Order Number 56 of the Soviet Military Administration (9 May 1949)
On 9 May 1949, the Soviet Military Administration in Germany specifies the measures concerning the lifting of the Berlin Blockade on 12 May 1949. United States-Department of State. Documents on Germany 1944-1985. Washington: Department of State, [s.d.], S. 258-260. United States of America Department of State http://www.ena.lu/order_number_56_soviet_military_administration_1949-3-16867

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Order Number 56 of the Soviet Military Administration (9 May 1949)

Order Number 56 of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany Lifting the Berlin Blockade Effective May 12, Issued May 9, 1949
Pursuant to instructions issued by the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the lifting of restrictions which, from March 1, 1948 onwards, have been imposed on communications, transport and commerce between Berlin and the Western zones as well as between the Eastern zone and the Western zones of Germany, I hereby order:

1. That the arrangement in force up to March 1, 1948, for communications, transport and commerce between Berlin and the Western zones as well as between the Eastern zone and the Western zones of Germany be reimplemented.

2. That railway services on the Berlin–Magdeburg–Helmstedt section be resumed with 16 trains, according to the Control Council decision of September 10, 1945, for the supply of the population of the Western sectors of Berlin as well as for the occupation troops of the U.S.A., Great Britain and France, stationed in Berlin.

3. That the Autobahn Berlin–Michendorf–Magdeburg (bridge 8 km north of Magdeburg)–Helmstedt be reopened to highway traffic with the Western zones of Germany for British, United States and French occupation troops stationed in Berlin.

4. That the procedure in force for military and civil personnel of the British,