3638399 On 26 May 1972 the Traffic Treaty, the first state treaty between the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republik of Germany, was signed in the GDR capital, Berlin (b/w photo) by German Photographer (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: On 26 May 1972 the Traffic Treaty, the first state treaty between the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republik of Germany, was signed in the GDR capital, Berlin. Dr Michael Kohl, State Secretary to the Council of Ministers of the GDR, and Mr Egon Bahr, State Secretary of the Federal Chancellory of the FRG, signed on behalf of their two governments. East German propaganda photo.); Look and Learn / Elgar Collection; German, out of copyright.