SOVIET FORCES IN GERMANY

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'I'his 1979 Unit Ilistory is dedicated tn the IISHLM administrntivc and logistical
support personnel K ~ Oart. trcly thc bxckhonc of t h i s unique organization. I'hc
tour ofZiccr and the tour NCO, h t . h rccipients of this dedication in past ycars,
can azhi cvc t h e i r often spsct acul ar c31 lectivn results only after thc support
personnel have rr.adc thcir v i t a l contributions. Slnce the support personnel do
not share in the excitement and glauJou-r of touring, t h e cemands on t h e i r patience and understacding are great. In t i c rapid pace o f ]. ife at. IWMLM, we
sonetimes f a i l t.o acknowledge the efforts o f thesc mainstays of o u r operation.
Therefore, i t sccns appropriate here to afford recog3ition to the contrihutions and services of each nf f . 1 ~ :s q p o r t sections.
' 1 % ~zorrmications- s e c t i o n i s on duty OT on call xucnty-four hours a day to
providc the esscntial comuni cations 1i:ik betwccn IJSMLV m d h: ghcr headquart c T s , as well as to the hllicd Missions and n t h c r Berlin agencies.
'She naintenarice section kccps the caxs opcrational and rcpairs the damage
which, m f o r t u n a t c l y , i s an 1nhsrer.t part o € tuuri:ig. T5e mcnbcrs of this saal I
but v i t a l section deservc s p e c i a l recognition f o r thci r cxccpt ional dcvnt ion
t o duty in responding t o culls foT xsSist.ance and keeping thc: Mission on tkc
road twenty f o u r hours a day, seven days a wcck, 365 days a year.
The personnel and administration section kceps us supFlied with good gcople and
OUT records in order. Yroccssing of TDY orders, lcave requcsts, flag
n r ( l m s , and promotion orders arc only a f e w of the v i t a l s e m i c c s provided by
t h i s very important section.
keeps
The photo IahuraZory, one of the bey elements in mir reporting syqtm, pro
ccsscs litcrally thousands of r o l l s of film ax3 hundrcds of thousands of
pF.0togrtiph-i c Trints for distribution worJ dvidc. I'he members o F this s e c t i o n
enjoy the undying gratituke of tour personnel for producing high quality
images from f i lm ofteri exposed under condittons rangi3g from marginal f o
ispossihlc.
The sccurity and distribntion section, wkich incluclcs t h e reproduction f a cility ar.d the mail rnm, is responsible f o r personnel. and information stcurity, receives and distributes a l l incorkin2 documents, prenaxs the d a i l y
Read Book, reproduces, collaaes, packages, addmssus, and mai Is a l l T T R ' s ,
and provides t h a t very important mail semi cc.
Thc supply section provides us w i t h thc cquipnent ncccssary to do our jobs,
k c q s our buildings and o f f i c e s i n a high s t a t e nf repair, and rcscarches,
reccrnmends, and a.icq1rire.u new equipmnt as it. becomcs available.
To all OC thcsc dedicated profcssicnals goes a hearty "Thank Vou" f o r u joh
nell done.
OFFTCE OF SfIE C H E F OF MISSZCN
1 May 198@
(C] ' h i s year's I;SMLI.I %it History hears the dcdication I ! . . . to t h e
3SMt.M adminjslrative i t ~ dlngistical support personncl who are t n l y the
backbone o f this unique organization.
*'' T r u e r words could not be
spoken. As bc departs this unit t h a t "sipport troop" has also canled
t h e t i t l e of "one who se,rved."
F o r any fomer CSMI.M'cr, no w o k s could
carry a greatcr maning. It is fitting t h a t a sincere thank you here
also be givcn to those providing personnel m d l o g i s t i c a l support fron
the local Berlin area and from t h e a t e r mnd r.ationa1 ager.cics.
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'The year L979 witnessed a markcd increase i n the qcaljtative and quantit a t i v e upgrading of seapons and equipment in both the Soviet ar.d k s t
German military inventories. The nerr 5 . 4 5 mm AK-71, sccn for t h c first
timc in ESFG in May 1979, ended up in a l l five am.ics before the e i d of
the year. me fact that, s p x e wise, storage facilitics can now handle
over twice thc previous nunbcr of rounds f o r the Soviet scldiey's individual weapon certainly is valua5:.e i n f o m a t i o n f o r the Wcstem logistician, t o say thc l e a s t .
from tF.rec to five CSPG based armed helicopter r c g i m n t s
a l s o tclIs us something about thc a i r side nf' t h e picture. The deployment
of t h e FENGFR A, FLOGGER G, and FITTER II a i r c r a f t a l s o brouffbt cvidenix
to the Western w n r l a t h a t great strides W ~ T Cb a n g made 07: t h e air side
of the equation.
' h e increase
As you read this h i s t o r y , rcalize tliar f o r every "col1ec:or's
first"
there wcre many hours q c n t I n p l w n i r g , rehearsing, learning, y c s , even
making mistakes. Also 3ear in mind t h a t n o s t of thc hours ar.d most of
thc tours d i d not make the headlip-es; howevcr, the systematic monitoring
mil reporting of :kose normal, non-spectacular, 1ay-to-day a c t i v i t i e s of
thc S o v i e t and Fast &man forces remain USM:.M's greatest vatue.
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DO?l 0 . STDVALL
Colonel, GS
Chief of Mission
UNCLASSlFIED
FOREWRD
The purposo of t h i s document is t o provide an annual review of thc
activities of the United Stat.cs Military Liaison Hission to the
Commander in Chief, Group of' S o v i e t Forces i n Germany. This review
contributes to the Mili Eary History programs Qf thc mil itary services
and i s intcndcd to assist in t h e uridsrstanding of current opcrations,
problcms, and trends, and in the developmcnt of future dact.rinc, plans,
a d programs of the IISM1.M.
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PART 11.
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General
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Ground Col lection Activities
A i r Cc 1 lec t.i on Act. i v it i cs
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J o i n t Collection A c t i v i t i e s
'I'cmparirry Restricted Areas
[)et en ii 011s and h c i dcn t s
Inteiligcncg Trfomation Rcport Prnduction
V i s i tors
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Relations with GSYG
Social Events
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MrSSlON SUPPORT
General
Sov ic t Support
Berl in Bri gadc Supper*
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Photographic LahoTatory
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HueSner-Malin in Agrement
Touring S t a t i s t i c s
1979 Persoilriel Roster
USPILM Personnel 1979
The Way I t Was: L95l - 1954
Graves o f US War Dead in East Germuny
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(U) INTKDDlJCT'TON. USHLM aztivi t i e s associate:', with c a r r y i n g aut it.? two
nissions are dcscribed 5n d e t a i l i n succeeding p r t i o x s of t . h i s Hjstury. A
surrma-ry of thcse a r t . i v ! t i e s aric results thercof f n l l o ~ s .
1 . (C) Intelligence Znformation CUI lcction. In 1979 USULM dispatched in
excess nf 600 tours, targeted agains!. the Soviet and East G e m n military
furzes. These OUTS tr~lvelled apyoximately '118,000 ki:ometers w i t h i n t1;c
GDK; 970 1nt.r:Lllgencc Iiiformat ior. Reports, fomarding i nformnt ion acrpi rsd
by t h e w tuurs and by those of m r colleagues ir. BRIXMLS and FKLM, W C T ~
produced; in excbss of 287,003 Fhutographic pririts were f u n i s h e d to consim'ps. ' h i s eollcczion effort c v n c m t r a t e d on monitoring cf training and
excrcise a c t i v i ty, coverage o f ailitary installations, snd detection a3J
rcportinl: sf thc ongn i ng s igni ficant irrLprovcmer.tin the Force posture of
both thc Soviets a& t h e Hast tiemans. Sigrificant observations during thc
YKLT included the jntroductim i n t o CSPG cF t.hc AK-74 small arms family,
t h e P3anya Rrcnade launcher, and the L)R-3 survcillance drone, the ContiriCinp, rcplaceacn? of the T-G2 by T-64 a11L of outnnoded .M systems by SAM's
w i t h i n CSFti d i v i s i o n s , and the introdcctTon i n t o S6th A l r Amy [ l b AA)
of tlic PLOGIXK C znd the F ' I T 2 R C and fl reoonaaissmce aircraft and the
ODU GRCUI' height f i n d e r racar, u s wsll as t.hc assignment to 16 AA of t w t :
ncw a t t a c k he1 icoptcr regiments. The ' l a s t ment ior.ed item mean :hat GSPG
now ha4 f i v e attack helicopter fc&mt.s, presurr.ddy one for each h n y .
The );LA recordcd a s i g n i f i x n x increasc in coinbat capubi lity with t.tc
introduction of die T-72, the 1 5 2 m SP Gun, and t h e MTLR t=;s,kcC a r t i l l e r y
p r i m mover jn 1979, while t h e j r t r o l u c t i o r i of the F L X G E K U and t h e RACK
TRAP c a r l y warnirg radar povidcd. a c l e u ir.dicat:ion 02 t h e CDR's inter.tion
to f i c I d a mocczn a i r force "rth bot\ offensive and defensive capaSilities.
In July USMIA was afforded a3 o y y u r t m i t y for bonus rollcction. During covc r a ~ cof the F L ~ T
p o w r denonstratior at Gadow-Kossow, tours nade u? of
mmhers o f a1 1 thTec operational d i v i s i o n s of t h e Miss; on argui red t e c h i ca?
quality phuiography of the 212-24 FEYZEK A during i t s t'irs? e ~ e deplcrymnt
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ogtsidc the Soviet IJnior..
'I'erqorary Restricted Areas:. After 11 w n t h s without a Til, LSYG
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ilrposed six wit3in 16 days in the p r i u d .IIJ.*;-.JL'L 1378. ?'he ~ A ' S several
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of which overlapped both in duration and in ~ e o g r a p h i c a l siea, were concentrated in, and c o i i ~ cc te delements of, t h c comple% of P h l ' s in thc n j c - u3d
soutliuest GIN.
3 . (U) ncter-tions and Trzidents. In 1979, IJSMLM experienced 24 detentions
and f n c i d e n t s , tu i n c l - d c one ramninE 05 8 tour cehicle resr:ltir!g i~ tempo r a r y injury to a t w i r o f f i c e r .
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1,iaisom and Represer:ta:i on. USMLM Lcl ivercd briefings t o represen111)
tatives nf local, theater, an+ service c m p o n e n t hcadquarten and agencies.
1JSMl.M reprcscntativcs net 54 times with reprcsnntatives of HQ, GSFG and the
Soviet k x t e x m i Relations Branch in carryir:~out i t s 1 i a i s u n mission hstwccn
USAKEIIR and GSFI:. Social events at the Potsdar Vission liou.;c rwntiniiecl to
provide u p p r i r t u r i t i es For scninr tIS officers to mect their n?posite numbers
in GSFG.
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T I M kl KlhlJh4A E10179
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USEUGQM DIRECTIVE 40-18, 30 Mar 78
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XFERENCES
IISAYE Regulatior 23-1 L, OX Y:f
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711.4 Special A c t i v i t y Sqlxadron Kcgulution 23-3, 0: Hay 76
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IJSX Table o f Organirat ion b503, 17 Dec 76
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CMC Lcttcr Order W A - 1 - F . M - 1 7 ,
12 Apr 78
C. (E) ORGAKIZATLOK. 'The Huebner-Mal inin Agreement {Anncx A > , signed in
April 1 3 4 3 , authorized t i e exchange of MfLitary Lieisnn Missions between t h c
Soviet a x i US 9 i litary H o a d q - u r t c r s in G e m m y and l a i d down gcrcral guidcI ines for thc.:r a c t i v i t i e s and f o r t h e support t n he rcndcrcd by the headquarters to which they were accredited. The agrceaient provided f o r 14
accredited personnel, with conpLctc freedom t o travel except i n ayeas of
m i l i t a r y dispositions; the I4 accredjtcd pcrsonncl "will include all necessary technical pcrsonncl, offi:.e clerks, personnel w i t h spcciat q u a l i f i cations, ant! pcrsonncl. required to operate radio stations. 'I Because of
Berliri's special s t a t u s , IlSMLM i s a b l e to employ a l l 14 passcs f3r operutior.al and liaison purposes, with a s u p n r t . hase ir. West Berlin. Iletails
o f pass utilization and of thc tri-service urganization are providci in
succeeding sub-paragraphs:
1 . Pass U t i 1 i z a t i o n : rhc 14 accreditations prolriricd for by the
Huebner-Mulinin Agreerrent are noma1 ly h e l d as follows:
(:lJSMl3 (Amy;
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Ileputy Chi ef of Mi ssion (UCUSM1.M: LSAF)
Yavs 1 Representat.ive (1'SK)
OIC, Potsdam House (Amy:
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Liaison Officers
4
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T.iaison SCQ*s
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2 . Amy Element: The TDA in e f f e c t on 31 Dcc 79 authorizcs 1 1 officers
and 26 enlisted personncl.
5. A i r Element: The a i r clcmcnt is composed DE five u f f i r e r q and 10 enlistad psrsonml, organized DS netachnpnt 16, T i 1 3 Special Activities Squadror..
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4. Kava1 Zlcment: In 1978 r.1.c 2 a d d i t i w a l U S K spaces npprovcd 'n 1977
w r c f i l l e d . Tlie ;ISMLW naval e:cqgnt now consists o f two of€icersaad m e Staff
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responsibilities f o r
1. The pr:lr.ary nission of WMLM i s t o carry 01:
l i d i c o n betheen (;INCUSARSUR, an k h a l f o f US Commr.dcz i n Chief Curopc
(IJSCTNCCIJK), and CINCKSFC; and t o serve as a p o i n t of ccntact f o r other XS
departments <and a g e x i o s w i t h C LKCCSFG, in accordance k'ith prorri sions of
t h e Huehner-4lalini.n Agreeneqt.
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The sccoridary and con:idential
missior. of 2Sk!LY is to exploit i t s
1 cction of intelligence infor1; a i s m status m d attendant p o t e n t i a l f a r CUI
nation in thc German Demcratlc UcpJblic. ( G N ) .
PART
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COLLEMION
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[C) General. 1. 1JSMLY sollection d i v i s i o n s continued to monitor the
modernizat.ion ddnd reequipping of tiSF6, 16th A i r Amy (16 MI, and the East
tiarman A m y and A i r Fcrcc (EGA) [ELW') during 1979. It was a f a i r l y b i g
ycar. Several new wcapons and pieces of equipment K C X intrndiiccd and
subscqiiently photographed by t h e ever ?rescat tour a f f i c e r s . The hcd-rock
Eoundotjon of any am.y--the j nfantrpan--was givcr, a R ~ Yindividual wapon-t h e AK-74-- F i r s t sccn in ! d . y 1979 in Wittenberg within the 1st Guards I'ank
Amy (1 GTA) a r m and seen :n a l l f i v e GSFG almics p r i o r t o yea?'^ el&
Ihc fact that GSFG ray store m o m than twice RS w x h a m m i t i o n in the prcsent storage space kF..en t.he change ovcr u f weapons is complete ccrtainly
g c t s ahe attention of the Western Iogisticiav as well as t h e zomandrr.
2 . An extremely impressive xew capability was added to the 36 A4 w i t h the
introductius of the FI.O(X;ER G. This new a i r x a f t , althcugh not ii completely
new zixplanc, 'has tko new ;R search and track systcm which will give i t a
formidable look-dou;n/shoot-down :apabbil ity.
3. Beyond cyuipment whizh was seen ior the first time i n the forward area,
considerable oldcz equi2msnt was introduced i n t o neH units. ';%e SA-R intro
rtwtion into t t c 10 Wt) l c f t ucly the 6 Klr) withnut. SA-6 or SA-9, and t h e
introduction of the 7-64 ir.to t h c 16 kTD completes thc r o s t e r of a l l dtvksions
in 2 GT4. 'fie CGd madc g i a n t strides with the introduction of the PI.LlC;fEP P,
t h e 'i'-72, and the 152 SP gun. The introdtiction of t h e W1.B i n t o EGh cnits
at Hallc, Leipzig and in amphibiobs t r a i n i n g a t Brandenburg Briest broadcned
t h e i r hauling z a p a h i l i t y . The modification of the PORK *XOUGIi to f i t the
URATa-37S and t h e int.roduction of tlie M-16 i n t o Border Comund completc the
picture for t h e East Geman mxIitary.
On t h e A i r sidc, thc introduction of the FII1'E:R I; and H at Allstcdt gives
t 5 a t regimcnt a new tiinension I.n a e r i a l recomaissancc. The ncw height
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f i n d e r , ODD GKOIJY, at Rihnitz and Emstedt a?peors to have a more soyhisticatod CCCM capability.
5 . Older weapons systcas ir, ncw p l n r c s also occuirscd on t h c air s i d c . Two
new attack t e l i c o p t a r regimnts, H l Y D D at Keimar Nvhra and IIINU E at
Mahlwknsel, gavc m e attack he1 icopter rcgiment for each Crowd Army. I h e
ncw BACK T W radar at Kirch*oeser fiJ 1 s a .io1e in the Warsaw Pact fomard
Ek; radar 1 inc.
6 . ?n addition t o t.hesc weapons system introductions and wider deployments,
IlSMLM i n s t itutiorial kmwltdge atioct bor t t e S0viet.s do husincss was cr.hanced
by t h e start-to-finish observat'ocs
of a 29th Guards Army PJ'X and 11y unusually
complete l'r l-Mi ssion obscrvat inns of a S o v i e t a i T power demonstration. Good
dctai 1 was also added til ?.hc underst.andir.g o f t h c smj -urinual troop rotat i o n and the harrest support cxcrcises. IISKM A i r and tiround observations
cf il ;ommicati ons depl nymer,t from Wittenberg Teuchel helped OUT undcrstunding of Sovict a i r defense c o m n d anli control.
7. Two v f aur most spectacular ohscrvations were of eq:iiprr.ent v;hich may or ray
n o t remain in f h p forward area. ‘mephotography nf t h e 9 1 - 2 4 I’R!X:FK during the
a i r powcr dcnonstration, and t h c photography of thc DR-9 aerial drone t m r i s p e r t e r gzve analyst5 a good look a t some se1do.n seen ec-aiprrent.
8, 1ISMI.M’s SAt4UL)tISt program came in f o r i t s sharc of kldos. This program
actualiy led the m y to our detestirg the i n t r o d u c t i o n of the A G ? 4 as well
as the Plsnya grenade launcher. Other h i g h l i g h t s of this pt.ogriim inc1t;de cnusually complete docxnents on t a n k mai ntcnancc records from the Ki rchmoeser
repair d c p o : , artillcry training n u n s , a syllabus of aerial reconnaissance
equipmnt and extensive tech d a t a on comunications janmers
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’Ihc transfer 0: t h c LARKSPllR program to ODCSI USCOB d l d not lessen that
grogran’s succcs.scs xh I IC it was s t ill under J o i n t lISiLM//DcSI USCOB c o n t r o l ,
T I C plmtoRra?hy of the THIN SKlK B and SPI-8 nissile canister transporters forcs3adowed thc introduction of the SA-8 ir.tu the fi W I D . Further understanding
of t 3 c SA-8 operations was developed by observations at Schoncrr T r a i n i n g
Area d 5 5 . E1ect.roni:: w r f a r c and coxnand m:d c o n t r o l achicvcmcnt.s inclilde
t i c photography o f thc m d i f i c d GRILL TWIST, the aodiFied SIDE NET and t h c
B?4P M-1976 ( 2 ) .
10. Tn c o n t r a s t to the myriad of ncw intrcCuc:.inns and inprnvencnis arid tn be
e n t i r e l y fair to t h e Soviets (always give tV.e d e v i l h i s due), i t is necessary
t o point o u t that ir: respmsc to thc Icaricrship of Chajrnan BrcLhncv, a few
tanks an2 men were wfthtrawn, with mch fanfare, frum Witccnberg. Five IISM1.M
t o u r s , as wcll a s extensive BRTXMTS and rMLM coverage added t o T T i - v i S S i O n
r e p o r t x g 011 this :NUS) event.
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succeeding suj-paragrEphs
Uivtsion continued its
policy of attempting t o collect everything of p o s s i b l e intelligence value.
Khi?c the general thrust. af the collecrion efEnort is toward arqtiisition of
jnformation s a t i s f y i g g requirements expressed in K R t s and CTR's, t h e opFort u n i t i e s for collection of other jnfomation i n h e m n t in the presencc of 5.
team of IJS observers i n t h e GDN a r e not ovcriooked. Exm?lcs of oppcrtunity
collection 1 isted below indica'oc how raximlr. use can be made of t t e minutes
and kilometers between m i l i t a r y targets to ncq:iirc uscful anC si ZniEicant
information.
Thc severe storm of January and February afforded an npportuniry f o r collection
of t h i s nature, ali.hoLgh LOUT personnel exposed t o the hazarzs and discomforts
of this period might not use t + a t uurd t.c describe their experiences. Tntir
cars were nftcn t h e first or o n l y vehiclcs down roads t . k t snovqlows h a i
temporarllq' opened between t h r e e mcter-drifts. 'lhe blizzard winds and m l a r
tempcratures c r i p p l e d a large portior. n f the GI)!? for over two uccks in Jamm y , aArl USPl1.M was ablc tu gain a first-hand h p r e s s i o n u f disaster relief
procedures, to includc ohrervinj: 3?ilitary, paramilitary, c i v i l defense, and
youth nrEanizations clearing roacs and rescuing strandcd motorists, as well as
providing sup?lies to towns and villages cut off from normal x s u p v l y by tie
heavy sncw. Cosprehensive reporting of areas experiencing power shortages and
blackouts vas provided, alonE with nmerous ribsenrations of Soviet and East
German troops participating not only in disaster r e l t c f operations, b u t a l s o
in the nperation 0: thc nation's ccal nines. In conversatiox with snowbound
civilians and workers, CSMLM was &le to acquire information as -to h m t h e
pnpiilace was bearing rrp under the tlxrden.
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IJSYYW ground tvurs almost a1;rays Iriclude OTW p e r s o ~ i , either g f f i x r cw K O ,
with fluency :n t h e Sernan language. This c a p a b i l i t y can be used in m n y ,
o f t e n unforeseen. circmstaxes to g a t h e r additional picces : I f infrima::ion
[IeTtaining t o how the i n d i v i d u a l citizen manages tc get by in h i s Sociat is:
paradise. LTC H i 1 t . m and SSG Leknke spent a narntho2 sebsiori with a Stam-ntiqch
group in Halle, gaining insights :ntn ciui 1 i m opinions of the Soviet and East
German m i l it.ary forms, incIidini: i n f o m a t i n n on m i l it.ary pay scales and
wnrkprs' morn:e. %%J lvlnitgomery and SSC Kea1 were a b l e 20 g a t h e r other ia?ressioris of life in some of t j l c norc o u t of the uay s m l l c i t i e s , to i n z l u k
Auk 1am arid 3aut z en .
