The World - News from June 17, 1986

East Germany began issuing new identification cards to diplomats for Berlin border crossings. Western diplomatic sources said the cards will be accepted by East German border guards, who last month began demanding to see passports, arousing protests from Western nations involved in the post-World War II administration of Berlin. The United States, Britain and France feared an attempt to establish the Berlin border as an international frontier, in defiance of the postwar agreements.