[9]) In 1953 it was decided to enlarge the reserve; Eleanor Lansing Dulles came to the city to assist in this and witnessed the disturbances of 16/17 June 1953.
[1] After the Berlin Wall fell and the Cold War ended in 1989, the Senate Reserve was dissolved.
Berlin was legally required to obtain the highest possible value for the goods should the reserve be partially or wholly eliminated.
[11] However, at the suggestion of the mayor, 90,000 tonnes of foodstuffs, medications and other goods were donated free of charge to the Soviet Union as humanitarian aid.
[15] The regular "rotation" in which goods were replaced with fresh supplies cost several million DM annually.