Some of: these get-togethers weye, as eviienced by the photagrapph belnw, rather
enjOJrdble encounters. The ''Class A, Shah; the Flag" tours concentrate upon
increasing v i s i h i l i t y among East German ~ k t i z e i i ~gathcring
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information on
avai l i l b i l i t y and prices of goods, and on f o m u l a t i o g of impressions of 1 i f c
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Anot'ier sxmqle of t h c IJSMtH Ground X v f s i c n s ' s a b i l i t y t o collcct information
on c i v : 1 ian matters of m i l i t a q interest was t.l-c i n i t i stive cowrage Iiy l#TC
Kxet-ich and SFC Gcrmaine o f t h e n w East German nuclear power plant under
c m s t r u c t l o n near Stendal . Taking advantaEc of 8 l u l l in a c t i v i t y , thc tour
obtained cxtcnsive coverage of' the fac i l i t y , p r n v i d i ng a detailed portrayal cf
thc plant to interested agencies.
3ther insights int3 ZechnicaL advances by Warsaw Pact nations arc obtained
during the twice-yearly coverage of the :,eipziy T m d c Fairs. 'me tmr o f f i c e r
mc NCO spend days at a time walking through the e x h i h i t halls, photographing
everything in s.ight. {us SSS T i f f a n y i s doing in the photo on followinp; page)
and ccllecting nmerous technical brnchures f r m exhibitors for forwardinR
tu i n t ercs ted cor.sw.ers Geman language fluency is inva luaS1 e in t h i s effort.,
as nary of the P a i r exhibitors are c x t r e w l y reluctant to impart any i n f o r r a t l o ? to a uniformed Axcrican. Thjs ycar's Fairs were h e l d during 11-18
Ma~chand (12-39 Septcmbcr. USMLH twurs stayed at the Park Hotel And used
the exposure t~ the h s t [;eman populace t c acqtlire additiunal inpressions o f
life i n t h e tiIM. The Leipzig 'Trade Fairs provide a good change o f PHCC from
normal toiiring and c a n t r i b u t e s i g m f i c a n t l y to the YyIsslon's uollectio~effort.
Evidence of the contirmir.E hjEh level 0 : ' i:l
w Z Z l between S o v i e t s an3 Last
Germans uas never TIOX p l a i n l y prescntcd than to FiAJ Goff and SSG Roberts
after a detention by Fast Germans in Havclbcrg. The Soviet Komandatura
o f f i c e r grilled the East Gerwiln o f f i c e r in the Frescncr! nf MAJ Goff and
even required written answers to questions concerning t t e East Gernian
officer's name, rank, and u n i t {Yonton Battalion), tu ir::ludt: u r i t . LesiEnation (5 ''onton Regiment). W J Coff , of course, tried t o show a complete
lack of i n t e r e s t i n t h i s conversation.
Xhile erlroute t o thc Lclpzig Fall Trale 1;ai.r one c a r l y September morning, %Montgomery and SSC Neal were stopped at t h e Treuenbrietzen railroad crossing
when t.hc tour c a r was suddenly surrumded hy dismounted S o v i e t Z mops. TheA
Soviet o f f i c e r in charge informed W
J Montgomery that be was allover: 1.a t r a v e l
only on the autobahn. As W Hontgosery screamed h,s ~utrsge, the s : t e was
hcsiegec by curious ci v5 L ian on1 ookers , The axdience became e n g n ~ e din goodnatured conver~ntinnui t h t-hc tour pcrsonnel. S o ~ eof the3 even t o l d the
Soviet o f f i c e r that thc tour was atlthorrzed to t r a v e l 011 Konte 2 . :)'hen 1 - M
Mnntgomcry askcd thc crowd whether t h e S o v i e t s were sluays so stuyid, t h e
replies rangcd from ''Sometimes" to ' ' l l ~ u a l l y t tto "Alwzys!'' After holding
the tour on the scene for upp-uxinately f i v e minutes, t h e Soviet Dfficer,
w i t h much embarrassment, final I y re1 cased them.
An excellent exwiiple of how East Gcman c i v i l i a n s I t.o 1n c l udc t 3 x e rsmmally cxpcctcd to be hostile, have a s s i s t e d USMIN tours i s afforded b y :.he
story told by onc o f tFe Mission's new t o u r ot't'icers. 5IA.J Mercer. As p a r t
nf :he Tri-Mission zovcrage of t h e return of East German units from the
East Berlin 07 October Farads, M k 1 Mercer a n d SSG Neal st:rbed orit a r a i l
1 i n e near Grnsshchran.
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After an a1 1 n i g t t v i g t l duriAg which eig3t FR3C-7 and f o u r SCUD B were 0-2served returning to Earrison, t h e tour attempted to leave thcir wooded 01' and
retu-rn to Yotsdam. Ihfortunately, Car 15 chose not tr: tocperare; it refused t o
staTt. Faced w i t h t h e prospect o f ~ i r i c h j i i ga t :cast 100 mcters uct of t h e OP,
the t o u r s e t to t h e i r task a t 0353 hours. Three h o l m l a t e r , t h e y still b.ad
130 meters to go and it was g e t t i r i g l i g h t . SSG Scal , jumper cable in hand,
went to 7out.e 1 C l t.0 flag down help. The f i r s t vehicle t o pass was, predictably, a V3PO. Fortunately, he d i t n o t stup. The second vehicle was a T~;lbant
7-601, d r i v e n by a =orstme:ster
who promptly rchiikcd t h e tour YCO f o r sleeping in ''my woods," b u t then surpri singly o f f m c d to t D w t h e car out to Koutc
101. Being in nq position :.o rcfusc, although very b k e p t i c a l nf t h c scwingmachine engine-nnwercd Trahants's a h i l i t y tu tow the b i g 3pel niplomat, t h e
tour acccptcd tte offer. The Forstmister, an obvious expert in such mattc-s,
d e t a i l u d Ais wife and son t o h e l p t t e tour o f f i c e r push thc tour vel-.icle.
lncredibly, t h e TTa3ant pul l,ed Car 25 u? the h i 11 and o u t or.to 3 m t e :01.
Fiou a l l that was neetied %as a 12 volt b a t t e r y for a jump. "Like on a tractor?"
asked the bocstmeister wid fiashed o f f tn g e t onc. A h a l f hour ltiter he returned, accoxpanled by a nei&bnr and thc r,ci@boY's t r s c t o r . A quick hookup and the tour was once more nobilc. h d only j u s t i r i time: As .W mercer
and SS(; Neal f i n i skcd saying tl..eir goodbyes, evpress inp; t h c i r thanks,, and
passinK out cjgarettcs and o t h e r ir.:mtive items, a Narc*$ complctc with
cancra, aFprarcd at t h e edge of t'nc woods they had just departed. "Curses,
foiled again I*'
It m y he that the primary cmis~:of d i f f i c u l t i e s between :he S o v i e t s a3d their
kist Gemmi a l l i e s is the language prohlcm. TICwarning sign shown in the ?hoto
belou H B S spotted outsictc a S o v i e t small arms range mti bivauac s i t e withi7
Werder '1'rainir.g Area 451. The Cyrillic writirig warns: ''Sto?! Firing!" The
omission of ar. 'le'' In the G e m a n r c w l t c d in a partial past participlp strnngly suggesting use of t h e area as a f i e l d 1 b t ~ i i i . t .
P'
*f; iciname aEfection:itt?iy zppl icd Iiy Tri-Mission mcchcrs to persoanel of the
Ministry for State Security.
Continued corrcragc by Ground Division personnel of CSFC harvest support activi t y provided further information on t h i s progran'q impact. on GSFG conbat rcadiness. Periodic cuverage of the supporting rraictcnancc dcpot in Leipzig
resuited in il realistic estimatc of the 1979 workload generated by t h e h.rvest
support progran. Recovered materials yrwvided detailed l i s t i n g s of Provisional
Motor 'Sransport 3iattalions.
Although only a limited quantity of ncw Ind previously unreported equipment w a s
introduced into t h e GSFG and FCA inventories during 1979, eTaipfient reglacement
and cpgrade continued at a h i g h lcvcl throughout the year. The I 6 LTD received
its T-64 tanks during the Spring, c o p l c t i n g rcplacemnt ef the T-62 K i t h i n a l l
divisions o f the 2 t T A . USYIH aIso monrtorcd the continuing q g r d c of GSFG
communications and clcstronics systems. to include providing numerous photographs ut" iiew mriifications to BTR-hOPA command vchiclcs anc box boCy vehicles.
M A t i p : c coverage of TWIN PAR and 'MI5 TLKl? deplopcnts provided i n s i g h t s into
required sct-up and tear-down times. Thc TWIN ZAR nas first spotted or. R mast
at t l c Auer B i v o w c S i ? e during thc l a t e summer, and several TNIK EAR modifications Here noted throughour; tne year. Numerous sighttngs of t h e KilmAZ car@)
truck series have traced these vchiclcs to muny Front-level imnit.4 and firrt.ter
down ta Army Motor Transport KeEineslts. No confirn.sd sigbtings have been
acquired as yet of KawAZ series vehicles a t d i v i s i o n nr lowcr level. Air de
f w s c continued to receive consfdcrahll: a t t e n t i m sithin GSFG. The SA-8 systera
was introduced into the 10 GTD in late Fall nf thc year. Leavirig only ?.hc h Gl'D
without either SA-6 or Sh-8.The 6 LTDair defcnsc ZaTrison in Wittenberg has
been empty of S-60 hl\A guns s'nce e a r l y Smncr; despite the withdrawal o f clcmm:s of thc 6 GTD from GSx(; durinj: the well-publicized Brezhncv initiative
o f lGte 1979, the fccling remains t h a t this unit w i l l 'Jc rc-cquipped with citl..cr
the SA-G OT SA-8.
The AK-74 fzmily of snal; arms and the DR-5 aerial rcconnaissance drone nr: a
m d i f i c c EIL-135 chrcsbis were the twQ major items of equipiient whose i n t r o duction into GSE'ti was ubserved in 1979. In addition ta p r o v i d i n g imgcsy of
thc AK-i'A a d munitoring i t s ir.troCuction i n t n a nininum of ten GSI'C t.ivv i s i m s , U S W also recovered two live 5.45" rounds which werc forwarded t o
US agcncics for t e c h i cal exploitat; on. Phnt.0grupb.y o f t h e new m c h i ncgun,
the RPK-74, was a150 obtained.
During t.he 07 Octo5er parade, t h e 5 a s t ~er-nmsunveiled b o t h t h e T-72 tank
and the 3 5 2 m SP Howitzcr, as well as parading the SA-6 arc1 ?hc SA-I). The
latter t w o systems had hccn m p o r t e d In t h c E A inventory during 1378. A
aajor Tri-Mission e f f o r t following the parade i d m t i - f i c d t h e home garrison
f u r virtually ell surade units.
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The nominal r a i s c n dl ctrc f o r USMih! is, o f course, t h e naintenance of liaison
w i t 3 t h e Corfiander ir. C h i e f , Sroup o f S o v i e t Forces Germany, on behalf of the
Comander in Chief, Uai ted S tat.es Army E>rope. Although. USFILM dcvotcs r a t h c r
l e s s than five percent o f i t s time :.o ?.his missinn, c e T t a i n intelligence benef i t s are r e a l i z e d fron t h i s activity. Since t h e Soviet penchant f o r secrecy
extends t o such m n d a n e matters as t6uhl~'4e?lgth,sa3 aries, dependent facilities, and similar lnnoccous su:,j ects, t h e informati
elicite:-l by USMIX ?er
sonnel a t Tri-Hissioc s o c i a l funct :oris arld other ccntacts w i t h Soviet personncl
is frequently uf intcrcst to theater and national intclligencc ager.::i.er;. Of
part i cJlar inteTest in 1979 were t h e hi'ograph: c repvrts ~ ) nGSFG serior D f f iccrs
a n i their fanilics compiled by L t C o l Rejlly, L'K Kosevich, and L,TC Benr-ing.
Routine operat..ions, however, eoncentrate priaarily on i t c m a o f ni 1j tary
:nt crcsx., As i n zrevious years, t h e r e were many o&)ortuni ti cs for coverage
o€ t h i s natrrc. LnoS fortune, naturally, is essential. The experience of
M N Montgomery and SSI; Cornell j 3 VAY o f last year denonstrated once m r e
that s x c e s s f u l c o l l e c t i o n is o f t e n a case of being in t h e right place at
the r i g h t tine. During t h e c o u ~ s eof a policr: of a Sovist t r a i n i n E : area j x t
south of 3uchenwald, they noticed a number of S t T a l l g C Objects in t3: czrly
morning fog. When the fog lifted, their eyes (and cmertl) were greeted by a
brand-new Soviet. Air Assail1 t 3eRjment eciulpped w i t h HIND D.
USMIA t o u r s covered major Ssviet and East German f i e l d exercises m d e t a i l ,
acquiring observations of exercise movement phases and B w e a l t h of x d e r c f
battle I n f o r m a t i o n , t o includc confirmation :)f thc AT-S SPANC)RRL. in the 2
GI'A irmntory.
Exercise covcragc also includcd mu1 ti pl e obser-mt. ions of a
six day c o r h h e d GSFGJECA f i e l d t r a i n i n g exorcisc in S e p t m k r .
During dune aad J u l y , GSFC; imposcd a total of s i x TRA's, barring access to a
consrdcrablc ?ortion of the CDR, t o include many areas xear t h e GDR/FRG
border. T r i - M i ssion coverage f o r indi s a t i n n b of h o s t i l i t i e s curxentratcd
011 'I'M borders, known m0vemer.t
routes, and major garrison.:.
ParticiFLnts
In exerciscs associated with t h e T W ' s were identified; and early reporting
tc t h e e f f e c t t h a t :his was riomal t r a i c i n g rather than mobilization was
submitted
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Ground D i v i s i o n monitored troop rotation c l v s e l y during both tF,c Spr'ng and
Fall pibases. As a rcsult of past cxperimcc, *.ours were aSle t o look f o r
specific u n i t s a t s p e c i f i e d places and t n confirm two-way troop r o t a t i o n , as
well as t o report units involved. For the f i r s t tiac, IISM:.M was a b l e to
p r o v i d 2 a7 e s t i n a t e of the t o t a l numjer D€ r o t a t i n g t r o o p s in a specrfic
u n i t , the 35 MRD.
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Significant Sighting5
19-26 ZAK 79: Deta!.le?. coverage of a 1 (3'A opposed forces
between
t h e Jueterboe and Liebwost: PRh's. Participating units irxluded eleRents of
t h e 9 TD, 6 GTD, 27 GHRD, and GSK-subordinate units. Tour personnel;
LTC RenningjSFC Rosch and MU Ynntgolr.ery/SSiC; Cornell.
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01,02 FEB '19: Detailed sovcrage of a 2T GMKE FYXX, providing updated l-.igh
counts of BKI)M/StIGCER, RU-21, il-30, and other items of equipmnt [see photo
next page). ' 1 x 1 ~personnel: l,TC 3enning/SSC T < f f a n y .
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02 FF.3 79: Detailed coverage of a 94 GMRD field exercise, to i n c l u d e elcments of t h e new SA-8 equipped AI! Regimext, moving between t h e Tenplin and
W i t t s t u c k t'K4's. 'Tour persome1 ; L l C 3w.ilton/SSG Martin and LTC Bcr.ning/
SSK T i f f a n y .
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27 FEE 79: F i r s t time ground photographfc covcragc! of t11c SA-8 TKl. with
LANn ROLf. radar in "knocked dowri" :ravel position, p r c ~ i o i i l$y note:'. or.ly Cur
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in$ rail mvenent.
Tour pcrsonne::
(XI. Steger/SNG Martin.
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f. 26 MhH 79: Detailed, cIose-up, t e c h n i c a l quality photograp:ty of TWTN
D'ISH, TWTK PLATE9 U4Lh EAR, and associated electronic equipment at. thc
W j ttenSerg/'l'euchcl Sosj e t comnuni c a t i o n s s i t c.
Tour personnel : L7 C Penning/
SSG T i f f a n y .
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L e c e p t h n devices a t an o p e r a t l o n s l .Soviet 3 - 6 site in Neustrelitz. Year
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18-26 K 4 Y i+n3 01-10 OCT 79: Covcragc of i:*ie s : : ~ * : : a r ~ i ~ mSl v v s c t and East
German rai 1 b r i d g e t r a i n i n g W ~ provided
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Sy almost all t o u r perscnriel. The
extensive t r a i n i n g a c t j - v i t y at tbe ?rettir. traini72 s i t e inc1::del; e s t a b i i s h ment Q€ ar. elaborate t e n t camp, stockpiling o f large quantities of railroad
bridging material s, and the actual b r i d g e c o n s t m c t i o n I t s ~ 1F.1 Detailed
pano-amic coverage of the s i t e and technical q n a l i t y photography of a new
East Gerrcan LOC h r i d g e was acquired. Tour personnel: COL S t Q V a l l / S S G Neal.
h.
i . 21 M,,Y 79: Technical quality photogrsphy of an EtiA W R K TROlJGII on a
U r d - 3 7 5 , associated with the 1 . W U in Potsdam. Tour personnel- LTC Kosevich/
SSG Cornell.
. 21 H A Y 79 05 SEI’ 79: LntroLuction of the AK 74 s e r i e s of S.45m3-1 Soviet
small zmns i n l o GSW vis one of tP.e real highlights of 1979. A1t:lough the
First i n d i c a t i o n of t h presence of this weapon in t h e foryard arua was r o t e c
as early as J ~ n e1978 on G t r a i n i n g poster iii Haufeld Training Area 4 3 2 , t h e
f i r s t siEhting of the weapon was made only on 21 MAY 79. On that. cIatc, ‘,TC
Renning and CbfSGT Bourassr phvtographed three new S o v i e t troops walking down
the main street of h’ittenberg w i t 6 t h e shiny new weapons s l u n ~over ?heir
sho2lders. On 04 JIFN 7 9 , Capt Mathfs and SFC Gcrmairp photographed a group
os” Soviet trainees armed with the AK-74 and the KPK-7L a t Zottbus Iiisl a1 2:ltion
282. ‘Ihc best close up ptotograpky of t5e hK 74 to d a t e was obtained on 35
SEP ‘19 by MAJ Goff mC:SSG Bc;ricr. .lust t w n weeks later, MAJ Goff and SSG
Krcse obtained the f i r s t two Live 5.45 AK-74 rounds in the coarse n f a pol:?si?l:
of thc Lncvsdorf r i v e r c m s s < n g s i t e . Recovered a l o n g wFt.h the
rounds
were docm.ents p e r t a i r i n g t o m m r i t i o n i n v e n t o r i e s , lot numbers, and t r a i n ing w i t h t h = AK-’!4
The nzw family of weapons has been confirmed wit3in t e n
Soviet d i v i s i c n s tu d a t e , and rare a r e cxpcctcd t o %,llow (see t ’ c x photcs
immediately following)
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[our
Kith t h e O M - 2 rangefinder ard ot.hes unj duntified o p t i c a l eq:iipmsnt.
Gemmi ne.
persumiel.. MA.1 M o n t.gomccy/LT Lundg:en/SFC
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I. 13 .TUN 79: F i rst t imc s j g h t ing and phctoyraphy of t.hc M-4h l50rrm f i e l d
gurr with the East German Border :ommdnd.
Tour personnel: C a p HnrriFonJ
'J'SGT Falco.
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20 JUN 79: First t i m ground photogrnphy and a l l around photographic
coveragc of an acria! reconr1alssan:e drone niumtcd on a modified ZlS-135
b e i n g surveyed i n t o pas i ti on by a UA%-452T tvpographi c YR:I ~ c l ea t Redlin/
I'reytowsoe Training Area 428
This is the vcl-.iclr: t h a t caused considera5J.e
spec-Jlation within thc intell izence c o m u n i t y when FMLY s ? o t t y d i t coining
intc cocntry on 05 APR 79. A mmker n f aralysts t h o u g h t it was thc SS-2E
r e p l a c i q thc FR[lC;-'/ in Sov:iet divisions. Subsequent analysis c o n f i n e d it
as t h e DR-3 drone; i n the interim, USMLV taok no c h a r x s , referring to it as
the "U/I Missilc/Drone TF.1:' (AXA"7he l'.?ing"j.
Tour personnel: PLLl (;off/
SSG Revier.
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n. 21 JlJN 79: First timc sighting and imagery n f the Tatra-148 t r a c f o r with
pruhahlc 1IL.S 20U. 78/" S e l f - l a a d i n g Contaj ner Semitrailer with t h e MA. "cur
personncl: KAJ Goff/SSG Bcvjcr.
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27 A I L 79: One o f IJSMLYIs newest tour o f f i c e r s , LTC Stewart. had a frvnt
seat as the entire SA-8 Regiment of t . 1 ~20 GW3D lined up i n Farade furmation
i n lriurzen Training Area 401. This was t h e first ground observation of SA-%
i r i t h e 2(1 GVRU.
'I'nur personnel! LTC Stcwart/ST;T Raney.
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AKG 7s: F i x s t ti.nt! ground photography nf t i e new TWIN CAR OJI a l a t t i c e
n s t , acqxi red ir: the Auer 3ivouac /iller? Slr.e, north o f Uresden. Tour
Ferso-tneI : Ll'C StewartJSSG Bevner.
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31-13 SEF 79: Detailed, s t . a r t - t o - f i n i s h coverage of B major 211 GA F T X in
the Lehnin, Jwtesbog, Bsiesen Brir.d, and T,iekcrosc PKA's.
Althouzh S a ~ r e S .by
YRA's from o h s c r v i q m n y of tk.e exercise-assoziated a c t i v i t i e s , tnur personnel
were a b l e t o identify exercisc partici?ants, estahllst t h e probable exercise
scer.ario and pF.asing, and provide clnse-up QbSCrvat50nS o f actual excrc'se p l a y ,
to inclade commentrry 011 tile lack of realism in several aspccts of the overall
exercise scenarin, pocr light discipline a n d sec1irit.y p r w t i ccti, apparent use
Df tcmprary s t a g i n g arcas as a countermeasure against NATO targeting, and
preplanned a i : and nuclear attar.ks. Tnur p,eersonnel: MBJ C;off/SSG Hevier/
SSG Roberts
q.
15,16 SEP 79: Detailed covcrage u? return t o gsrrison by e1cmcnt.s nf thc
21 M R 3 ar.d t h e 94 SyRD. A t o t a l nf 1 2 military trains, a USMLW single t n u r
rt'cord, was observed, t o include owe train carrying T-64 equipped with t u r r e t mounted proka3le smkc gnnade proiect.ors [ S C C ?hot0 newt. page! - T o m
pnrsnnnel: MAJ !.ft.rcer/SSG Neal.
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03,@4 OCT 79: Acqulsiticx of a s e c t i v n of iaproved, rchhcr-bushed, l i v e
track hlock us2d on Soviet arid East Geman 1'-55, '1'-62, 'L-72, and athe-r trackcd
v c h i c l e s (see p h o t o below and next page, t o p ) . Tour personnel: hW EwffjSSC;
Rrusc,
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t. 3 7 , OX OC'i' 7 9 : While 11SMLM W E S n o t t b s k e d t o cover t h e 1979 Z a s t Berlin
paraie c o m " r a t i ng the annnivcrsary o f t h e GDR, we were r e s p m s i h l e , t o g e t h e r
w i t h RREXMIS and FYLII, for monitoring the returr. to g a x i s o n of p r t i c i p s t i n g
cnits. As tl r e s d t o f carcfulzy planned and coordinated road and rail surv e i l l a n c e , Lxit-equipner:t assocj at ions ucrc made f o r a l m s t slll ?arade items,
t o include confirmation of the p r e s e x e of ',he '1' 72 and 152rrm SP 3owitzcr
i n the Y TD (Partide photos of the 'I-72 a:td 1 5 2 m SP IIowitzcr below and 03 t h e
next page, courtesy oF FFILM)
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vf tte year, a ?.our ndnaged to Jcnetrate zilc t r i p l e secucrity feaces surrourtdirtg
t h e BlarikcnSurR underemand c o q 1 ex and v b t a i n t h e f i r s t pkotmzraphic coverage
nf t h c constructiuri activity in progress at this l o c a t i o n . T h i s is a target
that will continue t a rcceivc attentf-or, d e s p i t e nassivc secllrity rteasineq
iesigncd t o disumrrnge c u r i o b i t y scckers Toiir personnel
CTC HiltonJ
SP4 Evcrct?.
