimedTo ease tensions between the FRG and the GDR ⓘ
facilitate access to West Berlin for West Germans ⓘ
improve practical relations between West Germany and East Germany ⓘ
reduce friction over Berlin transit issues ⓘ
regulate civilian traffic to and from West Berlin ⓘ
appliesTo air corridors to West Berlin ⓘ
civilian traffic to and from West Berlin ⓘ
rail transit ⓘ
road transit ⓘ
transit routes between the FRG and West Berlin ⓘ
waterway transit ⓘ
beneficiary citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
other civilian travelers to West Berlin ⓘ
residents of West Berlin ⓘ
countrySignatory Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
linked to: West Germany

German Democratic Republic ⓘ
linked to: East Germany
geographicalScope routes between the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin ⓘ
territory of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
hasLanguage German ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to stabilization of the status of West Berlin ⓘ
important step in the broader détente process in Europe ⓘ
milestone in normalization of relations between the FRG and the GDR ⓘ
implementedBy FRG authorities ⓘ
GDR authorities ⓘ
negotiatedBy representatives of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
representatives of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
partOf Ostpolitik ⓘ
politicalContext Cold War ⓘ
division of Germany ⓘ
relatedTo Basic Treaty between the FRG and the GDR ⓘ
Berlin question ⓘ
Four Power Agreement on Berlin ⓘ
resultedIn improved everyday contacts between West Germans and West Berliners ⓘ
more predictable transit procedures between the FRG and West Berlin ⓘ
reduced arbitrary interference with civilian travel to West Berlin ⓘ
shortName Transit Agreement ⓘ

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Ostpolitik → significantEvent → Transit Agreement between the FRG and the GDR (1971) ⓘ
Transit Agreement between the FRG and the GDR (1971) → shortName → Transit Agreement ⓘ
linked to: Transit Agreement between the FRG and the GDR (1971)
Four Power Agreement on Berlin (1971) → precedes → Transit Agreement (1972) ⓘ
linked to: Transit Agreement between the FRG and the GDR (1971)