Kammala wannan jumla: Kamar yadda al'amura suka fito, wannan ne kawai zaɓen 'yanci da za a gudanar a duk faɗin Berlin har sai bayan 1990. Bayan zaɓen majalisar gari na 1946 Gwamnatin Soja ta Soviet da SED a zahiri sun raba garin. A cikin 1947 kwamandan birni na Soviet ya hana zaben Ernst Reuter a matsayin magajin garin birni. Wannan ya biyo bayan fashewar Ginin Majalisar Birnin ta "masu yawa" da kuma janyewar kwamandan garin Soviet daga Kommandatura Allied a 1948, wanda ya zama farkon Soviet Union
An rufe Berlin ta Yamma.