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Pea.tures:
1) i;nr 1ISMI,H, 1974 was t r u l y the "Ycax of SANDDUNE." X a t only r;ss it an
ex~rernelyproductive y e a r i n terns of documents col:?r,t.ec, translated, and
foruarded ;almost half of all IS3 pagcs p y q a r c c during 137Y containsd transl a t i o n s o f recovered dcumer-ts) * it was also t h e ycar in which the merits of
the pwgram were c l c a r ! y recngnized by higher headouartcrs and in whirl- the
resources necessary for i t s more effect ivc utili Lation were providcd. Project
SANDWN6 was,,at :F.c heginning o f thc yea? essent.ially a ore man operation, in
the person 3f MY. Gmff Giles [seer: on folluwiqg page,sifting t.3rough a ~ C H
b a t c h of goodies), witn support f ~ o mI!S Army S o v i e t Forcign Arcs Cfffccrs on
:4-day 'IUY Exon the US Axmy Rcssian I n s t i t a t e i n Garnisch, a handful of US
Army Field Stattor. Berlin personnel, and t r a n s l a t i n n assets of the 18 !dJ Ha
in k n i c . h . By year's end, it :?ad expanded t o a worldwidc program, employing
Army and A i r Force l i n g u i s t s on both contract and T1)Y hasis; m t h w i x a t i o r .
f o r tF.e hire of three LIS civilians OR a tcmporary l o c a l hirc b a s i q had been
obtained from US Cormand Berlin, and a c t i n n was underway to convert t!ic
pusi:ions
to pcrmanent C i v i l Servicc s l o t s , pcrrjtting future recruiting
wnrl dwide for t h e hest 1i n g u i s t s arai Table.
2)
Support: proviricd to U S Y M f o r P r o j e c t SANXiliNE during t.hc year ix-
c luded:
[a) h i t s prov i d i ny cor t-ract. support :
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USA 1T.K
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TNSCOPI, XiS YA
FOWCiIM, Ft Rragg XC
F3HSCM. Ft Richardso~i AL
USAWCi, Salt Lake C i t.y I1T
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prnvidirig pcrsonnej on a pericdic/tcvorary hasis:
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INSCCY, Berli3
[ISARNG, S a l t I,ake C i t y - ITT
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3) T5e assistarce provided by t h r e e of t h e previous agencies mentioned
d g r i n g 1979 wits part.icularly noteworthy. First of a l l , the o f f i c e r s of t h e
US Amy qussian I n s t i t u t e were a source of cxtremcly h i g h quality, l a r g r :
volume translations for t h e progrw,. Many of these officers have been, or
w i l l be, assigned as USMLY ~ Q U Co f f i c e r s . ?ccrsonnel of t h e US Army F i e l d
S t a t i m Rerlin also provided, during t h c f i r s t four months o€ 1979, s e v e r a l
o f t h e hest qiialifietl. l i n g u i s t s t h e prograrr. has had. These individlals were
o f irmense assistance ir. red3cir.g t h e backlog of m a t e r i a l s a d produced the
vast. major: :.y of cor,trast. :.rznslat.inn s u p p r t . t o USMIM arid t i d a superinr
j n h of dca: i n g with t h e materials by mi I , even t.hmqh th.1 s 'IS by f a r t h e
most d i f f i c u l t method for handling translations. Our sincere gratitude
goes t o a l l of then, for h e l p i n g to make 1973 a S A K U D I J E vintage year.
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Several ndditioaal soiirccs for f u t u r c translation sup?wt have Seen
i dcr.ti fi ed, and n e p t i a t i m s arc presently imicrway t o obtain this atdcd
a s s i s t a x e . '1F.ese s01; CECS include :
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F i e l d S t a t i o n Augshurg
IKSCOM Ags3ci cs
USAX, fhnich
USAIIEIIR, Augsburg
In'SCO1.l, MlS VA
USAF lntel Svc CKcserve)
USAF, Rolling AFB n2
Amy Kee ervi st s
Contract %?port
Contract Sn?,post
IISAF !<escr:G. sts
5) 1\11 USMLM tour vfficers and NCO's partwipate i f i the ccIlcctiuri of
S o v j e t documents, even thougb. primary responsibility Tor this effort riaturzlly r c s t s wit.11 thc Russian linguists. Spac": :onsiderations p d i i h i t listing
of all significar't f i n d s €07 3979; tAe s h o r t list below sc'rves BS an ixlic a t o r o f t h e scop? and value of t h e projirm.:
(a;
T-64 anti ai rcraft mnch i ncgun t a d i n i c a l d a t a and ?.raining i n f o m a t ivri
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SA-7 d e p l o y "
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and *.raining d a t a .
(c) M i - 2 f1i g h t records and maintenance logs, provid j ng a complete h i s t.ory
of twn EOYLITL he1 icopters.
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data u n various conmunications jarr.ming devices.
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Radio call signs and frequencies, to include s e n s i t i v e cudword
datu.
( E ) 16 A i r Army comar.d and staff biogray3,:lic data, to include names,
ranks, and p o s i t i c n s , and o r d e r of hattlc information, to include ? P Y 1 s and
VRV'S.
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bicgra_oAic data ;md w 2 e r cf Sattle information, sirr*i:ar to
that Cor 16 Air Amy.
[h) Cparats'sJmachani:t s manualls on nmexous S o v i e t t r u c k s , to inul ride
nat.eria3 on the n e w e s t ZTI,-series: v e h i c l e s .
[i) Largc quantities of h'3C tcchnisal and t r a i n i q q m t a r i a l s , t o include
cun-?lete sets of FrDtective c l o t h i r g and ecuipment.
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Medical ar-d 'naspital records.
(k) 12 cnnplete t r a i n i n g syllabus on a e r i a l photoaraphy equipment and
training methods.
(1) Largc q u a r . t l t i c s of discarded cnvclopcs and cther docuner.t.s conL a i r i n g FPN's cscd to Lcsignatc military u n i t s . SFC Germaine preparec a
report covering on1 y newly di scovered FPh" s.
(n) A manud o f artillery t r a i n l n g norms, providing Letailed i n f o r m
t ion on t!mes required t n prepare m r i o u s arti 1 lery weqxms f o r firing and
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(n) Detai l e d infornabi on nn regimental a i P clcfcnsc cq::ipent
ization.
and organ-
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The first f a c t m y markings for the 152mn SP Houitzer.
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T-62 tsnk f a c t o r y markings, mileage statistics, rsintenanzc rccords,
end related records for tuc tank battnliuns.
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(q) Detailel production maintenance recozcs, to incluZe scores af
r'actury narkings, s e r i a l numbers, and o t h e r vita; records from a major GSTG
tank naintenance facil i t y at Kircheo.,.
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l'he f i r s t indication of t h e prcsence of t h e ACS-17
in t h e (;SF(; invcntory .
(Pla-nyaj
grenade
[s: Complete unit. records for a GSFG maintenance rompany, providing what
anounts t u t h e TOEF and mornirig report for that w i t .
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b. EXP'IEISES: M a j o r Soviet ar.d Ezst Gcrnan CPX/FI'X activity, including at
l e a s t one major mmhined excrci st:, proviccd p l cnty of oppportim ities for Grcunrl
Division tour pcrsomcl t n study Harsaw ?act tactical do::trine a t firs:. harid.
Virtually all tour pcrsoancl had thc chancc to monitDr troop movements, observe
exercise scccari os t1,~fo1 d , i nuentory eqkii p e n t involved, evaluate rainLenawe
p r o b l e m , document interoperabbllity, and providc n t b r nbwrvxtions rclated t o
tl-.ese tactical eperations. Excrrisc :hctiviTics a t Xrmy Ict-cl, conducted between
major PKA's, providci cxtensive 1 m k s at several PRA-bused divisions, i x l u h n g
the Soviet T GTn and 9 GTD. During June and Luly, uheri the only six Soviet
'Tltr\'a 3f thc year were i n p s e d , several t o u r s were a b l e to i d e n t i f y p a r t i c i patinz u n i t s , spot [iew cquipmcnt. and ccver much of the seer-ario simply by
patrolIing the Fcrimcters of thc TRA's for iminence of hosti:ities factnrs.
'Ihc m n t h of September proviced a wea1t.h of exerc:se-rclat.cd o s s a n a t i o n s ,
ir;cluLing coverage o f a major 20 GA excrcise b c t w c c ~the Lchnin, Jueterbog,
Briesen Brand, ard 1 ieberose Y M ' s , as wtll as extensive coverage by numroas
t o u r s 3f a major combined dovie?/F,M E X . That cxcrcisc proZuced some nf the
best evidence seen to datc o f Sovict/EGA intexonerabbility a t t h e trnop Icvel,
a~ aspest of i y a ~ a wPact operations which is nuch heralded i n prnpapndn, h t
seldom encour t ere2 i 3 practice.
c.
IKSTRLTAT13X COViWGE: As aiwnys, considerzble time and e f f D r t r c n t irta
tF.c coverage of %viet and East Gsrman installations, trainina &.reas, kit-ou~c/
a l e r t s i t c s , field command p s : s , rivcr Erossing s i t e s , and nthcr n i l i tary
f a c i 1 i t ics during 1979. Thesc facilities art! covered nct. only :I> keep tl close
March on imminence o f hostjtjt'es f a c t o r s , b u t ~ L ~ S simply
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t:, nonitor addit i m s , deletions, Ghanges, or o t h e r indications 3f abnornalities which might
surface. A perfect. example was thc sadden departure of a:
S-bC 57nm A M Lxns
and associated equipment from t h c 6 GTD in e a t l y Sumcr 1979, leading to
speculation that the SA-6 o r SA-X u m l d s m c re?lacc t h e S GO l a the d i v i s i o n ' s
A i 4 regiment. Jhe faIlowing e x m ? l e s p r o v i d e somc i n d i c a t i o 9 of thc variety
of installation and f a c i l i t y coverage i w o l v e d .
(1) 19 JAF1 79: DctsiLed ccvcragc o f W o l f e d B i t t e T f e l d Training Area 411,
to in r 1 ude extensive photography of training posters pertaininR t o mal 1 ur.it
t a c t i c s , NBC defensive t r a i n i n g , p r e p r a t lons OF defensivr: y n s i t i o n s , use
o f night v i s i o n m d other devices, and addi t i m a 1 squad- Ievv81 trai.r:ing and
t a c t i c s [see ~ b o t orex: rage) Taus personnel : 1,X Bcnnhg/SSG Ya-t.in.
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12) C6, 07 FFA 79: First time observation of '1-64 in h'eustrelitz Installation 221 and Neustrelitz l'rzining Area 146, confirming i n t r o d u c t i o n of' the
T-64 into t h e 16 GTD. Tuur personnel: I,TC Hwnilton/SFC Roach
(31 26 M A R 79: Firat ' h i - M i s s i o n sighting of T-62 i n Wurzen TraininR
A ~ e a401, indicatinR pos-sihlc reequipping of the PRA-based 73 LYWI Lank
c l ements with the 'I' 62. Tour personre: : LTC Bennixg/SSG ' T i f f m y .
01 AIW 79: Hetailed and ext.cnsivc wvci t h e wall coverage UT the
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GSFL h a r v e s t vehicle m a i n t e n a x e support facility at Lcipzig lnstallation 554
TOUT pc?snnncI : MAJ Goff/SSS Martin, M U Hont);onery/
[see photo next page).
MA1 YercerJSSG T i €fan y , Cspt ht3i s/SSG Sctiatz
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(5) 24 APR 79: F i r s t t i n e observation of '1-62 at 1Iillersleben Tn5ta;l.at i o n :!81/2$7, indicct1r.E replacenen: of T 55 in t h e lndependent 'I'ani Kegirnent/
3 SA. Tour personnel: COL Stovall/Capt V a t h i s .
[ h ) 16 MAY 79: Over tI.e w&L: cnverage 3f IiaLlc Installation 006, us:ng
t h e added 5eight advan%gc o € tke Dodge Ramcharger, resalting in f i r s t obscrvation of WLR and 7' 1 2 at t h i s i n s t a : lation and c o n f i s n i n g prcsencc of t h c
17 AT Ball1 MRD. Tour ?ersonnel: Kk.J Montgamery/SSG T i f f a n y .
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involvcd in amphibious trgining at arandenburg, j r i e s t Training Area 4 : 0.
T u x p e r s o m e l : Capt XathislSFC RoachjSSS Brvier.
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[9j 27 ,XlN 79: Detailed rmvcragc of night f i r j n n f f cxcrcises Sy T-64 turretmounted anti a i r c r a f t madiiriewuns at Jaennersdorf Training Area 4C1, incl idin,:
a complete description o f range prozedures, coritrol nethock, t a r g e t s , and
sequence nf f!.ring.
The tour confirccd t h e T - f i 4 ' s c a p b i 1 I ty to engage
gruurid targets w i t h t h e tutrct-mounted machinegun with all hatches closeti.
Tau: pcrsonnel: LTC Rcnning/SSC N e a l a d K4.T Morccr/SSG Hevier.
(1 0) 04 SE? 75 : Comprehcssivc informati on on S o v i e t harvest support
a z t i v i ? . i c s was again ohtained in 1979 through a carepi1 and thoroxgh police
of t h e Neustral i t z h a r v e s t support s t a g i n g area subsequent to the departure
of ? h e 11777 M? Rn (Yrov)[Barvest Support) f o r duty i.r. thc Soviet Unicm.
Recovered documents provided a wealth of infcrrnation on thc t i n i t , to include:
unit designation; cuI.warder; vch: clc harvest support narking systen; l e n g t h
o f time spent in u n i t organization and p r e p n r z t i o n in the staging arua; the
GSFG parent imits whlch f L m i s h c d vehi:les, equipment, and p e y s o ~ n c lto the
b u t t a 1 ion; nechanical c o n d i t i o n OF, and naintenance required f o r , assigned
v e h i c l e s ; squawd, platorin, and company 'rO&Eis;natiuntlity, party/Komsoxnl
Lffiliation, educational l e v e l , date of birth, date of conscription, duty
?ositi.cn, and assibmtd vehicle for personnel assigneC to the battiil i o n ; and
the sc3eduled departure d a t e , di rcetion o f t r a v e l , and transshipmen: poirlt-s
for t h e unit . 'I'h is infomat inn should pernit add1 t < o n a l ref'ilenmt: of
e x i s t i r i g data on t h e nature and extent of t h i s ar.nuaZ Sorrowing of t r w p
and vehicles and its overall impact cn GSFG [see photo below), Tour
?ersonriel
MA!. Gnff/SSG Bevier.
( l l j 2 3 1)F.C 79: F i r s t reporting of occJpar.:y by an ETA engineer clement
of the ai 1 itary facility uindcr construction a t Up.lLt.7.sch since 1976. Recently
completed vekiclc storage sheds and vehicle ;>arks were f i l l c d w j th CSP, PTS-M,
PMP, and assorted sr:?part vclzicles; t h e 1:xal trainir-g area w r o s s t h c road
from the i n s t a l l a a i r i n uas nearly c o q l e t e d m d rcady Cor use. ?our personnet:
NU Montgume ryJSSC; '1i ffany/SGT h'oodrur,f.
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President Rrezhnevqs annoimcenent nf t h e
withdrawal of ZC,OOO t r o o p s and IOGC tar.ks f r u m GSFC presented t h e three
Missions w i t h a n o t h e r challenge m d o?portu?ity. 'Hie ceremonial depmr:t;re
of the first u n i t s on OS DEI: 79 was teievised l i v e from t!te kiittenherg r a i l
loading raml:. With t h e restrictions on covcragc, thr, ncdia was unalile t o
provide much in t h e way 3€ hard information C O n C e T K i I I g t h e departing units.
A se-ries of W M L Y taiirs t o and throug;h Wittcnbcrg w c c r t a i n e d t h a ? t h c f i r s t
unit. to be Kithdrawr was t h e 52 GTR/S ETD. When t h e first t r a i n s rolled o u t
of to;m soward the ?alish bmLer, f i v e 'J'ri-\!!ission tours were w a i t i n g on the
various rail l i m s l e a d i n g c u t o f t h e GDR t o confirm t.Eat t h e depart.nre was
i n fast. r* departure. A minimum of 4s T-b2 an? o t h e r equipment was sighted
headed east. on t.hc Cot'hus-Finsterwalde
r a i l line, with the first sightings
provided by !{XIGagnon sad S5(; Vurros. I f t h e w i t h l r a w a l is actcally s a r r j e d
through as originally annoiirced, mmerous addl t.ional si g h t i 3 g s shn:xld be
axaiting us in 1980.
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(S) AIR COLLI!~l1ON A(:TlVl'TJ.ES (YOTE:
this s e c t i o n are c l z ~ s s i f i t dCONFIIIEN'TIrZL)
1\11 succeedisg sub-paragraphs of
1. General : Throughout 1979, the Air n i v : s i o n continucl to observe ipl:rading
of Soviet and k i s t G e m military eyaipment i n v e n t o r i e s .
a.
Aircraft and Air Opcrstions:
1) Soviet: the 36tk A i r Army continued to enhmcc its a:,r.eady potent ground
attack capabi 1i t y w i t h the introduction of two h d d i t i m a : attack hel:icnpt.rr
regimcnts: the HIXD U was ir.trodur.ctL at. Weinar Woh~aSoviet Airfield, and
thr! HPXD E went i n t o .Mahlxinke; Soviet h i r i i c l d . The thi rd-gcr.eration swingwing ?iTi,K H entcrcd t h e 1 6 t h A i r Amy inventory at Allstedt Soviet A i r f i c l d
t o re?lace t h e aging MiG-21 FISEBED tactical reconnaissance platfcrm. A new
F I l T E X G t caincr variant was also identiif i cd at t h i s 1orat.ion. SuSserl.Jent Iy
the FTl'TF.R H was observeti carrying the standard FITTER e l e c t r o n i c cour:tcrmeaswes pod and a r.ew combination tactical recmnaisssnce pod. The 1 H t c s t
S v v i e t fighter interceptor, t h e FLOGGFK C, %as introduced i n t o t h e f i g h t c r
regiment a t Koethen Soviet A i r f i e l d ; a similar eqcipncnt upgrade was in
progress at hittstock Sov:ct: Airfield a5 :F.e year cane t o an end. The 16th
A i T Army demonstrated impressive t a c t i c a l nobility by activating tm Autobahn
landing s t r i p near Setzcbant! and operatint: m n e 20 a i r c r a f t Z r m it f o r a
12-hoiir ;Ic-iad.
21 East German: The East. German Air I'orcc [ETAF) inveritory was augmented
by delivery of thc FLCGCER F ground attack airframe in its eXpoTt version.
Further indications of upgrading i w l n d e d t h e mocnting of the 16-shot 57"
folded f i n acrial rockct pods on thc 1-39 ALRATKOS t r a i n e r oE Bautzen L i t t e n .
Thc 1.-33 entered t t e EGAF invcntary ic 1978; its enplopent in t h i s r d e
i n d i c a t e s a change in training prvcsdurcs as #ell as increased EG4F combat
zapab i 1 i ty.
11 Soviet: Thc Ribnitz Sovsct Radar S i t c r e c e i v e d a new h e i g h t f i n d e r
radar dubbed the ODD (%ZIP. X similar ecu!pmen: item was scbseqiiently
introduced i n t o t h e Soviet raiar s i t e near Ermstedt. h concerted col:rst.icn
e ? f w t tri ggcred by art unuswtl ccnmtinications deployment at h'ittenbcrg
I'euzhcI rcsulted in locating the other c o m n i c i l t j - o n s tcrminals, excellent
photograpj:y of a nodif i e d TWTK EAK, and s p e c i f i c u n i t identification.
East German: Excellent p h o t o g r q h y of t h e 3ACK TH.43 wa!i obtained. and
the presencc of t h i s new rdtar was cnnfirxisd a t Kirchioaser. site of a
third A; r Defensc Lomand Ccr-te-. Emphasis Has placed on r o l l e a t i o n agalnst
the cruciform toweTs throughout the CDR. in rcsnonse tu p r j o r i t y theateT
Tequ i rement s .
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SignifLCant Achievements
a . c 8 FEK 79: .'recise location and fi-si. phntagraphy o f a m d i f i c d HAY POLE
preci sion approach radar a t Bautzcn ii tten ELM: A i r f i e l d . T o w personnel :
Czpt T i h c m i r c v / W g t 'ennock .
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I t -18 MAR 7 9 ; Excellent covergge at t h e Leipzig F a i r of 'he Peoples'
Kcpuhl ic oE China and East Gemm l a s e r s , controlled machine t ~ o l s ,opt'cs,
ceramics, and what was r e f e r r e d t n as "Military Chemistry.'' Tou: pezsonnel:
LtCol Tonge/Md j Penrod.
77 MAR 79: A n mxiual TYlN YL.4’6 d e p l o y w n t at. #:‘-,tenberg Teiichei Soviet
e.
Commmications S i t e signalled that a high-levcl communications exerzise was
immincnt. Subsequent analysis resulted in l o c a t i o n of o t h e r coxmunications
terminals in thc Magdeburg a r e a , nrar t t e .I SA headquarters. Details ~ T C :
o h t a i n c d on a modified TWPJ EKi, s e t - q i t e a r - d o w n times for TWIN PLATE, and
t i e identity of p a r t i c i p t . i n g G r i t s (see a l s o para IlB2(f ) . T o u r personnel:
Ma3 I”Iroti/’l‘Sgt. :-’a:co.
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t h e cf fect
that a new airframe was b e i n g irtroLuccd i n t o t h e t ~ r t i c a lreconnaissaxe
regiment at Allstedt Soviet A i r f i e l c . Photography was acq1.i red o f the t h i r d generati on swing wing a i r c r a f t , sitrsequently named the FITI’ER I!, which is
being phased i n t o ~ a p l a c ethe a g i n g FISHKEU H. lmagcry of a t w o - s e a t
trainer version, t h e iF1’I”I’ER I;,was also obtained. (hi 02 AUG, a tour confirmed that the F I T X I1 nounts i~ n e d combination COI:CCtjQ3 pod, a s well as
the standard ECM pod. T o w personnel : C q t Llenedict/CMSgt Bourassa and
1.t Col. Rurhans /Cap t Bodd ie /’MS2t F enn oc k .
