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The third possibility was that the West would have to feed all of Berlin and would have more on their hands than they bargained for. [Sergei Ivanovich Tiulpanov] stated that 2,000 tons of food would be needed daily to sustain the Germans in the Western sectors, but he thought the Western Powers could feed their zones by extensive import of concentrated foods.

-R. H. Hillenkoetter, rear admiral, United States Navy

Memo to President Truman

June 30, 1948

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