1971 Press Photo General-Consulate of the USSR in West - Berlin Cars Parked

General-Consulate of the UDSSR in West - Berlin ( Germany): This ruined building. will become the Soviet General Consulate after dining, which shall be opened in West - Berlin soon. It is a five - story house in the Lietzenburger Strabe, a road which run parallel to the famous Kurfustendamm, which belonged to the Soviets already before the war and became demollished during the war. Later it was used by the West - Berlin gas works till 1960 and after that it was empty. The Soviet General Consulate will beacome the 49. foreign representation in West - Berlin after the Berlin - agreements take effect. According to the settlement it must not be occupied by more than 20 persons.

Photo measures 5.75 x 8.25 inches.

Photo is dated 9-14-1971.

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