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26 MAY 79. An a i r tour responding to perisk-able reculrcments ohscrved
am1 photographed thc arrival ~t Weimar Nohra Soviet. A i r f i e l S . of t h e Idtl: A i r
Army's fourth attack helicopter regimen:.. The unit is equipped wlth IJIND D
and HIP C/E
Tour personriel : Waj PenroiJCMSgt Rorirassa
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f. 10-27 .IUI, 79: A Tri-Scrvice effvrt provided excellent caverage o f preparations f o r , and conduct o f , an a i r power d e m n s t r a t i o n a t t h e GadowHnssow Soviet Air-to-Ground Rangc. Three d i f f e r e n t unidentified stores, one
unider-tified pod, and Pargr: multiple bomb racks with heavy duty shackles were
photographed (see photo 3el0w and next page) , Tour persontc: : LtCol Rcil ly/
Capt H a c i s o n a n i L T n l 'I'nnge/MSgt Pennock.
19 .1111. 7 3 : In response to perishable requiremer:ts, a j o i n t tour observed
and phot3graphed t h e f i r s t SU-24 FENCER A to de?loy outside t h e ITSSR. T h i s
coverage and suhseqdent outstaniiny, phctogrEphy obtainez during coverage of
t h e a i r power dcmoristration mentioncd in para f above Fravidcd t h e coow;unity
x i th the best c u v e ~ a g eevcr on this high-intercst tF.reat platform. Tour
pcrsmne 1 : Capt TihomirovJSSG Tiffdny.
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d u d i n t o the EGAF f i g h t e r
a i r crder of b a t t l e apdate,
FL3GGF.K F ex?ort xi r x a f ? . .
n5served and photugrGphed the ncvr a i r c r a f t i n t r o banher wing a t Drewi.tz. Tn addition to providing
t h i s caveraRe provjded f u r t h e r c h t a i l s on :he
Tour persunncl; Ca?t Boddie/'lBgt ELI co.
i. 30 X T 7 9 : iloverege of l:l,OGGE:R G a c t i v i t y at KoetheT! Sovict AIrfieJl
resulted i n exrellent technical qxul i t y phot-ograzhy of t h i s high-interest
aircraft and provided. previoLsly unabtairiable close-up Fhotography of i t s
i mprovcd i nfr"rarc2 search and t. rack system. Tour personrie 1 : 1.1 Co I durhans/
MSgt Penmck.
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I. General: During t h e pcriod 01 5 4 X - 20 MAR 79, Joir-t Division, a s the o?crat.ians element of the USMlAj03CSJ USCOB P r o j e c t LARKSPUK, Flamed and p z r t i c i pated i n 1.5 aerial recnncaissance missions in :lie Herlin Control Zone. I'wentythree Intall igence I n f o m a t i on Reports h a s e i 011 iriforlnation a c c u i r e d diirin8;
t k s e missiors w e ~ esuhmittec. [In 2C b!Ai? 79, a 90 day test p r i u d , djrecaed
by DCSI IJSARFITR, which involved s h i f t i n g the r e s p o s s r h i i i t y for b o t h tic
cuordiria tion and t h e operat inn of LARKSPUR ent ire1 y t o DUCSI USCOB, began.
&I 12 .Jut 79. the test period er:ded, and USMLY p a r t i c i p a t i o n i:i thc prugzm
t c m i natcd.
2.
Significant S'ghtings:
a. 04 JAN 79: Photography of THlN SKTN B and ;7robahlc SA-8 missile canister
trar:sporters a t Schoenow T r a i n i n g Area 455, an e a r l y i n d i c a t o r of t h e s d i s e q w n t . convcrsion of t h e 6 MRD subordinate M A Regt to t h e 511-8 syst.cn. Tour
pcrsonncl : MSgt n i chm/SFC BenaviZes.
b . 03 JAN 79: Ccnfirmxion of the presence of 1.i2m SP IIowitzcrs in t h e
inventury o f the 459 Arty Rep,t/25 Tn, Schaenwalde I n s t a l 1 at: ion 281. Your
personae::
Capt Mathi s/S!;C Benxvides.
z . 35 JAN 79: Cosfirmatinn o f BWP M1976(%) in 52 GNRR/6 GMRD, Bcrnau Army B k s
P a m a r 2 4 1 . -OUT personnel: Capt Mathis/SFC Henasides.
11 JAY 7 9 : Ptotography of modificd STDF: NET a t nocberitz AAA Radar 270
TCJP personnel : M S R t Wehm/S?4 Y y i t t . .
[see photo next page)
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C.7,04 YE3 79: FhotoEraFhic coverage o f modif-:cd GRILL 'TTI'TST f i t t e d
with s c i ssoxs- j ack antenna rr.est a t l)ocber:-:x ? m i n i n g Area Krm p n i t z 463 and
Stahnsdorf Army k k s S i e g f r i e d 2SZ. 'I'oiir personnel ; MSgt l)eihJn/SYC Renavivides
and SI'S Scaman/SPS Bcnn.
f. 25 FER 79: Coverage o f Sb-8 TEL and associated oquipacnt a t SchhoenoK
' l k i i i n i n g Area 453. Tour personnel : MSgt Diehrr, /SFC Benavidcs.
78 I:EJ 79: h o t n coverage of S R - 8 missile canjqccr q l u a d i n g and dowr
10~dxr.go?crat ions . 'I'OLE personnel : Capt Mat.his/SP Seamar
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TFHPORARY RESTRICTED AREAS
(TRA'S)
1. As ir. 1979, impoositicn of THI\'s ky GSFG f a i l e d t o follow the
p a t t e r n e s t a b l l s i P t l i n previous years. After 11 nenrhs withotlt a
T U (the last group of T M ' s in 13?8 ended on 111 J U L ) , GSFG announced
k
TJ fewer than s i x within the pcriod 22 JUN - 05 JUL, ~ . - " t over:appzng
dates. A corrclatio7 Nith 1978 e x i s t s : During t.hc period 14 J I l N 10 JIIC 7 8 , f i v e TRA's were imposed.
2.
TRA,'s imposed during !979 axe
listed 5 0 1 0 ~ ;photocopies of maps
fot low in para 3.
'WX 001-79, effect i v c dates 22 . N X - E .TUt. 79. coverel a very
large area in the southwestern GOR, connecting thc Weimar, Gotha.
Somerda, h s s a , Bad Frankenhausen, Sandcrshausen, Schafstsdt, ~ ~ S
Cochstcdt. and A 1 tengrahow FRil s .
S R U ,
TRA 002-79, effcctive d a t t s 23 JUN - 04 YIIL 79, ewnmpassed an
equally large area north and west n f 3exlin, coImcctir,g the Templin,
W i t t s t x k , Rnthcnow. and Letz'iingcr Heide PKn's.
T U (303-7'9, e f f e c t i v e h t e s 23 JlX - 05 J111., connected the
Eastern Bordar PR4 t o the Hri esen Brand, KoenrgsuusterhaLscn,
Finsterwaldc, Falkenberg, and Sueterhg Phi's, scuth n f Berlin.
T U 004-79, effective dates 08-14 J U L 79, connected the Eastern
anrdcr, Templin, R i r g Stzrgard, and Krhrandenburg PIi4'5, n o r t h o f
Berl in.
TRA 305-79, effective datcs 08-16 JIJL 73, consisted of a l a r g c
are3 In tlrc western LUK. connecting the Letzliaaer Eeidc, Altengrabow, Usssau. C o c h s t e d t , quedlinbmg, and Western Border PRAIs.
TU 0 0 0 - 7 3 , effective d a t e s also 08-16 JUL 79, located soutl: of
Berlin, was a v i r t u i i l dzlplicate of TRh 503-79.
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All succeeding sub-paragrapks of this
IXrFNTIONS AND INCTDENTS (NWil:
classificd CL)NPIIIFYTIAL]
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1. General: D e t c f i t i u n o f a tour rcmains the m ~ etf f e c t i v e mcuns a v a i l a b l c
to the Soviets and E R S ~Gcrmans tc interi'ere w i t h T r i Missinn cvllection eff o r t s . SoIlection against a s!.wcjfic t n r g n t i s pre%entcd; in addition. time
lost Guring a d c t e n t i c n causcs schedule disruption and nay prevent collection
against another target iocated miles a m y fron the detention s L t e . hrhen a
tour vehicle i s disabled durir.g tk.e cnuirsc of a deteAtion, t h e COUT must bc
cancelled, and additional a s s e t s used t o c f f c t t a recovery. I n f o r m t i o n acquired by athcr agencies tn t k e cffect that Snvichs and Last tierman u n i t s
have anti-Mission plans I"er gurrison ;Irotcc:ion and f o r use during road
mrchcs has h e m CorifirmcL by USM1,M experience. Thc 19 ietentinns in 1979
m e a considcrahle increase lrom the n i n e recorded in 1378, the severe
wcathcr conditions in t h c e a r l y part OF the year made evasi-ve acticn d i f f j . cult and off road travel impossible and contrjhuted inaturially t o thc Iranber
of successful detentions, if n o t to the number of attecpts. Thc increased
willingness of b o t h Soviet ar,d East German troops t o erploy violent measures
to effect a detent.inn was of mm concern; In 1979, s i x tour ve!liclcs weTe
rammed during detention attempts. As a r e s u l t oT m e YaminR, a tour n f f l c e r
rcquircd cxtensi.se hnspit.a: c a m . [In several cascs, i t i s necessary TO consult the scctioIi 3f' this !Init History on ''Meetings w i t h SERB" to crrmpIc7.e t h e
picture as to "confiscation of aquipTcnt", items "stolen by the Soviets and
Ecst tie,mns",
2.
List
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and t h c l i k e ) .
Detentions and I n c j c u r i t s :
a. Gerrey [13:'3966),3510152 JAV 7 9 : A t o m cncourltsred an oncvming S o v i c t
d r i v e r training coI*mn on ii W T ~ O W strctch o f road. 'I'hc tour vehicle waS f n x e d
off thc roa2 and became stuck in deep snow. Elemefits of t h c column Slocked t h c
tour vehicle and hcld t h e Lou? in placc until the arrival of the Wittcnhcrg
Komandant
'.'he tour was escortcd t o the Xittenberg, Krmnmdatura, wherc, a f t c r
H brief d'scussion,
they werc rcleased at 151SZ hours.
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h. Krampnitz (IN2J6713),ZuIIZCZ Jm 79: A tour transitirg t k e Fchrland
!load connecting Routes 2 and 2'i5 was tetaincd hy traffic. regulators outside
Installztion 261. The t.nur was w c w t e d to t h c 1'0tsdk11 Komandatura, where
a n A k t ua5 p r q n v e d . dftcr the twur officer refused t t o s i g n the Akt, zhc t.mr
was released a t l G ! ) o L hours. Titis was the opening rotlnd in 1979 of t:he ongoing Pahrland Road Kar. The 10 (;TD com.anc!er, resident in Tnstnllation 2C31,
was detemined to deny access to the m a d ; the rhxce Missions were equally
d e t o m m c d to continue ro use it.(Addjtional details are cnntair.cd in t h e
1976 h i t History;,
c. Treuenbrietzen :U7'54/4:, 2416IiOZ JXi 79: A tour vel-.jcle prncecding
nnrth on Route 7 in c i v i 1 ian traffic t o w r d Potsdam was partial l y klocked
when a llXL-469 swerved from thc smrkbound Jitnc i n t o the ncrthbound :,am. 'Ihc
tour proceeded slowly arcund the UAZ and c,ont:nued, s t i l l in h a v y c 3 v i l i ; m
t r i l f f i c : , a-rocnJ a h a l t e d Ural-377. T i e llAZ thcn reuersetl and rammed t h e C C U ~
venicle, forcing it into a snnw hank. Tk.e t w Soviet vehicles blocked thc
t w u r vehicle. 111 res2onsc tc the tour officcr's outraged p m t c s t s , the Soviet
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LTC, the s m i o r occupant. of the U M , rrtpficd somewhat apo1ogetical;y t:lat tte
detention nust r m a i n i n effect until the a r r i v a l o f a Komndatrira represpnt a t i v e . The ssriior occupant of the Ural, e SrLt, confided that ‘‘Our buss kas
ordered us t c catc3 uriy f’oreiIjn tours we encountered.“ After a d e t e n t i m of
approrinately f i v c h u m s , the tour W R S released o x - s j t e hy- an o f f i c e r from the
JLetcrhug Komdndatura. D u r i n E t.?w detention a %viet colum ?assed by; the
Soviet officers a t tb,c scene covered the car windows N i t h h:aikcta; the t o u r
o f f i c e r Trotestec! t h i s a l d : tiontll v i o l a t i o n o f tFc rules of civilized coxdiict;
and t h c hlunkets wcrc removcd.
d . Wedringen (PU6895), 3013302 JMi 19: W i l e R IISMLM toiir was attempting
t o pass an East German c i v i l i m vehiclr: on Route ?I, the F,ast Genan drii‘er,
apparently not cerir-g the t o u r vehicle. entered the l e f t lane. l’bc tour was
forred t o swervc o f f the road tc avcid a c o l l i s i o n . Tke: tmr vehicle sustainncrI
a broken f m g t wheel. VOPO personnel subseqcently cane on the scenc, asked
for d e t a i l s o f the accidm:, and departed. S*Asequent:y, a S o v i e t LTC “from
t h e Komandatura” arrjvcd, cffered assistance ir: call ing Potsdan, and i r v i t e d
t h e tour o f f i c e r t o have a Seer a t a local Gasthaus. Khen t h e t w r o f f i c c r
decl ined the znvitii2t ion, t h c LTC departed ”to have ii vodka. ’‘ Shortly therca f i c r . a Soviet Caprain ameared arid incicated that an Akt uonld he prepared
accusing thr t o x of violating t h e PRA, photDgrzphing a allitary c o l m n , and.
catising ;u1 acciecnt with an C a s t German c i v i l i a n vehicle. ’1Fe LTC r e t u n e d
and t o o k thc tou’r‘s passes. A recovcry tcan arrived a t JYlSZ hours, and, after
the A k t was read, t h e t n u r was relcased.
e. tluch3olz [UI’S?81), CR1235Z FEB 79: A IJSYLPI f3ur northhou.sd 07 Route 2
encountered B sautl-bound Soviet colwrm. a i l e 3 t tempting t o pass by t j l e
c o I ~ l m ,t h c tour m s blocked by a Z1L 157 which p u l l e d out. i n t n the nurt.3hocnd lane. T h e tour tumcd to t h e south in an 8t:elr.p to evado, at which
time a KaM47.-532fl ramcd t>.c t o u r v e h i c l e . A tJA5-469, w i t h a LTC passenga-r,
then si3eswiped t.he tour v e h i c l e while attempting ta cnmplete t h e Cetent:on.
U t h e r vehicle..: f r o m tte column surrounded t h e tour vehicle, and armed s a l djcrs descended fron t h e vchiclcs. 3 r d werc
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r c n ~ u n t ,and the tour pcrsonncl were directed t o proceed 03 t h e i r way. Thr
tour vfficcr, however, chose to stay and d i s c u s s thc Soviet behavior w i t h
the convoy comnnder. The discussion was :cminated when t’ic cummander
cli?rbcd hack i n t c h i s U.42, r e j x n e d the COIUITL?, and departed t.Ac w a e . ’The
tour returned inmediately t o i’otsdam and subseqirently a c w s t h e bridge to
West 3erlin. Despite thc obvioris damar$ t o the vchicfc, :he ?our was passed
‘cl:rouEh wi2ho:it coxent. a t t h c bridge.
f. Dai..tlsdorf ( i T 4 1 7 9 , 162256L FER 7 9 : A f t s r observing a S o v i e t colunn
f r m an OI’, a USMlM tour fotloreri t h e column in a n e f f u r t t o dcternjre i t s
destination. :Infortuaa:ely,
elm.ents
t h e colcnn had a l s o observed t h e
tour vehicle. Scveral Soviet vehi cles were m i t i ;ig farther alorig on Rnutc
102 and inmediately 5lockcd off and attenytd to ram thc tour vehiclc cpon
i t s appearance. The! tour H ~ Sforced n f f t h e road and became s t a c k rii dee?
snow. -hc t c m o f f i c e r refused thc request nf t h e detair.ing o f f i c e r , an
Xrner CPT, fnr t h c t o u r ’ s creder:tiaIs, stating t-.e could stirrender them o n l y
t3 an officer f r m the Komaridiltyra. The t.our o f f i c e r and the CFT s a t i R a
Soviet worksho:: van, drinkirg t e a ar,d conversing.
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A t '/06LQL k B B , a MAJ €TOE the Juetertvg Yurxandatura arrived, apologized f~~or
h i s tardy arriva: and prepared an A K ' ?)..arg'nt: t.he tour w i t h observinx a Soviet
mi I. tary r o v e r e n t . Aftcr the four office7 rtfuscd t o s i p , t:le t o u r vchicle
nd the tour was released. R e atnospherc throughwas pulled xi-! of t h e snow, m
0 u; [yostrmming atterr.pt) was e x t r e w l y friendly znd r e l a x e d .
I:. Nienegk (CTt.373), 1508232 M U 79: A USYW tour f o l l o w i n g il small Suviet
tact:ccal c o l u m found itsclf in t h e rr.idd1c of hcavy Soviet t.raffis. In its
c f f o r t t o e x t r i s a t . e itself. the t o u r was fnrccd to mil the nrigir.31 co:wnn
three times, behavior the ,Soviets S o m i lcss than endearing. Dn t m successive
passes, foxr 'JT'K-GLIPE deployed In an effcrt tu 3lock t h e t o m . Or: the L a s t run,
one BTK GCPH sidcswiFed t t s t n m $-chicle. f o r z i n g i i o f f the roac into deep
m d . Thc d c t e n t i o n was comp:cteJ, and t h e t.mr Y P S h e l d u n t i : an Dfficcr from
the hlten~rabosKomartdatura arrived. After the tour officer's refusal t o sign
the Akt accusing t h e tour of ?hotographirig a i l i:.;?ry equipwrit, t i e Tour was re
lcascd a t 1430Z hours.
1313307. MAK 7 9 : A t v u r transiting :he wirt.h(PC314K) was the victim of 3 well
organized, prcciscly executed, ard extremely rutilehs EGAF detcntion attempt.
Whi!i;e the t o m was passis2 hy t h e E C A F radar site losatd on the AthrtnstedtIkrcnbtiry road, u Tatra-81.7 emerged frnm the site entrancc and struck t h e tour
vrh'cle. The tour vehiclc was t h r o m 3ff t h e road, Turned over twice ant came
:o r e s t on i t s s i i c in
open f i c l d . A r m e d EGAP t.raops wearing s t e e l helcets
imnediately siirroinded the vehicle. The tour officer, who sustained injuries
which were t.0 incapacitate .iin f o r fvur x e c k s , WEIS takcr to B nearby East
German civ! 1 ian h o s p i t a l . Ilnaa chc a r r i v a l of Soviet p e r m m e ; at ::kc scene,
Lest German t r o o p s furced the tcur N U to leave the v e h i c l e and s i t in one o f
t 5 e Societ vehicles. 'I'hcy then removPd a l l tour eqi1ipner.t f r m the vehicle.
SERB prnviduC t h e i r . i t i a I n c t i f i a t ion t u USMIM, with only limited aet.ails.
A rccovery ream arrived a t t.'+ic scene at 18052 hours, but was not p e r m i t t c d to
approuuh t h e v ~ k i c l cuntil 19002 ar xhidi time t h e t e x r leacer attcnpted uns u ~ c e s s f ~ ~to
l l secure
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t'w return of thc confiscatet equipnent. The 6hi.cF of
Missinn s-rrived u t 21452 h m r s : h i s demmd for the r e t m n of t h e cc+uiprr,ent,
mde t o the H d h c r s t a d t Komanddnt, was cqi:ally unsirscessfl;l. A t 23302 hours,
&he reccvery tern l e f t thr: ;cepe w i t h the vrcckcd b-e!iiclc in t o w . KJSYLM and
8 US medical o f f i c e r picked cp the inj1:rcd tour d f i c c r tit t h e East Geman
hospital at a p r w x i n a t c l y midnj.ght and returned w i t h hiir. t o West Bcrtin.
h.
Snilth
Athenstedt :YC31Sh),
roaZ hetween Athenstedt and Tkrcnhurg
i. Gattcrstadt ( P B i W ) , 2212192 W K 7 3 : A tour observing an a c t i v e
f l y i n R program at AIlsr.edt Soviet A i r f i e l d rioted 3 c approach of a SAZ-66
from Gattcrstadt. K-Lilc the tour was attempting t o make f.t.s e x i t v i a a
prcscleeted e x j t: mtlte, the tozr vch'cle becam mired c u w ~ ii n deep mud, ';TIC
L e t u n t i o n NBS effcctcd by a tcam which evcAtually incliided m e Ural-375, one
GIV-59, md one C M - 6 6 , three Soviet. Air Force Cayta'ns, o x Warra3t Officer,
lh arced troops, and one c i v i l i a n interpreter. At. 1J2(1Z hours, after t3e hniir
uehiclc was pulled n u t of t h e mu!, the t o m has advised t h t l t they could k a v c
and, while no Akt was b e i n g p r c y r e A , they were n o t to return. As the t.mr
was about to depart., one Soviet C q t a i n grabbed a nap fron :he vchicIe and
refused to retiJrn i t .
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j . Prinrt ( l n ~ 6 2 2 O ) , 30 PLAH 79: A Potsdm local tour was det3inrd by
Soviet troops near t h e Priort railreed s i d i n g and held for t w o and one h a l f
hours. No Akt w a s prenarcd, nor were the tour credmtials taken. The tmix
officer r e p r t e d that amhshes had hccn estab 1. is3cd a l c n g ”oads 1 cadinp t u
both thc P r i o r t and t h e S a t z k o r n sidings.
k. HavcIhcrg (UU33.57), C513357, APR 78: A USMI,M t o u r trnvellinR in thc
middle OF a Soviet column was stopped by a Soviet LIC who askcd by what
authority they were in the urea. :Ipcn rezeiving t h e amwer ‘‘Bythc a u t t ~ r i t y
OF CO’, GEN Grinkevxt” and after prcscntatiori cf t h e tour‘s crcdent ra 1 s I h e
agreed that t h e rour was -in fact auc:loTized to remain. Shortly a f t e r , I m w w c r ,
when stoppcd in t r a f f i c , t h e tour found t h i s particu:ar p l o y to be less SIXcussFul. They Kcre surrotlnded and held fnr three hnurs. The Perleberg
K o m n d a n t , who relcascd them, ZltRRested tc the t o u r c f f i c e r that h c should
accom?any him t u the Pcrleberg Komandatura. ‘I3c tuur v f f i c p r kecl ined, or.
t h c gruur.ds t h a t the Kommam1at.ura war; located within the Perleberg P M . l h e
Kommdant acceptcd this response and r e l e a s e d t h e tnur OR t h e q m t ; l a t e r ,
mu:h to his chagrin, thc toux o f f i c e r discfluered t h a t the Komnandatura
actually d i d not iie within the PIIA and that he should have a c x p t c d the
invi!ation ( i . e . , detention).
