Agreement Reached on New U.S. Embassy in Berlin 5/7/2002
U.S. and Berlin officials have signed an agreement that they say advances long-stalled plans to build a new U.S. embassy in the German capital. Under the memorandum of understanding signed May 2, the new facility would be located on Pariser Platz near the Brandenburg Gate, the site of the pre-World War II U.S. embassy.