The Soviet Union and the Communist Bloc recognized East Berlin as the GDR's capital. However, Western Allies (the United States, United Kingdom, and France) never formally acknowledged the authority of the East German government to govern East Berlin. Official Allied protocol recognized only the authority of the Soviet Union in East Berlin in accordance with the occupation status of Berlin as a whole. The United States Command Berlin, for example, published detailed instructions for U.S. military and civilian personnel wishing to visit East Berlin. In fact, the three Western commandants regularly protested against the presence of the East German National People's Army in East Berlin, particularly on the occasion of military parades. Nevertheless, the three Western Allies eventually established embassies in East Berlin in the 1970s, although they never recognized it as the capital of East Germany. Treaties instead used terms such as "seat of government".
the soviet union and the communist bloc recognized east berlin as the gdr's capital however western allies (the united states united kingdom and france) never formally acknowledged the authority of the east german government to govern east berlin official allied protocol recognized only the authority of the soviet union in east berlin in accordance with the occupation status of berlin as a whole the united states command berlin for example published detailed instructions for us military and civilian personnel wishing to visit east berlin in fact the three western commandants regularly protested against the presence of the east german national people's army in east berlin particularly on the occasion of military parades nevertheless the three western allies eventually established embassies in east berlin in the 1970s although they never recognized it as the capital of east germany treaties instead used terms such as "seat of government"