1. Hcrzberg (UUS:%3:, 0713302 A P R 79: A IJSMLY tour which had been ohservinR extensive movement i y elements of the 25 TD f o x several hours left its OP
t o covcr a ni1ltm-y train. WhiIe on Routc 167, returning t Q the OP, t i c tour
encountcred an oncoming S o u i r t colunn. One vehicle from t t c colum dcployed
in f r o n t of the t o w vchlcLe; othcrs blocked it o f f from the rear. ‘I’he convoy
cnmander confiscated t h e vchicle liccsse plates, responding t o the tour
officer’s protest that the CLSCSSI‘G croiild r e t u r n t h c m tu 5ia. He ordered
the tour t o park a t the s i d e of the road, from whir3 iwnragc point :h.ey
obcaincd coverage of snme 330 vehicles in the convoy. Representatives of thc
Puerstcnherg Kom.ar:da:Jra were taskcd t o retrieve the l i c e q s e p l sites ; they
were a b l e t o obtain and return only m e p l a t e . ’1F.e .VLt, prepared on the spot,
accuscd t h e t.mir of heinR on a road leading toward a PRA m
nd 3f observiq;
military movement, b u t also included t h e tour olficcr’s protests con::erriing
an i l l e g a l detention and the t h e f t of the Iiconse pIatcs. A f t e r t 3 c tour
o f f k e r rcfused t o s i g n the A i t , the t o u r was releascd zit le302 hours.
m. Quedljngkrg (I’C.lMS), 0913ZUL FAY 79: In t h e cniirse u f an a t t c n y t e d
detentim, a 1;SMLH tcur vehicIr: s x s t a i n e l dandgc t u t h e r1gF.t rear dnor,
W , tour was able t n nvnid d e t e n t i o n .
the csrul: of t w o r a m i n g s by a ~ < . J K ! - ~ ‘Ihc
n. flranicnhawn (UT21423, 2IQ907Z 14AY 9: A USMM tour o f f i c e r , then
LWKoscvjch, received rccognition of a s o r t for his cf€oorts. P s t 3 e ~ U U T
of rhich ?.e was a part was travcllink north on Routc 107, they encountered
a southbound I l h Z - l i G 9 . The occupants of the Soviet wchicla s i gnallei. w i t h
gcsturer and by f 1ask.ing t h c vehicle lights t h a t the tmxr shuul:! pill 1 O Y O T .
When tile tour i g r o r c d the signals and attcm?ted to continue OR i t s way, tke
1WZ swerved into the northbound l:ine, blocking. further p r q r e s s . Since t h e
tour was on an opcn r o d and neither in a r c s t r i c : e d area nor behind signs,
MAJ K w e v i s h c l c r t e d to stop ;in& protest thc Sov5.at1s action.
The ncsiiparits o f thc D.42 surroucded the lour vcb.icle. I n answer t o t h e tour
officer's p r o t e s t , t h e senior Snviet officer, a I.TC, addressing hitr. hy name,
respnndcd that he h s d :eel1 him in t h e same tour car four days before hwhind
aissior, r e s t r i c t i o n signs near Drnnimham, an2 that this was ~ " I Cbasis for the
detention. %'her.% k J Kosevich a t r m p t e d to continue the arp,ument, t h e L'TC
indicated that a reprasentatlve of t h e Kommanddatura was enrautc to thc sccnc
an2 kould s e t t l e the a f f a i r . Subsequeiltly, t h e d e t e n t i o n s i t e hccme extremely
crowded: An A i F Force ZTL-157, loaded with t r o q s in Fatigues, @as stopped an&
c o m r d e e r e d to block the t o m vc'nicle uff frorr, t k e rear; a warrant o f f i c e r
ir. a VAT vchicle was s e n t '-rythe Sovi~t.LTC t u advise L'OPO personnel at a
rnad hIock a: the 3ranienbaurc Autobah7 entrance t h a t they :auld leave since t h e
detention had bccn effected; a Sovie: L+T. w i t h Medical Corps insignia arrivcd
with onc Amy and onr: A i r Force c f f i c c r and, after receiving a n c g a t i v e aaswcr
EO h i s qcestim as to whethcr there had bccn any i n j i i r i e s , h m g around j u s t
in casc; a .a'
frDm ibe Ilessall Komwndatura and h i s female interpreter arri red
and attenpted tc f i n d out what was going on; thc l a s t character to a?pear on
stage was a Snvict *COL wto engaged t h c tour YVZO in conversat i o n in goDd t rcrman,
'
inquired ''IF that Y9.J Kosevich
and,nftcr receiving an a f f i m ! i v e answer,
retired to l i s v e h i c l c . After a three-sidcd conversation amorig t h e Komnndatura
representative, P l k I Koscvich, a r d t h e Soviet I J C ("T sax XAJ Kosevrr,h beh'nd
a sign on 1 7 MAW!l"), the Kom"1afura YAJ aareed t h z t no v i o l a t ion had takcn
place and released t h e tour at: 12102 hours. Suhseqcently, it was discovered
t h a t t h e I.TC i n charge of t h e 1ete32.irrn had been involvcd in tw3 detentions o f
US3Il.Fr pcrsonnel in 1975.
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Basepohl [W6753;, 1426301 JCM 79: A tour acmpying an OP near
Basepohl wki :c ohse r v i n g East Geman h e h c o p t c r a c t i v i t y associated wj.th
ground operations in the area was detained a t g u q o i n t by one VOYU and one
ECX scldier. 'I3reats t o q e n f i r e werc made 02 thrce occasi-nnq: once during
the i n i t i a l stage a f the deteiitinr. when t h e tour ?IC0 started t h e vehicle
FtngLnp. preltsinary to atrempting evasive a c t i o n afid a n t w o occasions when
t o u r personnel attempted to leave t h e vehicle to rslieve tliensc1vcs. A Soviet
LTC f w m t h e Kucstrelitz Kormaidatiira arrived on t h e s:er:e a* 15021101. JUN
m d escorted the t o u r to the Kommdutura, stopping twice 3n t h e way t3
point out restricted area and mjssior. r e s t r i c t i o n sig3s. 'I'hc LTC eppcarad
extrcmrsly annoyed and frustrated ovcx the t.nur offlcer's refLqa1 to a:.kno.#lcdgc the existence of the signs. His f m s P a t i o n was compourded hy the
t o u r officer's respcct%L but o h s t i n t i t c rcfural bo pgrmit the tour NCO to
lcave the t o m ve'nirlc and a c t as an i n t e r p r e t e r , by h i s insistencc upon an
English Snnguagc interpreter, and by h i s refusal to sign an Akt accusing
t h e tour of being in u restrictcd area, of obserying m i l i t a r y activity, and
of e2dangering t h e safety of East Ceman personqe:. The t o u r was relcased
at 05352 hours and retumed to 3erlin.
p . rlbtsdorf [UT4351), 1412.332 JUN 79: A USMI,Y Zvdr was deta:ncd rshilc
condiict. inR ti rezonr:sissance of the X i ttenberg/F.npcs T r a i n f n g Area. The tour
vchicle becnnc mired down in a ~ u d\ole on a Lactical trail w i t h i n the
t r a i n i n g area. '[le tocr was u n a i l c t o windl out of t h e hole and %as detained
by il S o v i c t JKLT w1io ordered f n l i r T-62 to ?.eploy around the tour c a r .
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fewer than t h r e e groups o f Soviet. officers were b r i e f e d at. thc S C ~ R Cby
detaining persmnel A t 15532 hocrs, thc X i t t c n l i c r ~Komanndar.t arrivcrl, supervised the removal oi' the tour vehicle fro3 the miid hole, and escortel: t h e t o m
to t h e Komrmdatcra. There an Akt was p-epmed, acccsing the tour of being in
a restr.:.st.etl nrea; t.he t.ouir officer pojnt.ed out that t h e nearest PKA was
somc 15 kikemetcrs away and, in accordance with standard procedures, rehsed
tr: acknowledge the validiry, ox even the existence, of mission restriction
s i g n s . A t 16COZ hours, tF.c to= was rclcased.
So
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q. B e l z i g :UT3380), 13 JUL 79; A USMLM t o w was held by Soviet troops
f o r t w o m r l a h a l f ' n n i i ~ s .' 1 % ~ f.nrir was rclcascd withmi*. prepara?:ion n f im
Akt o r confiszation nf' crcdcntials.
r. I I a r t m i s d n r f (VT23573, 0109001 AUti 7 9 : A tour wils i r ~ o l v e din UI
accident while r e t u r n i n g on Haute 115 from coverage of tke H a r t r a n r s d o r f
bivouac and r i v e r crossing s i t c s . The tour was following an Last German c i v i l ian -ruck which sade a sudden stop; the :?rake Lights
the truck were apparcritly dcfcctive, allowing very l i t t l e warning of the dTiver's intention to
stup. The tour NLU execcted a quick t u r n into t h c l e f t l a m ; simu!tancous:y,
an Fast German passenger vehicle, which was parkcd at thc s i d e of ttc road,
entered t h e l e f t lane. 1% t o u r ?IC(? tumcd agair. to the r i g h t ; the tour
vchicle slid i n m t h e rear of t.he truck trailer. VO?O and Cot+.bus -"OK
daturk persurinel arrived QII t h e ~ c c n eand were extremely courteous and kc!pf u l . The Cuttbus Knmandant drove t h e tour o f f i c e r t o a nearby :am t:, c c 1 1 the
Potsdam duty o f f i c e r and request R rocovcry tcam. Cthcr Kormandatura pcrsonncl
remained a t t h c accfdcnr sccna T O keep other S o v i e t s from stopping and "asking
a l o t of dumb questions."
s . Karl M a r x Stadt. (US.5553$, 0310102 AlJG 79: A USMLM "show the flag" tour
was dctaincd in Karl Marx S t a d t in a prearranged action by VUYO personnel.
llhc i n i t i a l dcacntion was effected ky u team employing tl*'o VOPC sedan..;; thereafter a number n f VOPO scdans arid motorcycles arrived, bringing c i t y traf:ic
t o a v i r t u a l standstill. A pmbajle MfS agert t r n k pict-mes of the tour, both
at thc detention sitc arid at tlie Kommndatura. A t t h c Komandatura, a Soviet
CPT attempted to explain t o the tour o f f i c e r t h z t he had been i n i rest.rirt.ad
parr of t h e city; the :OUT o f f i c e r obstinately insisted on h i s right to travel
freely other than in a PRR or JLq. lVhlle the t w r o f f i c e r WRS i?tdic K n m r d a tdra of'fice, a second Sov'ct officcr ordered the tour NCO TO raise t h e tour
v e h i c l e lined t o p c m i t inspection of the vehiclc numbcr. The t0-m KO's ref u s a l , fnllowcd by ahat: of the t o u r officer, to comply, resulted in a d i s c u s s ion, in the coursc of which t h e Kommandatura o f f i c e r pointed out the dei.air.nd
tour personnel were t o F ~ i l o wthe direct ioms of KoEmnlatura persmnel , ani
the tour o?;'ficcr pointed out t h i i t he had followtd the officer's diret:tions
an bhe Komandatura "and w r y &cod l i r e c t i o n s they were, t o o ! " Thc tour was
finally released at 12.702 hours.
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t. Ihvclbcrg ClJIJQl6Zl, 1412302 SEI' 79: A tour was detained I n c i v i l i a n
t r a f f i c haLtcd t o p c m i t an Sl;h p n t o n c01~n-mto cross the road. The original
dctemiori was a c m r p I f shed by W P O and M f S pe-wnnc 1 HCA t.mo?s, to include
a MGI from the ponton unit, assisted in securing the sitc. A Soviet LTC, who
arrived on thc scene :a 1740Z ffoiirs, seemed n u t t o take t 3 e detention very
S B C ~ O U S ~nor
~ , to carc very much f o r Germans. In t h e tuur officer's presence,
he required the East German MAJ to ?rovide h i s namr and u n i t and askel all
F a s t German pcrsonntl t h e fol:ow-ing questions: "Was hc sto?qcd shcn you Saw
h i m ? 'Was he d r i v l n y normally?" 'Was he weavlng in and out cf yollr co:um'?'
''Was lift takirig photos? "hhat d i d hi* dol'[ Upm receivinl: answcrs t o t h c effect
that the tour had e s s e ~ i t i a l l ydone nothing wrong, the LIC 7rcparel an Akt
c:larzing the tour with ''inavertently" o h e r r r i n g military mvernent, responded
with equanimity to thc t o u r GffiCeT'S refusal to s i m , and released the tour
a t 180112 hours.
.
u. Frehne (1JV1209), :71315'/ SkP 7 9 : A t m r ri7scrvinE rarb:c: a c t . i v i t . y at
Kctzow Range was the victirr. of ii preplimned detention by S o v i e t t r m ~ s As
.
toiir personrel stPFpCyt OUT. n f t h e vehicle tn cbse-cve 8.1 a ? r c r a € t pass, they
were surrounded by E minimum of 10 Soviet troops in cmouflagc u n i f u r n s ,
cnrmranded by an Air Force LT from Wittstock. A l l tour equipnent was confiscated. A!ler approxinktely four I I V U ~ S , a W fro2 the Luilwigs:ust Kommaridatxra
u r i v c d , took Fict.urcs of the tour, thc vc:liclc, and t 3 c cquipmcnt, and escorted
the tour to the Kom,antlatura. After an Akt was prepared and the tour o f f i e e r
reEused h l s sibmature, the tour was released at 1301102 SEP 79.
v.
Kirchmoeser (UU2507], 2 8 0 f i 2 5 Z SEP 79:
A USMl,M tour observing the Kirch-
moeser East German Radar S i t c was chased from :hc s i t e by
a B~+rkas-1000.After
outdistancing thc 3arkkas, the tour cncounterec an LO-2302 3n a fcrcst t r a i l and
?uJled u f f t h e mu6 t o p e r n i t it to pass. The 10-2002 rarmed t h e t o u r vekicle.
The tour vehicle, although damaged, was s t i l l ablt: to proceed; accordingly, the
tour psncccdcd t o a hard surfaccd road not: l c c a t c i bck,ind mission restriction
sighs. While surveying damage t 3 t h e vehicle, they were detained hy t h e Barkas.
A lurgc number o f Fast German A j r Force pcrsomel arrived vn the scene, Followed
hy sevcral nfTiccrs from t.hc Branttcnlmrg Krrmmandxtiira Aft.cr consult at ions,
chc scnior Komndatura ofiiccr, a EO!., aE;reed that the Fast German personnel
were resporsiblc f o r thc aczldcnt, lmt stated that t h y wcrc justifisd i 7
t h e i r actions Sccausc the tour was hc'nind s i c s . Thc tour w a ~rclcased a t 1056Z.
w . Frciwalde (G?'ld57), OllOZCZ NUV 79: I\ tour voluntarily accepted a
detention i n order to render assistance at thc scene of XI a c c i d e n t . As t h e
tour was preparing t o make a
o n t o Route 115 a t Freiualde, t h c d r i v c r of
a GAZ-66 spotted the tour vehicle and slammed on h i s brakes, H i s truck hegan
to f i s h t a l l and skj.dderi off the road i n t o a plnwecl f i e l d , where ir. m d e violent contact w i t h a tclcphone poIc. Ttc totlr stoppcd to provide assistarzc;
fortunately, a l l cccupants 05 the S o v i e t vehicle were unhurt. VCPO s n d Soviet
personnel, to iriclxlc the Cott'-ius Kommaridmt, :irrS ved s h o r t l y thereaft w. A
pro forma protocol, apparently taken seriously by no one, was prepared; upor
the tour off:cer's
refusal to sign, the tour was released at IJODL hours. Thc
Komandan:. expressed the thanks of t h e ccmnwnder of the u n l t to which t h e p e r
sonnel involvcd i n t h c accident btlorigcd for t h c tour's a c t i o n s .
S.
(C)
1YELl.IC;EEiCE TNFOXWTX3S REI'OR'I' (TTR) FROD1ICTLON
USYIM XIR production figures f o r 1379 are l i s t c d helow; 1978 figurcs for the
s a n e category follow in parentheses:
AIR DIL'ISIX [ I 215)
USMI.N Originated:
310 { i 2 2 )
Rased on Allied R c p r t s :
90 (135:
Total :
2OP ( 2 5 i j
GHOUNO DTVTSIOK ( 2 215')
LSMLM O r i g i n a t e d :
3aseti
09
374 (2713
Allied Reports:
337 I2033
7 1 1 [h74)
Total :
JOINT Dlb'TSTON (7 717 ar.d 5 2;s)
*LARKSPUR ( 2 217):
23 ( 1 2 2 )
*Based an Allied Reparts (5 2151:
I 5 (203)
*Other (5 215::
03 (01:
Naval Rcprcsentat i v e [S 2 15) :
18 (32)
Total :
59 (328)
TMAI. A I J , I IR'S:
970 (1259)
''Ihrough mid-March 1973
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PART 111
(C) Official V i s i t o r s : As in t k e past, visits hy member4 of the community
afforded I E M L M an o p p o r t u n i t y t o m i n t a i n contact with t3c agencies we serve.
' I I P dialogues betveen c o l l e c t v r and x ~ ofr the product were m t u u l l y beneficial.
A.
LIST Or VISITORS I979
JANUARY
Brigadier Michael Perkins, Chic€, BKTXWIS
L. E l l i o t ,
Dqp IC Vor Q s Readiness
Ups O f f , aJ-3
Capt Robcrt N . FUSS, (IJS?;) Strat. "fare
LTC "aul I.. Carlson (USFK: Plans S t a f f Off, 3-5
Cdr H'ilbiir J. Sher1ric.k (tlS?r) Comm S!aff O f f , ,I-h
Miw Xichard ,:. Rose ('JS.4) Intel Staff Off, v'-2
MAJ Oliver E. Ingram, Jr. (IISA) "ps l m g S t a f f O f f . 5 - 3
LCdr Michael T Schwirtz (WL: I n t e l Off, M C W R
Cap? Richard T. Koskella (WAF') UCF P X A 3
C q t Jcrry C. Deesc: (I!SAF) Fh, Zlcct OB Br. E1Il)AC
WJ Johr. e . Rondanclla, Chief, Prod Rrardl, Intel n j u OACofS,
Z 2 , HQ V I 1 Corps
E-7 William 'i'. Dillinger, V 1 Y C o r p s , Staff 'mgE - 5 TTacce L. nillingcr, \'I1 Corps !;2
E-h John 1. Powers, Tkryeting NCD, 52, V I 1 Co-ps
Rti Jm-es H. .,dinson, nep n i r fnr O?s, 0,:LS
M.l.1 Kcx.a!d K . Spcarman, O j C S
NqJ Larry A . Hoff' [USAI']
L,tCol Harhaugh, Jc ink Xecon C t r :Sti::fl;art)
Mr. John E. K o e h l e ~ ,DOD, OCc uf Kcsource M p t .
Kr. Harry N. Ginsberg, DCn, Ofc of Resource Mgmt
COL Jeromc P o t t e r , Chief of S t a f f , 1100 k t y , S t u t t g a n t
Mr. Kohcrt T a l l r a n , COD Acty, Berlin
Mr. Msrtin Van Heiiven (NL) Pol Off :!WEME Rum]
Mr. Iioger HcNutt, STITFUR
MAS V.E. Musmnno, 1546th Conm Sq
Cap: R . F . :;artcr, 1946th [:nm Sq
Cap: .:.-I. Jay. 1946~1,Comm Sq
CYSgt R. Y . .Jcnnex, 1946tii Ccmm 5q
CKSgi W.P. Kler.rifiltsr, 1946th U o m Sq
ShiSgt r.W- S?rankle, 1946th Corm Sq
YSgt W . J . Pietras, 1 l ) A G t h Kom S q
MSgt R. WactPr, 1946th Cw~rr. Sq
SMSgt C . t . Kelth, 19'76tI: C O 6q~
VSEt
Acp, 1 3 4 6 t h Gnmm Srl
TSRt T.A. Perry, 194Gth ZWI~I Sq
MSg: R . C . C a r l s n n , 1946th Comm Sq
Fir. W i l ! i m K. YrMaster, 19/.0tt Co>hn sq
SSct R.G. Hiick, 1945th Con;.n Sq
SA J . A . NiLliams, AFOSl De?. 7C28
1IQ U;SF.UCOH Urientaticrl Group. headed 3y COL Rizhard
MSgz U.S. Peters, 7550th Air Rase c1?
TSR: M,.T. Beery, Jr., 735Qth A i r Base Cp
TSg? . I . F . Bobs, 73SCth Air Base Cp
SSgt D.J. Corik;i:i, 7350th Air 365e Gp
SSgt C . G . Kidder, 7350th A i r Rase C:p
COL F recerick 'kmcr, foraer CYSMW
I;E E RUARY
MI; Thoaas K. Sadler, Cdr, 2 1 s t 4ir F'orcc, McGuire AF5
and Party o f 9
Major Richard Bd. Paasch, USAFC l n t e l Uamstein, Party
of 5
WRCH
LT(I Frillk A . Camm (USA 3et) Dep Ui r C I A Tor ( : n l 1 fi TasXing
LTC Sheridan, C - 2 , 36 Am D j v
LCDH Zckc Zucker, Sen Kava1 O f f , Berlin
41G Charles 2 . S n i f f e n , JCS Rcp from MHFR
1,:'C Lcs Weeks, J - 5 , USEllCOM
LI'C George Ko I t., USA?, ccmbe c WFR, V k u m
LTC Verner N. Pike, U S M C
nr. .J.H. Babcock, n i r Int Systens (14SN (GS 17)
RG R.A. Rosenherg, USAF, Wm, Yat'l SCC Councjl S t f
MT. W.F. lacknan, tis-16, Uep n i r , P m R s Bud I n t e l , C o m Res
Mgt. S t f
Mr. [:lose, CTA Liaison Miss:.c? t o B0r.n
Mr. b!cCoy, ::1R Liaison Vissi03 t n Bor:n
COL Cl:esler Scanlon, 66th MY Gp
KI; Walter 0. heed, US4F J A G
COL C . Claude 'I'aagardcn, IlSAF J A G
COI. .I. Johnson, USAI', YAG
APU I I.
J. Thhiessen, Cdr, f i c t 0 (5076 IVS 3n:
11.T Mome, 6910th S c t y Sq, Augsburg and Party of 4
I,TG Pet h'. C r i z e r , DCXKCUSAR7UK
MI; R i c h a r d A . Bresn&.,an. CG* JUSMAG, Greece
Co! Marvin E. S r m n s
Major Killlam Hulbronk
CI)R (F] Jack A . Hodgen, USTi. Multl Idat'l I'nlzy Mgnt O f f , J-5
LTC l a s e s I . Crowether, Meclear Ups Staff Cff, .I 5
Mr. Xichard F . Koei~pcn, GS-13 I - i t c l Analys:, .I-2
Maj iugene A . Alfaro. Po1 Y i l Affairs O f f , J-5
Ma) Potcr K. IvlaLghar., lF,H Arialyst, 5-2
Capt W i l l ~ a mS. K o l l r : ' . ~ , ::urrent 3ps ( I f f . ElDAC
M e t James A . Koran, O p 5 Y l a c s LCO, EIIDAC
5SG John R. R r l S S C l l , US?.UC>OW J - 2 Spec S c t y n f r
SFC Lwrence J. Mora5a11, K n X C TARFX D c t , 66 V I GF
LtCol Douglas K. Yo:iiig,
lJSACE/COX
LtCol Sancs E . h r n q . A:?O TCG/tHI
Maj John C Al)l:ott, , T r . IJSAI:E/DOX
Maj DarieL J kassel:, JSAFF./wX
Mzj Wi 11 ian 3 . Mast.cn. Jr. UOY
LTC Dcrck
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111-2
U. T n e s d a l e , GL'O T W D O
Uapt GesrRc R. O'Rrien, 6 U 1 TCX/TIbO
Capt Gordon J . Mills, 601 I'CK'/TLI!
Capt Ghernauski IICSI USCCB
COI. (lhcster n. Crocwell, P C S l IC and Tcan o f 2
LTC Robert S C ~ Y R T ~ ZIJSAZF'
, I 1 K l SP
CMSgt Thoaas k. Reagan, WSRFE SP
LtCol Davies, Ch, TAL' Support Br, K S T USLOB
Capt a r i d g c s , K S T U X : M and P a r t y nf 4
LTC Robart. P. Ridpath, P l m s 3 9 , Miss )Analyst Ofc HQ, IKSCOM
r a p t Q u i r t , INSCUM, aerlin
COL F . D . Xobinetc, 437 M A W , Charleston, S . C .
LTC F.C. Mack, 337 M A W
tlG Koscoe Robinson, Jr., DCofS @ s IJSARKJW
Wr.Hutlcdgc P. Hazard
Mr. .John d e Griscom, Ch, War Plans 3 i v , 7:h W,DCOM
COI, J - W . iJouse, X 3 , t o CLSCUSAREIJR
COL Luismn, ADCofS Res Ygmt IISAREUR
LTG Ilobert C. McA:ister, CafS IJSEULW
YG E.A. ? a r t a h , n i r of Log 6 Sec A s s t , USEUCOM
Cap. H.J. Koskelks, Polad, IJSEUCOM
Maj Katz, 5-3 USEIICOM
LE H.L,. Mdregor, XSI USAREtlX
FWJ Zraig .I. Jenser., €IC61 lJSAKEUR
LTG Rer,jamin N. Rellis, Vice ClXGU%PR
COL Vernon L . Frye, Cdr, 601 C;iG
W Florian H. Yostc, 111, XI1 to Vice CLXC'JSAFF, arid Party of 4
Yaj Jamas
CC:. Mary A . P u s h , Ch, P l m s Div, J - E , FU133M
I,TL Kahert Maming, M.SI lJSAH3lR
SCM M l i S I C k , LKST, :JSAREUR
(;roup of 18 IISARI Senior C l a s r Led by COT. John 5. Costa
CPT Eargle, D c S l IXAILKUK
CPT Dibbert , DCSI US4:IEIIK
Group 3f 19 WSARI Ju1:io: Class
MG Richard Y. Uoyle, CG, 56th F l d Arty Bde
Y W Joseph C. L i h e r t i , RS 2 , 11th ACR
Ma: I ' m : W. Dickenson, H S - 3 , 11th ACR
W A l l e n S . Icossow, (:?, Sur 2 Coll Ypnt D i v , ACofS, C - 2 V Corps
u9J Linam, EIICUY
(:apt Lchrer, EIIE:UM
Capipt Toaus, 6312 E X , TCA
Mr. Ron Limholati, HQ USARFUR
MAY I.arry E. k i s n e s k z , 66th MT Gp
CPY F e r r y P. Smith, De: A , 16Sth E.ll Hn
BG John T. H x k , CF..ief, SPO, SHAPE
Mr. Furey, FSO-G, Pol nff, t W M B Berlin
L t C o l Conald S m t h , DCofS, Marienfelde, 6912 ESI;
MAT 3 . C . Sasser, Kdr. J R K B
CAP7 l'ictor H. Guiidt?rson, Jr., 18th M I Rn
C A P 1 hlverne C. Mueller, 51.5 MID Munich
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SG P e r r y K. Smith, 2ATAF Cdr
LtCo1 .Jane5 E . L i g h t , USAFF./D(AI
MAr Louis A . Pucilowski, 'JSAFE/GOJ
LtCol tiutav ;Yedin, Ilep Cdr. 6912 ESG
LTC ?au1 11. Lillcspie, r l , OAZSI, DA
LTC Hi 1 1 ism k'. Edwards I I , Productinn n i v , DCSl USXRWR
WJ J a m s H. Brooks, Jr. IXSI I!SIZ;IE:IR and Party o f 3
MC Willard l.athan!, Geyuty CD3, V T T C n q 5
I
CPY Mark Dronillard, Aidc-dc-Camp
C 3 L Vernon L. Frye, Cdr, 7330 ADG
Capt Boyd, TCA Protcsol
C3L Tcmperley, G 2 , V Eorpi;
JKLY
!4Z Charles F. W m s , Cdr Army A i r Dcf C".
LTC H.S. Ol.son, Cdr, 766th MID
V k l .:inmy L. Blankenship, C d r , 7Ulst ASA D e t
1.T Ward, 76hch H I D
Capt M.R. Lewis, 73.i3 AFG/I)ir of Persannel
2LI' K r i s t i n Black. Y Corps arid ?a~:y of 3
K William . I . Livsey, CG, 8th 1 U
CAPr Charlcs Gamood, Aide-de-Camp
COL Billie J. Leathers, 1F IJSARFUR and P a r t y 0:
General Frederick J . Krocscn, C 1 KCUSAKEUR
Major R lack Sum, X i dc-de-Camp
MT. William t;. MPMillen, GS-12, DUD (Berlin) and Party of 3
AU SUST
0' Brien, 4 W N , USAkUR
W lawrencc A . Ldell, Cdr. TAREX Det, 1 8 t h MI PN
W C Daniel J a w i s , TAREX
BG I[. Thomas Chandler. Dcp Cdr, 7th M P K O M
41r . John Kornblum. Llcp Polad, USRFR
L T Mursh, (43, 1JS;IB
MY tT. fialdwiss, O f c of hiir.ister, USRFK
Mr Bmnan, USAFSO
M r Frank L. Reynolds, Jr. 3cp Dir NITO, GS-16
co Kecneth R. I%-:, I)lh, Vize n i r (1311 Y g t
LTC Ber.;arrin T. Harris 111, Dep S a t ' 1 Intel Task O f f
MA3 Collins, Act Ccr, STITE'JK
ma Hurtado. Electronics E n g i n e e r
R IJSMLM Wives f u r Orientation-Rticfing
LTC Anr':rew, CF.s?l a h
SFC Rayn"d E . ib'oedrore. lHth MI RN
I35 Rnbert Y. Kennccy, Dir Elestranagnetic C:mhnt, tIQ USAF
COL Eugcnc Myers, H(E IISAF
CnL G e n ~ ~iy.e ?'recsc, JZSJRZ, , I - 2 EtJCOM
MAJ Ben C. llardauay, W , rCA Ops
EG Clinton H. WInnc, Jr. fXJ USAl'E/IN
COL Henry .I Stecnstra, Jr. USAFE 3pe SJA
601. Richard R. Lee USAPE JAC, 31- of Civ ~ a w
RG W . W . Brobsher, AE C i i n f nf Sccurlty Police and Party of 2
COL Everett . I
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Dr. C . H . HiLdreLk., GS-14, IFSAFE
Cmd H i s t o r i n n
Or. T.R. Kcck, GS-;3, USAE 3ep H i s t o r i a n
PISgt krlin S. Fieud, 7350 ARC H i storian
COL A l f o r c s Rroz, net 4 , CJr 1100 ABG
Mr. cessit. 1: ElaggarJ, Uep CAjcf. Coll MRmt 6 NSA h o d R q o s Civ
N,J Lawre~u-aCdill, Car, TA3EX De:
1WIIpI S;tm:iel 3. Packer, !)ir of Opns. HQ ElJCOM
COL A . S t i p e , C h i e f o f { p s DIV, EU!XM and P a r t y cf 2
41s. Cynthla M. Grnko, ( 3 - 1 5 , Sr Analys: S t r a t Warning Staff
LTU James T. Keilly, USACS9, TSAREUR
LTC Ht lliam N. ,!ohr.son. Cdr, C h + ~ t :Spt BN
Mr. Kodney 0 . S m i t F , CSG, IlSAKEUK
I:TC ,Tames L. Brown, 1IQ EUT)AC
LTC Johri P. Yeaytley, 3A3, USCOR
T,TC Todd 11. Srong, 3EF, USdB
Mr. Jo?.n R I l c l r i n , US30 S t a t e , Berlin 1)esk O f f
Bti James R. I i c r i s l i z k , Assc Diu Cdr, 36 Inf Div
LT R i c h a r d Kerr, Aide-dc-Csm
CUL. J . f . Fink. LI 31v, OMSZ :JSAKtUR
KAT Chland, K S l U S h K 3 I R
L'1 Howell, DCSI USAREIJR
1,TC Butlak, Cli, C-E n i ~ 'JSA3
,
LTC C.V.
Catc,
aus
Ret
[:ol Yi'lllism Simon, 3Q 'JSXF!,/lKlB
MA1 Leslie J . Hamklin, EQ lJSAFE./3OB
3G Rupert. C . Oak:,
HQ U S A F E / X
(;PI' John 3 u t c h i s m , F'M Bonr.
CP'I' Micharl W. I:h:irch, FA0 Jnnn
:.f
CP'T David Baker, FAO Bonn
C3L Jack Callaway, DAD ?unn
.W Donald F:. U1 laam, 1)AO Bonn
Mr. Johri C , Rogers, GS-12, lSSA Mo-tuary O f f , F r a n k f u r t .
BG Jnhn S. Crosby, h K , 5124 AD
COL Donald EckelbarAer, Cdr, 3C An Arty
COL Andrcid J. McVeigh LTI, Dpty V 1 L Corps Arty Cdr
COL Jark C. Capps, HQ HA, WXI
MI-. Robert J. Mzmtett, CTS/WXC
;:(I!- H. Campbell, 36th TFWCZ
HG I., Wishart, GofS, VI1 Corps
(:(1L George Bii-row, VI1 Curps TC;
Maj ,Jake Fkrwry, A s s t SGS, VI 1 Co-fps
C Y r James Y. Gcrhard, 3 C S l IISAREIJR
W William Lindsey. J3, ElJCCH
CFT Yary Neckcrman, M:SL IISARTUR and ?art.y of 3
COl. George
Wheele~, IlQ 3 U F E
CPT Gilbert L. RTiiIlq> :iQ
WSAFE
6OL TF'umas B . Rccd, H(Z UEAFE
I.tCol J. Fen-.t,d, HQ USAF'F
C?T Gregory, C d r , TA9F.X
NOVEMRCR
h K Ernest P. I ’ e i w t t o , UCSltt, IISAREUR
BG L.:
Fiala, DCSFMGR. USAKEUR
51’5 Ronald Kitch.cn, LKSI/IS3
SSG Gcorgc Bcnton, DCSI, IJSCUR
Mr. A. Ccnrad, USA RSU
LTC R.B. Wchh, OSII
Nr. R w l i l i i d A . Wnmw, 0.3
Mr. R. frisk^, 0357, HQ, USAREIJR
4(r 3ri n i t z e r 1: I n/DC -&I
Ms. Annctbe Smiley. APSCT
Cdr .rac.k M..homiy, IJSK
N U X w : 8. Andersur., IlQ USAFC/INA
Y&c;T Victor R. Chatlos, CSG Ramstein
Capt David A. Grindle, HQ USAFE/INA
Cap? Susan P. Minglc, Hy IISAFE/INA
1.;~:
,Jack A . Bay, CSG Ranstein
Mt-. Timothy M. S~vcrge, AmEmB Bonn
Y s . Vcrna B. Gladstone, llS Missiori, B e r l i n
aG 1. O‘Leksy, Cdr, 1st l’ER.%:(lM
(:OL D. Cade, 134 USAFE/I.UY
LtCol R. Cofod, H(1 USAPE/IZY
ML Edward B. Atkesoc, DCSI IhAKEUH
Mc Hilly R . Forsman, 5-2, \ISELKOM
Yr. Charlcs R . LonR, GS-IS 3 1 , ACL‘UR
COL I’ranilzn Y. Packery, SHAPE EST
M(; Hobcrt W . Clement, HQ IISAI’Ii:/KSO~~
COL Robert Spiller, CofS, !:SA 3er1in
[:()I. Jerome M. Wucker, rep L?CS Nat’ I Prt)gr HQ ESC
Mr. Francis II. I’yLer, NSAIISO
Mr. Paul R . Shoemket,
COL, Will s i m J , KeTintzer, llep DSCOPS C k a r l e s t u n 4FB
I.TC Franklin C. Mash, Charlcston AFB
hi,, Harcld A l p e r t . , MACH/Hmqtcin
PIG A. Lcxgazecker, MA t o ACS/’lntel
CQL Lewis M. Chappnan, 6.912 ESl:/CC
CCCEHBER
CUI. Kfcliard d . Wumack, HQ USAIEUR, DPXC
LTC Rohcrt: A . Miller, HQ USAREUR, OPAC
Mr. S . J . ckarmor, Pruc Hiv, ‘JSh Berlin
W i tnhn ‘4. Hustm, VG, ?JSAF
Mr. :rant K. Hales, nfc of IJSAF History, HQ IJSAF
Mr. Charles H. I i e l e k i l t , HQ USAFF
Mr. Robert Swetzer, : 6 t h At /Torrejon, S p a i n
Mr. Roger A - Madison, yroc niv, LISA Berlin
1.1C James S . Haxke, G . 2 , 8 t h I 3
BG James A . WiIliams, Dep ACS1, nh
LTC Kill Harmon, OACSI , 1)A
Mr. John T. R:iiiwh,
IJSAFC
C
Ntll E :
AIL siih -paragraphs of t h i s s e c t j nn are class i fied LOXFIDEKTI AI-.
Meetings with Snvicts: In 1379, a t o t a l o f 35 official meetiggs took Flace
b e t w e n IISb1T.M and t h e Sovict External Rclatinns Branch (SBK3), E nodcrate
increase f r n n the 7 1 Wccorded in 1978. There arc reasu:is fox t h e i x r e a s e .
The m r t h s r)f Jariuary t’*trough YnrcF. saw East Gcmany ::overed with icc and
s n m , t h e worst such condition4 in ptist, recent history. i.e., t h c r c was no
place t o go, and, when ‘‘ccrnerer’!’ nn a secondary mad, yoc mdcd 111’
“being cat;yht“. lntcntiona 1 ramnirigs by Soviet ard East Cerman m i l i t a r y
vehicles and t h q cordiscation of tvur equip3er.t also added to t h e need for
additional neety-nljs w i t h S3RR. Unrmally, SERB c a l l s a meeting f o r almost
evetry det.ention. The topics o f rhc r.eeting5 and discbssions uyair, foruwd
on a wide variety or problem and events, to incllrde: repairs to the Glienickc
Fridge; d e l i v e r y of p r o t e s t s and replies to protests; arrcngemcnts fcr social
f u n c t ~ o n s ;dctcntions and irci3ents; d i s c w e r y uf a Eravt. site near I’otsdan
2 r o b a i l y containing the remains of tprec 1JS Airfien frola WnTld Kar II; Soviet
d e f e c t o r to West Rerl in; and, tht: sceningly c o n s t a n t qnest.ions of west passes,
In rany of t’lcse cases, a t t e m p t s were made to verbally work o u t Lifferenccs
rather than reduzing a l l itens !n official letters. This set with varying
degrees o f %:iccess,b u t , overall, proved successful. As a mitter of r e c n r d ,
in 1973, 29 meetings were h e l d ; in ‘1973, 9; in 3976, 5 ; 1977, 31; ar:d ir. 1979.
24 m m t i n y s were rewrrled. In 11379, a l l neetjngs w p r c h e l d at SEKA hea2qtiarters
in Potsdam. ;2 S I I T I U I I ~oiT ~ 1979 meetings follows.
Od:e
Synops is
05 .TAB 79
~RTEN~IO?;/HEIM~URSF’~~N’l’:
CQL D m 0. S t o v a l l , CIISMLM, met. with
.W.J Roberr 1. ?3:ozuv, WSZRR, on 5 JM, dt the request of
CI:SMLM, t n iscu cuss a v a r i e t y c f i t e m . First on the agenda
was c o o r l i riat ion f o r cortppletion of personriel and ve5icle
a c r r d i t a t i o n passes which expire every year on 31 U c C . A
c!iange was relilyel! t o SER3 for the c7nssir.l: t i i g e s of ClJSMLW a t
Wartha-tlarl esl-tiusen 03 9 a d 10 J.U. ClISWLM cunrpl a x e d tk.,at
t h c SEBH finance v f f i c e r ?lad re%sed t o reinhurse ’JSXLY for R
bakery hill as had Been ciistnmary in the p a s t . DCSEHB promised
t3 look i n t o the matter. CIISMLX agai-i insisted 011 thc return
o f t h Pq:ii?nent
~
confiscated 3n 26 M Y 78. ‘rtle l a s t r a t t e r t o
be brought up was a stro.ig Yerbal psotest against the rridfncSs
o f a Soviet LTC :md several other S o v i e t offiecrs arid the benavior of t h e members of the East Geman Ministry of S t a t e
Security wk.c cane spun L’TC H i l t u n ’ s dfsiihle2 vehi::e
on an
open road hetween VreyburK arid Latch:.. They hoxed in the
tour vehicle, asked JnnecesAary questions Hnd offered no help.
A Captain Sron ?resuaab 1 y +!IC Naumberg Komwidaf ura who a r r i v e d
l a t c r was h e l p f u l . IICS3!B promiseti t o 13,ok into !t.
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16 JAN
CUSMIM met w i t h COL lgor
Kunavir., CSERE, on 16 JAK r ? t SSRB reqccst. UCSEKH and LT
'rrenin, SERB h g l i s h language intcrprcte-, were a 1.so preserit
::SERF5 upslogized Lor tbc incLdent ;n-otested in the l a s t mcotirg
.in regard t3 a dctcntion n f 1;lC Hilton. He s t a t e d t h a t the
facts prcscntcd by CUSHLM t a d hccn chcckcd and the Soviet
officcrs ir.volvcd had received a dressing down. CSEKB
announced t h a t he would be dcFarti3g SERB s ~ u nand presented
CUSMlM w'th a m a l l replicu of t h e tK"XAIJ kbnilwnt:'' as a
personal R i f t , s t a t i n g that hc h c l i e v c d t h a t rcFa:ims w i t h
USMLM w c m gnml f r c m tFe viewpoint of SER3 and COL GEN
Srinkcvi ch. 601. GFS Grinkevich 3 e l i w o d t h r t IJSMLM W A S oyerat
ing within certain h u r , d s and appreciated t h i s . CSERP passed
warmest regards f ~ m
h i s wife ta the wife of CIJSMLM, and
cxpwssed h i s b e l i e f that t h c ' ' m e reaainjrq prublea (the equir,
ment fron 2 5 MY)" would be as e a s i l y rlearetl up by the new
CSERB as it woi:ld be i f he were t o remain.
APOLXY/nF?AR'I'U2F, OF CUL KApiAVIh'.
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MG GRMiE,S/COL CEK CH'INKWICH MEETMG:
LtCoL Jamcs Y. Tongr,
UCIJSW mcf. w : t h IN'SFRR a t U W L M request t o :nFom. SEKB that
M1c Richard H. Croves, COS l:SAREIJR, had h e m sclccred for pro
motion t o Licurcnant G e n e x 1 and would therefore be Leaving
:ISXXEUR s h c r t l y . DCSFRR was asked to J e t e m h e . :f LOL GEN
Grinkevich woulc 5 c avai 1 a b l c t;l lunch w i t h MG tiruves before
h i s departcre a t t h e USMLM Potsdac %use or. 29 JAN. UCSkRB
promiscd to triwc: t o Zossen-Uuensdurf 3n the sane d a t e to
prescnt the invitatirm to t i e COS GSFG and 7 0 l ~ 1I.SMLY
t
knwi
8s soon as possih:e.
IISYLM C3EKI"ON/RFCBTP'r 31: FqUl I'WN'T 1'RI)M 26 M A Y . Two meetings
weye held a t SERB, the f i r s t i r v o l v i n g CIISMLY, L)CSkKB, and 1.1'
?'renin. A t this m e t i n g CI:Sh!W aadc an unofficial protes:. in
regard ta t h e detention reported ir, USMLK Hsg iSUO.13L .MN 19,
Subj : USWlM l)eteation/l:icidant: ([J). UCSYRU stated t h a t the
statcmc'lts jy t h e SKI,"' in the URN,-377, r e p o r t e d by CUSMW to
'KSHKB, were exactly op?osite of t 3 e a c t m t p o s i t i o n of tiSX
w i t h respect to nission tocrs.
The second meeting was attended by DCIISWLM, XSERB, an6
LT ?renin, at wF.ich tine t h e ec-ulpment from t h e 76 M Y detention has cuturried by LSVS t3rollzh SEKR, with t h e exception rrf
one p a i r of' binoculars, thr: maps, t.hc iarsaw Pazt Imok, t h e
zigarc'tcs, personal i tems [sur.g! asses and :a*.51i) of MSG'I' Fishes,
the r o p i e b of tF.e Hue5rier-Malinin Agrement and the release
€0" I
,
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14 FF.H
7resar:ted the following
you pass the followixg
TEK 1979, USY[N twdr
vehicle nunher 2 5 , whi:u traveling Q~I ilIi open m a d , was in his
opinion, intentionally rnm.cd ar.2 sidcswioel by t.wo S o v i e t mllitary vchicLes causing extensive d&m;gc to the 1 5 vekj cl e. Thcsc
acfions, along wit11 ir similar a c t i o n or 24 2;rN 1979, which was
previously d isrxssed with you whi le you were ir. the ca?acity nf
Depcty C h i e f , SERB. are n f l a g r a n t violatinn of Article 10 of
t h e Iitlehner-Malinln kfyeement. of most importance is t h e fact
t h a t t . t e l i v e s oE IJS persmnel vdcre needlessly endangered by
t h e m l a w f u l Soviet a c t s . The C h i d of Mlq.c;i~:i strongly Frotests the ar.tla:is n f the I i u v i c t persar.nc1 and requests thet
sue:? ir::'.dents nn r o t occur in the f i l t l l T e . Again, thc danger
to the I'.vcs of personriel i s ahsulufcly n o t acce$talile."
DCSERi3 stated tha? he l a d :hocked on the 2 1 JAW i n c i d e n t and
that a l l Soviet trvups swore t h a t ao statement.^ HS reportcd Sy
CUSM1.M hac bccn ma6e. DCUSMLM then s t a t e d t h a t from t h c i n c i d e n t s that were Qccllrring i t was nclvlou:. that Scb*iet troops a t
Leas: felt they h a d pernjqsion t o detair; a?, will, u i n p , any and
all m a n s . Matters relating tu problens at t:ie ISMLM Potsdam
House included 7robLcms w i t + abihseat East Gernar. err?loyces,
d i f f j c u l t i e s in g e t t i n g reix'mr5cd f o r East Ma-:< purchases and
probluas in makir:g :.eLephonc :a.LJs from O u t l y x K arcas t o
P o t s t a n due to t k e ?hone systerr. of area codes found in the E a s t .
A C S E l B p r x i s e d to t r y to gct us a telephone 1istir.g b u d from
thc Post and also info-meti D3ISYLY that Soviet AmyJh'avy Day
would be 21 FER zt the T o t s d m Soviet Officer's Club.
19
RECENT Ih'C~DE~'TS/nCTE~~'rI~~S:
CUSYLM met: with MJ R. 1 . PoIozuv,
Actinf CSRRB. a t SERB yequest, r.0 discuss, a s d i r e c t e d by COS
SSFG, :he recent i r c i d e n t invclving LTT, Kerr nn 8 FER 4n car $28
and the d c t e n t i o n o f I T C Steger or. If: PEE. P%T P o l o m v stater!
t h a t ZI stcdy by SETR ami GSFG resolved t h a t I,X!; #err %as no:
intentionally ramcd b u t rather li=d Seen invclved in an a c c i d e n t .
ACShKR cmpF..atically stater; thst Sovfct military d r l v e r s k-ould
h e pur.irhctl if they cvcr in t e n t m n a l l y rarrmed I B M L M vekic 1 cc .
D i s c u s s i o n ended on this matter with all 111 agreement t!iat the
s a f e t y of personnel was the i t r i m s r y concern. I n regard t o LTC
S t e p x ' s deterit-roq of :6 En, ACSZRB wanted t n draw t o CUSMl.Y's
attention t h a t LTC Steger had v i o l a t e d PRAs s i x t i m s ddrir-2
1978 and necessary s t e ~ l ss h w l d be taker. 1.0 'nsure that he did
not repeat these 3ffeoses. Unofficially, ACSCRB admitted :F.at
LTC Stepler s X-hour d e t e n t i o n wz5 in direc'. r e t a l i s t icx i . 0 ~the
7-hour det c n t i o n o f merhrs 3f SMl,Y-F, R few weeks p r i o r , in the
FRG. ACSERR 31 $0 b r w i g h t tc CAJSYLV' J a t 1.mtiun the fact t.hat
USML?! had already f o u r uetert:icns in 1979. CIISHLM asked 4(:SEH5
zbuut. the r q 1 acme:l t for ?'he departed (:SERB. RCSE9R s t.sted tlia t
"thcy" were t y y i n g i o g e t k i n (Yolo~,ov:t a take ovcr u f f i c i a l l y .
Polomv s t a t e d t h a t kt? i s resistilg that. $'offer''. Ile s t a t e d t k t
it may be two
C S Z K i s named.
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GLIENECKF BRIDGE: A t the recuest r,f gSRER,
CUSMLY ac:. with ACSERB anL delivexed a list of r e p i r s plar.ned
to beein in 1980 and take place o v e r a period of t.wn years.
ACSERR indicated F.e f u l l y u n d e r s t "
the iafomr,ztion an15 u;o:ild
pass i t . along t o HQ :;SF(;.
09 MAR
GUEST I:ASSES FC'I USMLY C5lLUREN mTR 15 TC X W T 3 R G A I I :
:;IJSYIM
act- with ACSCRB, W I'olozcv, a t t!ie request of 3JSMI.M. "%e
neetin!: was c a l I r d tr, discuss tie refusal of SEXD :n a1 luw t h e
Steger childrrn (ages I 6 and 17) t c accompr:y t h e i r family tu
Pnt.sd3a. CUSMLM reminded ACSERB t h a t COL GEY C-rinkcv'cF ha6
s t a t e d t h a t cxceptions t o t h e ag:e rule would be made f o r c h i l d ren nf USMLW accredited pass holder5 t c visit t h e Potsdam
House. ACSFRR proniscd to bring up the rrlattcr w i t d i CQL GEN
RE?A'IW 01; T X
Lrinkevich. h u t d i d nut 5 o l d ou: m c h hope t 3 a t he would change
h i s mind. ACSEHB also ;nquired xhrri he could expect fhr i n v i t a t i w n l e t t c r frnn: General Dlanchayr'. t o Lencral I v m w s k i y f o r
t % e T(IRG4U Recertior;
The reason L o t t h e inquiry was said t n
l>c t'-lat General Tvannvdiy n i g h t need a rim invita:.iori in
order t o return f m n Moscow in time fo? t.he U C C B S I O T I .
14 WAH
?WES'l OF R A M M T W L2lISM1.41 TOUR VEHICLE: CIISMIM net: with
ACSEXB on 14 M4K to <c:iver a strong v e r b a l prates:. zgniqst t h e
ramming of USMLF! ve5ic.c F79 by an East German r : i l i t a r q v e h i c l e
dnd thc stfisequent a c t i o n s of thr: East Germar, military ir. prev e n t i n g SSG riffany with l o a i c d arms Tron collecting t h e equip
ment which had bcen scattered durinR t h e ramming. A f-l;rttcs
protcst was lodged a g a i n s t t3e confi5catinn by h s t German m i l i -
tary nerbers o f USMLK eqisiprcnt. CUSXLM 2 o i n t e d n u t t o ACSERB
t h a t :he senior Sovict officer, who kad h e m identified a s t h e
Deputy KomanLant o f t h e Magdciurg K o m a d a t u r a , had h e n
y r c s c ~d-.wLnE
~
t h e confiscation, altt-nugk he l a t e r denied t o
CL'SMLM that ar.3: East Geman vehicle had been invclved in thc
rsmmirq ur that a i y confiscation of material had I . R ~ C - 1 plRce
03 the part of t h e East Germns.
:i!SgLY strong:y requested
WFti cnd SERB a s s i ? t . a r m in recovering the i l lcgalry emf-iscar ~ mda t e r i a l fmn: the C a s t Cecmn military anc civiiians.
CIISYLM axpressed his utcost thanks t c the Soviets and t o Cfll,
GEL Grinkpvirh for t h e asqistance they gave 10 LTC Hanilton
whn hiid been ir-jure2 iri t h e incFdent, and exprzssed h i s apprcc i a t i o n to t h c C a s t German hosp:tal staff who \ad t a k e n e x ~ e l l e n t rare o f him. ACSERB stated t h a t he WHS c o t f ~ l l l ycognizant
v f t.he cvcnts leadinf: up t3 t t c a c c i d e n t , exsepr t ? a r i e under
stood that -.: nad beer, c a m e d hy SSG Tiffany's poor d r i v l c g ,
bad rvad conditions. an? the fact that. t h e tocr had b w n b e hind Mission Resrriction signs. Hc expressed the opinion t h a t
the ve-ticlt: had probably gone i n m a water-filled ?ot.hnle znd
had overturncc! v i fhvu: t o u c h i n g thc v e h i c l e ccning f r r n t h e
other (11 rcct ion.
111-io
We. d i d s t a l e tkat a full irtvestigat:or, W O C ~ ? . t!c made. GIISgLM
requested that hc he informcd of t h e results of rb,e invcstiption t.iat S a m day and again requested GSzC k,elp i n rccoverir-g
:hc e c p i p c n t . Ee also informerl. A[:Sfi:-IB :hat $29 was not t o t a l l y damaged and m u l d be bzck on the raad in a fen days. A X E 3 B
rpqllestcd that CIlSYLM relay his an3 SERB'S h e s t u'shes t o
L'IK Eamilton far a speedy recsvery.
16 MAR
EQI;IP)4F.NT CDMTS(:ATE:U ON 1 3 W!4 TN INCTGEN'; SOUiT!I 01: ATIkN5rEL-r: I'~!SYLM r e t w i t h ACSERB OL i b MAR to receive equi?lr.ent
back frorr. SCXH v h i d i had been confiscated on ;S FAR. LT 'l'renir.,
SEKEJ English l m g u n g p i r t e r w e t e r was a l s o 3resent. ACSER: p-0-
d!!ced f o u r h I ack-and-whi te ;I"l?ographs of the accident arca,
showing tire t.racks of t + e USHLH veh'cle at the edge of: thc
nor?h-south road sciuth of Aihcnstect. in t h e v i c i n i t y o f the
ZCCGSS road t.a ?he East. German rabr%rFite. and t h e IISMLM uchisle r.29 in i t s fir.31 resting ?lace aft.er i t tu-ned over in t h e
f i e l d . ACSLRB atteapzed t o " P ~ ' O V Q ' ' that the IJSMIA vehirlr: hac
2riveri of:' t.hc west. edgc o f the road, h i t a p : h o l e , and overturned on its o w . CI:SMLIv x i i n t a i n e d t h a t t h e car y:nhakly d i d
V W Y r.0 the r i R h t in t r y i n g :o
prevent being rammed b y the
East Cercan v eh i c l e. CIISMLM stressed again tb.,at it was i l Z that
p i n t thar. the East Cprman ve:'iiclc ra ed the U S W M - ~ ~ t ~ i r l ~
and d i d sn d c l l b e r a t c l y . ACSERP re*.uroed H substsntial ?ortion
of t h e conf:scat.rt e q s i p s e n t and prcniscd tu t r y tu 2 e t the
rerainder from the East Gemans. Hr: alsu ustt:l the aeetirig to
d e l i v e r a p r c t e s t about the hchavior of a o m 11s soldiers at:
a wreath layicy c e r m n n y a t t i l e Soviet nonuncnt in k.ltst Berlin,
requnstiag t h a t CiISMLA4 pass this : nf 3rmaiion a1 ong to !P.e y r u ?er zuthorlt i e s .
20 MAR
, i m ~ ~ wEc~ ~.J I P H E SFRUY
T
13 MAR IN(: r m T : RCSEPB
w L t t 3JSMLM 3ri 23 YAR a;ld retutncd additionLil ccjuipxn:
taken f r o ? ::lC Httniltnn and SSC T;ffany on 13 Yhil. He p r c a i s c d t o t r y tc gcr the renainler o f t3e ecuipmen!. back.
ACSFAB s t a t e d t h a t from the S o v i e t s i d e he d i d not. aninticipatc
any further ''pru3lems" f r o m this inciden?.nt,
KETRF~ (IF
act.
23 M4R
MAP STOLEN 3LRlP;G A DFTEh-fI3K: lKJSMLM and DCSkX3 m t on
23 PAR to disc:-iss a U.SW,lr" dctention on 22 MAU ir, t h e course
of which a nay was stolen. CCUSML?.: provided DCSERB with a
descriptio3 of t h e ue1:icles imolved and o f the Savict Captain
who st:,le the map. CCSEKR proclaimed irinocencc uf any k r x u .
LeZge of a m y . b u t seemed well conversant w i t h t h e o t h e r
details ti€ the detention. He s r z t e d t h a t when he foiind out
t h a t t h e t m r w a s not i n a PRA, c m t r a r y to t h P first inform a t i o n re?urted to h i m , he ordered Its imncdiate release.
2CSERB d i i p ~ o m i ~t oe t r y tc g e t the m1;5 rettiroet, and f i n thar staced t h a t he expprtcd t o have more equipment. from t h e
Athenstedt inz;dnnt: to ret urn s a m ,
ECUZPMZK AKD HAPS STOLEN IN 1NCLT)ENTS OF 1 3 U4H AND 22 MAH:
CUSMLM met: u l t h ACSER5. YAJ Kokorin, on 28 YAK 1.0 ;gain reques?
the r e t u r n nf still m i s s i n g equipment and naps taker. b y t h e
Fast Ikrmans on 13 MAk and of- the ma? stolen d u r i n g the de!.ent i o n of 22 MAR. ACSF.RR stated that mure of the equipment and
naps from 13 MAR t a d hccn recovered, h i l i that GSFG W O U I Lnot
re1ca.e thelr. at t F j s time. CUSMLg asked SCRB t u e x p e d i t e g e t ting the re?urn order frcm GSF(;, since ?he equipment wa.i s!Olen
property and should be returned to i t s r i g h t f a l owncr. ACSERR
also asked sho would be replnci ng GEN Rlanchard and CIISMLM
rssponded t h a t he d i d not knnx.
38 APK
DETFMTTOU OF LTC BEKKIKG A X REWDi'hl OF 1,ICENSE i'LATF,S FROM
# 2 9 : CUSW,M mct w i t h ACSESR, SKLT Shushtinkr., and LT
Knzhkov, on 8 APR. CUSKLM hod r e q u e s t e d a m e t i n g with
PA.: Polozov For 1300, but was ir:fca:ed r r p n h i s a r r i v a l that
KAT P O ~ O Z O V
had m e t with an accident ani1 would n a t be a ' > l ~ !
t o m X e tl-e lreeting i i n t i 1 2COO 5r5. CUSYt.Y therefore del tvered h i s ;,rot.pst to SRLT ShLshunin. CI!SMLM stated that the
stealing of the p l a t e s q p e a r d to hc but a m t h e r case 3-F
stealing from USMIM. ACSERR s t a L d that probably t.3c S a v i e t
Wajor was j u s t tl "scuvenir htlnter", and t h a t he was positive
t h a t G M C ha3 not oriered that t h e license 111nt.e~I)? c o n f i s
sated. CllSW-M po.in4ml wit t.o ACSLRB t h a t :he Sov-rct Majar
had renarked t o LTC Renning t h a t the 1icer.w plates would I)c
returned t o IJSMLM i y GYFG. The s i k j e c t of the naps a d
cquQmcnt: stolcn from I;SM'_M was also d'lscussed, ClJS!&hl
t?n:pltasizing t h t 9 4PR wucld riot be too soon to rcmrn them.
OY AFR
IEETUgN OF LICENSE P'_AI'ES FOR A29* DCUSMLM, !.*.Cnl Tonge, a.et
with ACSERB, bMJ Paloznv on 9 APR a t USMIh! initiative. "I.e
iucrsterherg Kornmandan?, LTC Taranyan, was also p r e s e r t . The
ljcense plates f u r v p h i c l c U29 xe-re returned to DC,IlSM,M a t
the 3eginnisg of the neetin2. DCUSYLM stated t h a t t h e
I;m"ndant had [!ox cvcrything possible to r e t r i ~ 7 our
t
prnpcrt y on t k e spot and t h a t we appreciated h i s assiqt-ancc. ACSEilB
a l s o stated t.hat nore property w x l d ? e retawed tomorrow.
19 APX
NEU; C X E F OF SERR/TOKCAII R?CEPTION/EQJl PhEKT (13 MAR INCT3ENT) .
ACUSMLM, 1.tCol Tonge, net. wI:h ACSERR, W ?olozov on 19 APR.
A necting kad keen rccuested h y IJSNL43 fnr 18 X ' R . but we were
informed tbr,t MIW' Po:oznv w a s ill. and would riot be a b l e t.0
attend a nec.t.irig fin 18 APR. Or- 19 %PI?. SERB rerpested a met?:ing and M A J Polozov was i r i attendance, Lonklng. f i t . E e explained t h a t he sti?l h a d a cold t h s t 1-e hzd contrccted over the
weekend. '%he purpose cf t h e r e c t i x g was to present a I e f . t . c r t o
COT. St.nvall from CQL Filippenko, stating that F'1 ippenko WdS
now Chief u f SERB. ACSF.RH xgain s t a t e r ! t h a t t,he eqcs?ieiit [ t i e
int.endcd sujject of ~ h ?1 8 hF9 meeting) H m l d be returned as
soon as CIh'(:[;SF2 gave t h e w o c u .
111-17
iZCUSYIM remindcd ACSEKB that if they accepted t h e word of the
E n s t Germans t h t the accident had heen a me-car acEident,
then tF.c ccnfiscation of USNM equipaent by East tierman mi l i t a c y
ncmbers was o u t and-out sttealirng and I;Sl'-Z ~ a s5n m 3 x h g rece-iving
s t v l e n goods. On TQUGAU, t h Soviets
~
ixformed ACUSNLM t h a t not.
a l l of thc invited S o v i e t guests wou;d hc ab.:e to h c in atterid u i c e , but that alJ of the invitcd Soviet generals would kc
attending.
??5 Ai'R
2s MAY
RETURN OF EQUI P Y F " (13 MAR 1 X l D k N T ) /XhTKOIlUCT7C?I OF NFA' LStR R/
'TDRGAU: CIWMLM met w i t h tnc r.ew Chief of SERB, Colonel 1,cv
Iosifnvich 1 6 1 iqtenko, Air Force, on 23 AI'K a t SE2H rcquest.
DFSERB was also present. SEPH had stiltcd in advance that the
pu-posc U C t h e :neeting was to returr: more of the equipnext conf i s c a t c i f r m LTC Iim.iLton arid SSG T i f f m y on 1 3 WK, to i n t r o Juce t h e new CSERR, and to discclss rletai 1s to t h c T3RGGAU ilecept i o n to be held 27 APR. 201, Filippenko returned unt s e t of
night v i s i o n goggles ard said t h a t t h i s was a l l of t h c additional equipment that. had been r e c o v c e d t o d a t e . hr was rci~indcd
t h a t other cquipmeit ~ 6 i5n thc hands of t h e Esst Gcmans and
h e promised to t r y t o r e c o v e r it. 2301-1being askcd, CS%B
furnisher: thc following infor",ion about l-.insclf: narried, wife
still in Moscow for a s h o r t while, arid two daughters; prcvious
ar;signmer.t was i n Moscow fo-r about t w o years in an "academic
zssignrccnt." He is abouL 5 ' 3 " , 153 Ihs, firm handshakc, kelicvcs
in goad Ihysical conCition, snd h a s z sense o f himor and * a n t s
a "cnntinuation a d betrcrment. o f t h e Rood relations that IISHLM
and TERR have wijoyed." CUSNM qtarted t o b r i n g f o r t h the issue
of guest passes of dependent children 16 and ovcr of accreditcd
mission members hut CSERB s t a t e d that t h e problem was s e t t l e d ,
and thal thc childrcn would Sc e b l e to er.company t h e i r parerrts to
t h e Potsdaa H m s e . CUSYIAl provided d e t a i l s of the TOKGAU f u w t i o n
t o SERB arid CSESB s t a t e d :hat hc WBS lonking. fcrwnrd to thc
fw c t ion.
INWPENDESCE CAY PTZKIC 1 bTlJL/3ETEKrION 71 MAY: C"uS).I.!
xnet w i t h
CSEKR and KSEIIB a t USMlN reqcest. CWW!! hrocght t o the attent i o n of CSERH t h a t , i 7 t h e past, COI. GEN C r i n k e v i c h had permitted
depcr.dents over 15 t o uttcnt! t h i s f u n c t i o r because 05 its special
nature. (:SERB said t h a t f o r l;SMLY ncmhers a visit to t.he kouse
w u l d always be penr.itted, hut tl-at. ?.e w u l d +lave t o check on any
other cxcepions. CIJSMLM vcrhally f u n i s 3 c d t)ie list of Us General
Officers whu wouli b e attending the 1 3ul. picnic, an6 asked
CSEilB i f he would l i k e t o recnrmcnd any Soviet generals hy nme.
CSEHB promised to g e t hack on t t i s . LIJSML.hA. r i m ?resentEd z
s t r o n g verbal ?rotest an t h e dorentjnn of !dA.Y;T')
Kosevich ar.&
SSG Corne11 in (;ar d29 ini 21 MAY. Both [:,itKB an2 MSCRE Aisclaiir.ed any knowledge of tke i r c l d e n t aad asked that I:T:SMMl
furrlish then: w i t h details, which he promised t o do an 29 M Y F i x 1 1 >* CUSM1.V presented GSERP with bakery h i 1 1 s :eta 11 inl:
466.37 1)ME uhi <.ti t h e SZRB Finance Ofr"i;..cr t a d refused tn pay.
Again, C S K i pmmised Q: lnok iatn the m-!.tcr.
-1r-i3
c
CSEHB said t h a t he expected Mrs. Fi1:ppenko
to a r r i v e pr5or to
1 .IUI., and t h a t he vas looking i-orward to t:ic f u n t t ion.
L‘1 J I J K
SOVIET DEFECTOR: CU.S.WM met with CsFR3 and DCSERB at 2600 hrs
and again a t 21.50 hrs at. SFrlR request. COL Fillppenko infomcd
CLSMLM of iAfurmatiun on a Sovict defector, and asked C X Y W
for assistance in t h e rcturrl of the defector through n i l i:ary
channels. COL F i1ippenko Then pr0rr.i sed CIJSM1.M t:iat if there was
a defectDr arid if CIJSMLM cciild g e t hlrr back that llSMLM vould
never havc “any nt.her p n b l e m s from t h e S o v i e t s
CUSFS-M prnnised to look i n t o t.hr r a t t e r . A t t h e Cuccns’s kirthday reception
on 2 J U Y , Filippcnho c m t i n u e d the s a x : i x , as d i d h4G
Vorob’yei1 and scvcral uther SERB ol‘ficers.
.”
C 3 JLX
S3VXET JEFEC1’3R: [XISMU! -net with C S M B , DCSERB arid Cap?
Yarovcnko at SERB request. Thc f o l l o w i s i : siEned l e t t e r was
prasent.ed to ZUSbTM:
Dear Gcr.cra1 Hal d a m :
As we have lcarccd, n r.il: t n r y service nealbex of GSFG,
y
with
Praporshchik S.V. Taramishcl-cnko, i 5 p c ~ s e r ~ t llncnted
hnwricarl n,li tary acthoritics,
I r e q u e s t y w ~ rrnnpmar.iun, General, in t h c return o f
t h e a 5 o w Iistcd military service member, r k r o q h nilitary
r.ha-r.nels, t o the GSFG Komanr!.
I will tzke t h e liberty t o remind you ‘.kat we have always attempted tu providc :l:e American side every possihlr:
support in analagous s i t3at.i oms.
PI ease accept my %est wishes, General Haldaxe.
Kes2ectfully
COI. GEN Grinkevich h a s askcd that t t e S n v i c t deserter hc ret umed t..?mugh mi Z i tary :hJ:?ar.nels m w and t h a t this nat t e c~o t
he a I lowed l-3 enter “pulitica: channels” because of t h e d e l a y s
and confusion that would exist. CDL GEN Grinkevich hopes t h z t
PIG E a l d a n e wi 1 I do rveryt.hing possible t.0 rer.aY2 the Sovict
d c s c s t c r through military channels tu the S w i e t Yilitary Comnmd (GSFGj . C 3 L SEN G r i n k c v i c h wdntg .W Haldanr: t c k n w t h a t
the CXNLGSK, Army General Tvanuvskiy, is aware o f t h i s matter.
CQL, GFN GrJnkevich b r t h u r adviscs that 03 2 MAR 74, an American
t.anknr (solcier; was returned *.o AmTi.can mi i i t a r y c n n t r v l in
Wes:. B e r l i i on rhe same day t h a t t h c Amori.ctin defected to t h e
East, in s p i t e of the fact. that t h e A m e r i c a n d e f e s f o r asked for
p n l i t i r a l asylum in the Ens:.
05 .'JUK
SCVTET DEFEC'O4: CJSMLM met with CSCRR OJ? 5 T.JN z t %RE reqiies-.
The folloxing note was rcad and then hanZcd to rJlSMLLI:
"Tn ac:rrtrdance with exist ing rights and international practice,
tF.r Coinmar-d cf t h e Grour 3f S o v i e t :-'arces ir. Gemany urgently
demands t h a t a m e p t j ni: b e organized betwcen rerrescntatives of
CSFG and t h e S w ic t Cxbbassy w i t h Pragrrrslichik Ta-anustcheako
for purposes of a discussior. and :(I pass on to him l e t t s r s frvn
5 i s relat ivcs and c l o s e n s s o c ~ a t e s .The meeting s h o u l d prefer
ably bc organisec in Kcst. Berlin a t the earlicst p o s s i h l c oppnrtunity." CSFKa added that GSFT;'s first c h o i c e f n r t h e neet.ing was West Berlin; however, if t.hat were not possible, then
the S o v i c r s would agree to cose t n thc ERG. Other item 011 the
agenda included: the yevised guest list. of 35 general officers
for 1 JUT. was given to CSZ.15; an i a v i t s t l c i from LTZ Bellis
t o !.K 3 A r i k f u r a tennis x t c h wiis g i v e n t.o CSERR t n be passed to LTG K u d r i i .
19 YllK
<;UES'I' PASSES FUK 1 ISMI.41 nEP5NDkLT CH T L nRE?; OVER 1 G /nFTEiNTION
OF 14 JUY: ")CUSMh! and DCSSRR nc! on 18 YUK a?. which time
OCLSMLY e : x ~ r ~ s c cpd- 5 ~ concern w i t h p e s t pass Twi:,ilcgcs
f o r W M L W deper:len:s nvcr 16. Next I)C*JSMLM declared that the
t h r e a t 3f shoct tng 1 1 0 5 by VC?3 and EG.4 Fersclrincl was unsccep
table. DCSFRR st.ressed the sensitivity of the East Lcxmans,
hut stated t h a t SERB tiid taken actLon to f i r k c the g u i l t y
parties ani to punish then. UCIISMLM s t a t e d thst thc [EM-H tour
personce: wcrt: new, and t;iat t h e y wclrlci be cautioned 1 0 T J C
care:-ul .
26 J J S
SOVIET ATTENIMMX
AI'
THE
4 JlJL US F ' A H A X / i l R M N G E " T S
FOR
1 YIJL C O W E UIPSELS: TLISWLW n e t with ACSERa, ?.!W Pwlnxov,
on 26 JlJS at t h e reqricst 3.f USMLM. A(:S!%B infuraed D U I Y L M
that CDL Mineev, W.Y Fclozov I M
K K n k m h and LT 'Trenir. vnuld
h e a t t u n d i a g t h e 4 .TUT. Berlin B r i g d e Irdcpendence nay Yaradc.
A!l cxcept - x e n i ~ w o i i l d :)e axom?anled :7y t t e i r xives. 'I'he
risst. pass l i s t far the 1 ,J!JL 1JSYyU.I IDcependcncc Day Picnic
a t Potsdarr. was carcfxlly gone cver in d c t a i l by K U S M I M with
ACSERB arid each i t e m qcestioaed was exp!aincd. ACSERB s t a t e d
t h a t he W O U ~ C{lo his utinnst to rake thc crossing a t I l r e w i t z
as routine R S possible. lie also s t a t e d that s i x e C X
Filipperko wrrs in t h e S v v i e t Utlion. and t h e S o v i e t s were res p r s i b l c a t t h i s time f o r Spandad Prison, he was very busy
at t h e m o m e n t . W e complaincd that tE.c requssts for Comaa~id
Diesels yere causing hin p ~ 0 5 l e n s .His coirplaint was that the
E u s t Sermans frequcritiy knew ahout the request R wcck before
the S t w i s t s . DCUSYI,M requested t h a t t h e proble7 5e t l i s n ~ ~ s e ~
in tetail a f t e r thc 1 JUI, f i m c t i m et whirh tine USYLhl wotili
g e t w i t h :'ne officials r e s p o c s i b l e and t r y to r e s a i v e the
mttccr.
I T T - 15
os
JUL
32 A’JG
PROTESTTJCLQSTNG OF .MTOMHw?I OS IAlES’I’ ‘IRA YAP: IKUSMLM met Kith
ACSERB, MAJ Kokori-n, on 9 JUL. ‘Ibe f i r s t o r d e r 3f husiieqs was
the r e g d i n g o f il n n n - a t t r i but ah le prclt t ‘ s t agai-is t t h e dctent j nn
of KIJSMLM w h i l e on
rJltilrH1 tour in Dresdeii nn 7 J K . M S E K n
wah then informed tlnf IJSMT-M cmsidered !.hc c l o s i r g n f the
Actobahn on “RA Ol!G-73 to have been ai errux in t ? i c d r a w i 2 g
of tho ma?, and that USMlA consxlcrcd ?hr Autobahn t o he open
as always. ACSERR r q l i c d that i f an Autnhahr! WHS shown c l m e d ,
it should he curtsidcred cloreci, and addit i o n a l l y , that he was
sure that the ‘JS had cIoseiZ silch t r a f f i c artcries w i t i i n ’TRP’s
1:cfore. UCIlSMLM r e b u t t e d t h a t h c ”as sure that no such mati
had ever been clcscd by Americans an& that such a s t e p by the
S o v i c t s would constityte a majoy i n i t i a t i v e to changc existicg
agrecnent s , ACSERR promised 1.0 check on t h i 5 .
?RESEK”‘ATiON 1.3;GIFTS T(: i;SkG WTWBkHS: CUSMlM met
wj
t h CSERB
f3r the purpose of 7 r e s m t i n g CSERB x i t h .a welccnc home ai? of
buurbon a p r i h l s rctxmi from a month l o n ~absence in the Soviet
1hiu:i. h secund h o t t l e of bogrbon was givcn t u CSERR t o i e
presented t c the Zottbus; Kvmandant i n appreciation f o r the
:ourcesy and help h c had racdered ta a llSMI:.( tour :can a t an
accident s i t e near h i s Komandatura on 1 AUG. ( S E R B expressed
tht: feeling t h a t rclatinns wit.h IISWLM were v e r y & a m aril k:op~-.
f u l l y , with t.hc soiiclusion o f thc “SAI’TS”, would become even
Warner. L’I‘ Trenin, English language i n t e r p r e t e r f o r SERB, WRS
a l s o Frcserit at the rneet ing, w?i ch lastcd approximiif c l y 10
nimlT.f?s
06 AIIG
V
PXXY TO
PROTEST (IF XTTENI‘IO?;, 3 AIJGITRIP OF MAJ P O L C ~ mrl
W S T Bi%l.IK: CUSMLM met w i t h CSERB on d AUUG to p r o t c s t t:hc
detent ion of Capt Mathis x i d SSti S c h a t z in Karl M H ~ XS t a d t .
CIISMIA complained of t h e actions of cl:e VOI’O aid requested
tF.at the S o v i e t s c o n t r o l ” t h e i r Germaqs” b e t t e r i r. T?IC futurc.
It was reitcrated that Karl Varx Stadt i s an open c : t y am!
:.hat the statemcnt 05 t w o S o t i s t Captains t a t h e a f f e c t t b a t
llSMLH was not. allowed t o en!.cr this c i t y WHS entircly reject
c d . CSER3 s t a t e d that h i s informatior: on the d e t r 3 t i o n shoved
that. the U,SMLM car had bccn spceding and had :ised evasivc
t a c t i c s . Aboc:t the t w o Captains be disclaimed m y knnwledge.
’Ihe cnnvursation reached an inpasse un r h i s mattcr, :)ut cunfinued 03 thc suk,ject. of
and Mrs. P o l o z u v i l i planned v i s i t
to Weqt Berlin t o several mi:seum, which w o u l d Frobnhly he a
The P u l o t c v ’ s lseuld be accnm;laniei by some S o v i e t teenagers. CJSMLM ectl ined L’te i t i n e r a r y he planxed which included the EKyptian V u s m m , lunch a t t5e Burder King, and a visit
t o the Dahlcm Miscum. The rrneting ended in a p l e a s a n t manner.
11 ALIC;
3 AIJC IlLTFN"OSJYLS1T 1'0 XES< RBRL7h' WSEJYS: ClISML9 met
w i t h CSER3 to restate h3.s disp:ensure w i : h r t e illegal
Zetention of J AUG by t.hr V P c 1 and t,o r e s t a f e t i s hope that
t h e E a s t Ger9:in.j woiild -*ICb e t t e r cortrolled in t i e Euture.
There wa5 nu c o m e 1 1 ~from CSF!l€i, and zhe conversation shi f t e d
t u il dlscussicm of t h e West Berlin Museum ?risit. >f NAY P O ~ O S O V
anit party. WJ Polozsv znd LT Trecin Eere also present during
t h e m e e t i n R . CSERB s t a t c d t.llat. the t r i p had r e c e l v e t cffirial
ap7roval frorr. COL GEN Grinkevich arid t h e p s r t y w o u l d i n c l u d e
the Pnln?ovs. t h e i r son Ym-1, aed:czl
stlr2er.t in !,e?ingrad,
h o m f o r thc scmmer holidays, aad :he daiigh: tr of C(IL GEN
G r i n k e v i c t , C Z S GS!;C. IT WE agreed that the v i s i t would
hc ketter conducted in U5ML.M ve5icles. Thc tour was n l a n x d
t o kegir. a t Glienicke Hridge w i t h ?.he transfer from Soviet
vehicles 2 C t h e ?xi-ty ~ r . 2woi:ld Eollow the itinerary out1in~d
by CllSM .M :
a :he lfist meeting, with an additional s t o p a f t e r
the m.use'Jfls :it t i e S t o v a l i s ' scsidencr: in Eahlem for tea and
c a T , ~at. Lpprnximtely i600 h r s , prior f o t h e r e t u x t o Potsdam.
CStKH expressed hjs hopr: ? h a t :IC could nake a s i a i l w t x p
in Z.ie futurr:, and informed CUSMLV that COL. GEN Grinkevich
had a l s o stared that. he might: pDssihly like svaeday t o v i s i t
COL GEN Crinkevicli
ii r:iseum i 5 ?hey ucrc cpcn on Sundays.
had sent h i s apprrc i a:i on through CSEKH to CL'SMI..h? f u r s e t t i n g
I? t h c t r i p f c r t h e PoIozov party.
The meet:ny! cnded on a
very f r i e n d l y note.
1%SE?
JSMLY 1N;CIUEK'l' YlCItiTTY K F X L m ON 1 7 SEP 79: LIISKLM met Hi t h
W Kokuriri, SPRR n f f i c - r , f o r 40 a i n a t 0350 hours a t Cl:SHL).!
request. L t ( : o l Burians. IISWL!! A i r Tear Chief, and 1.y Rnshkuv,
SERB JiflglhF. and G e m n ;arRuaLc ir.twpre:er, liere also preserit.
T h i s mneet:nL, rcqucstcd by CUSMT.Y at 0230 hmirs, could not takc
place with 1'31 FiIipperAe since he c o u l d nnt he located,
azchrding f o Kckorin. ClISMt41 gave s t r u n g verbal protest over
zbe fact that CP"' 'Tihnmirnv mc SSC Falco had been detained
in a mmp:e:tcly frce area lust east of Frehe (uL'12U9) and
cert.air. aqiiipment had heen illegally confiscated fro1 thcir
v e h i c l e . T*+IFIdcmand 4'or the imnediate r e t u r n n f the cqui?mcnt
was x t w i t : ? the F a t statement t h a t t F i s h:iL happancd in t h e
paFi, znd i j a t t:le decision t n ~ e t i i mthc e q r i i p x n t was made
b v Xuensdorf a r d r i o t . S W B . AL b e s t , IJSMIA collection ilrtivities
ir: thc ZD!I are a risky business and cn t h i s oczasion we were
simply caught in t h e a c t . Thc mct.:ng ended with CUSpILM's
demand t.n meet. wit?. CoL FiliFpe3ko ASAP.
19 SEY
WMLV INC17EfEI' VTCINITY RE'I'ZOV: CUSMl,W mct with (;SEXB. COI.
Fil ippenko, f c r 0r.c hour a t 1800 hourc at CUSMLM reI;:icst.
LT Treriin was also present. T h i s m e t i n g had bccn requested
a t 1W230 SEP; however, the "non - a v a i l a 5 1 i ty" of COL F i I ip,rrenka
taxed t h e d e l a y . CUI, I'ilippanko hegan by reading the Lalluwin& s t a t m e n t (non attrihxtable) : QUOTE: 1 have to inforn yon
that on 17 SEF of t h i s year mcmksrs of the American Military
Liaison Mission, Capt Tihonirnv and SSC. Falco, in c m "77, deliherately drove nasr a restriction
near Frehnc arid using
t e c h i cal means recoraioit ered a %vi e t object ivc, i:i doing
which t h e y were caught red-hmded. 1 b r i n g t o your a t t m r i o n
t t a t violac ions o f tb.? procedures m d rul e5 cstah 1 i shed f o r
rmbers o f farcign v i litary Liaisuri Virsioris hy USMLM officers
have noticeably increased lately. 'I'hese have heen repeated
statements made concerning the v i o l a t i o n s that !lave taien ?lace,
but t'nc proper conclusions 3ave no: Seen drawn. SUC;~act:aas are
gross violatrans 3f the *Linin -IIuebner agreemcnt and &re n o t
in the s l l i r i t of t h e r e l a t i o n s t h a t e x i s t hetween OUT headq-Jarters, In this scnnectior , I decisively protest and suggest
y o u take decisivc Ip.easurcs snd give strict instructions to
Mission members regerding t h c i r future act ions. 1riJQUoTE
CDL Fj.lippeiiko then addcl verbal:y that. COL GEX Grinkeuich probably felt t 5 a t this incident n i g h t have t o rcach S t a t e Depdrt.Rent 1cvel before it co,ild he resolved. FilipTcnko displayed
a roll of 3Sm black and w h i m film with several gnod shots
uf FLOGGER U on bombing runs. CUSMLM 2enied any howledge of
the p : c t u - r e ~ , insisting that his personnel had been i.i a free
area and that the equipment had been illegally confiscated.
I:j I ippenko cxplai ricd his absence for two days had becn ca\iscd
by s v i s i t fron Army tieneral Lvanovskiy, hnhassador A j r a s i n a v ,
and President Hoenicker. A written Frote5.f. by IJSAKhUR was lint
recormrendcd.
I
26 SEP
VISIT TO WESTw m r x WSEI;M/RL.,PA\IRS
ON P m s m HUJSWZTIIRN
:IF EWIYMEK;T* [XJSMLY net w i t h COL F i l ippenko, CSCRR, f o r 35
nicures at, C'USMIM reqiiest. LT Trenin was also present. il dat c
u f 4 OCT w3s agreed on for a v i s i t to t h e Dahrem Vuseum 5y COL
ami Mrs. I:iY ip;Jeoko. SEW was ,advise*., a p i i n , that 1;SMI.M was
one Cast G c m a n C ~ I ~ I Q
s h~o rC
t at the Potsdam H o ~ s e .Vilippenko
promised h e l p . A list n f repairs needed prior to mjd-5ovembcr
was prcscnted t o SERB. A promise was m c e by F i l ippenko t o :lave
euerythanR "fixcd" prior t o our ThanksRiving Day I ) i m e r .
IJJSMLM's d e m n d for t h e return of the eqiijpmcnt cmfiscat.ed
on I? SCF was partially msuered by thc p i l e ai sleeping bags,
tcnts, ground cloths, biaoculars, e t c . , p i l e d alnngside the
discassion t a b l e . As t u t h e rcsainiq nisliiqg i t e m s , Fil.'-Fpenko
asked for a list o f a l l items. CIlSMLM's rcnisrk was that the
Snvicts tnnk the isems and it w a s n o t rieccssa?-y f o r h i n t.0 tell
rhem what they had.
2b SEI'
OF W Y L M VCWTCLF RY EAST GEKY%N KILTFAR? VEIIlCLE/Gl:ESI'
PASSESJLIST OF C O W 1 SCATTI ''tg!!J PWhT ' I : CIISMLY met with CSEHR
f a r 33 n i n a t 1530 hours at CYSXLM request. CLSMIA strongly prot e s t e d t h e in?.cnt.ional rammigg o f ::SMLM v e h i c l e d % 2 by an
Fast Cernan ni li t a r y i d ~ i c : e southwest of R r a a c e c h r g . CQL
kili?penko denied knuvleL.qe of any ra;nmir.g, s t a t i n g only :%at a
deteritiori of a cission vehiclc hr,d been m y r t e d 20 him e a r l i e r
i n t1-w 2ay, hct thas exezt d r r a i l s W W P a n t . mow-1 7.0 h i m .
Filipperiko promised t:i invest i j i a t e and g e t hack. The s u b j e c t
o f guest passes was once again b r o u g t t II?. Snvict refusal t o
g r a n t FLSMS t o the t w o :hugliters of MSzt Pennnck (30th dacght e r s a ~ e:6 years of q e 0" o!dcr) showcd a2 a t t x " un the
part of :he Soviets to "brt-ak ~p t h e family mit" and d e f i n i t e l y
d i d not show good Faith on t.he part of the S w i e t s . NOTF: Ye
have been through t k i s one many tines ir. zhe past wit5 Cal
Kanavin (previcus CSERR) an2 Y a j Yc):ozov, d:irlnF; the time he
was actlng CSF2R. Col Fil'nperko a l s o , as well as the u t h e r
t w o Soviet n f f i c e r s , have s t a t e d previuusly. "There wili be no
;~rob;ennn t i j s t>ge guest pas5 €UT USMLX Fersonnel in tk.e fL;
turc.'' I t must now :7e assumed t h a t t.ke meaning was t h a t there
wculd be no projlerr f o r the Sovje:s. Thjs type @ e s t pass is
sinply n o t fortA*icorr.ing.Col. FilipFenko was provided w i t : ? il list
of the equip"
which still hcd not keen returned to I1SMI.M
f r o m the 17 !%? : n r i d e n t , i-ili??enko stated that several of t h e
"iten"' hack bean S E C ~hefore by GSFG persoxnel arid that this
" i n t e l l igensc? eqw;i?lr.enr" would prujably be k f f i c u l t t o get back,
bat fiat the question of t,he eqiipment. was s t i l l an ''o?en one.''
RAWEYG
I
I,LlCATI(IS @? TH:itt AVkRIZAN GRAVES KEA2 PETZ3A' ~SDVIETACERTDI-
TAT-CY FZK USMLM 'RATLhRS/G:EST
PASSES: C l M K ? ? m e t with C
f o r 25 m i r i a t I~USY1.M requcst. L C T r e n i n was also present. WSMLM
f i r s t stater! t-:at, b a w d on information from an elderly E a s t
GPIW"
male pensroncs, a grave site e x i s t s in t h e vf.cin*t.y of
Petzow a t UU 632015 which bears t:?e iascription '''I3 tTe
UT three A-nexican a ! x P r . - Yarch 1944." CUSKLM asked f u r
('SER3's assistance in locating t h e grave site and inf'orned
C i E R 3 thaf a Ictrer was forthcomicg w i t 3 tha:. off ic:a! rcquest
=iLippen:io agreed t o mopemt.e t.o :.!IC- ful I s ~ f . . I:i lippcnko was
a l s o asked f t r r a det:isio:i abnnt an carlier reqgest fur t h e
Soviets to pcrnit t h e IISYLM recovery t r a i l e r snd tlw u h i f c
ut; lity trailer to bc towed acrcss CLIENICKP Bridge h y any
IISHLM accrekited vehit-le. Fjlippcako staced the f o l l o w i n g :
"Xux ahcut one a d d i t i o n a l c a r a t t h i s tine--that xay y o u (LSMLb!!
W I 11 always havc soKething e l s e t o s t rive f o r i e t h e "ay of
requests from SERB'."' This cor.cession (on t h e part of SER3)
h c l ~ s .C 3 R R asked t h e ages nf thc dcpendent chiikren :)f 3G CaFs
:earlier ITSEM request t o r a g:iest ? a s s ) ;In2 CIJSESLM rc?licd
t C a t . i r. accordarce with p a s t SF?3/LISMIV verba' ilRreement , t h e
3gch 05 dependent children 0-1 ZJe.t
pass requests wculd be
% t a t & on:y in the event they were 15 ye&rs n f a ~ t :3r ovcr.
.
Oh
m
;8 OCT
PARTIAL 9E"W 3F :7 SET: E ~ I J P M F P I T : Ci:SMLK net K i t . h CSERB for
10 minrtes at 1200 h r s a t SERB request. LT T r e r i i n was a l s o
present. CSERIJ retur:ied the f o l l n K i r ? g equipment: i light -teteT,
1 t q e rccorceT, 2 pairs binactilars, 2 fla&ligl:cs, I alarrr
clock, 2 P U maps, 17 DM E a s t , b ~ : d 1 black t e a t t e r bag.
Filippenko stated t h t t h i T represented "part" of t h e 1 7 SEP
q u i p n e n t and stressed that thr! reiiaider X A S considered as
":nte:ligence
eqJipmen?.'' and wo-ild 'IC mare difficult t o get
hnzi Eowevec, he aLded that: the qucs:ion was still "open"
and that w s I n IIS!IIL?rl's favor F l l i p p m k o a?ked for CUSYLM's
signatim? on the list of equipment ; h w e v c r , CU5MLM re? 1 icd
t h a t he trusted that S o v i e t s m u l d eventiially s c t w n a l l o f
the equipment and that i t was w t necessary- t c sign the list.
Filippenko signed i:le l i s t , then prcsented ZUSMLM rit:t t h a t
same l i s t .
k ! E R IC%\ GUWS VJ CINTTY PE'fZCH /SHORTACE OF E,AST C E R W N
EWYLOY~.L:S/'rHi\NKYtiIVlN~
DAY DIK'NER AT P33SDAM* CIISMLM met w i t h
CSFRB for 2(1 mJnut.as at 1130 ~ T S .LT Trer:in w z s also ?resent.
CS%B %*tis infomed t h a t a 1e;ter tron CUSMLM t o E R R requesting guest passcs for s ' x 11s Army ri5litary personnel f r o m ?he
US Army Menorisl Activities, 5 u n p c , f o r the p u q o s e uf
exl:w.ing the I i D d i e s cf three American airmen frolr. v L c j n i ~ y
l J I I 602018, was forthconinE;.CIJSKb! stresscd that . * h i s c*'as a
silitsry mni:.cr aEi t h a t i t should ?e htl:tdled in the 'JS/Soviat
V i 1itary Liaison charnels. Filayperiko was reminded t h a t I:SM;M
was $:tort t l t r c e East Geman civiiian employees a3d t h a t t h e
annual TFankskiving :lay Dinner was F:hedu!eC f o r 22 Y W .
Piiippenko s",ted t 3 a t he woi:ld "see what cc-Jld je dnne."
EEFWLKS OF THAEE *w L I us AIXMEN w c r x m PETZCK: Ltcoi ~ ~ I l g
IKUSWN, net u;tk LTC Pclozov, DCSEqR, E r n 1 0 s i n u t e s at l;OO
hrs at SERR reqtiPst.. LTC Polozov preswted LtCol TcnAe wiuh
the follwin;! unsigned paper: QJOTE: As per your r e q x s t
expressed i n w r i t i n g on 18 3CT 79, r e have studied t h e possi3i;ity ni' rcaching J solutiirn t.a t h e issue raised by yori: we
a r e a b l e tc z n r d i r t n that a l l conditions e x i s t EOT t h e transfer
a f t h e rcnains of :t,e t51-e~her;can aviators who perished
duxing t h e ypars u f mir combine:! s t r d g g l e against G e m a n
si^^. Tnasmch as t h e grave is loca:.ed on t.hp tcrrirory o f
t h e LDK, which exercises s o v e r e i m t y in r e l a t i u n In a l l i t s
t e r r i t.ory, the n n I y pro;rer course for x g a n i ? i n g t:ie t r a n s f e z
of t.hc remains would k c thrmifi t k e consular dq1:irtxr.t of' t F s
efibassy of the 3% i n the CDR, to the a?propr-,atE: ap,enc:e!; of
the GCR, i n order ta resolve t n e i s m e in accordar.ce w i t h
customary proceduixs 5n nattcrs suc:? as these. k h i g h l y re
gard t h e me-mry of t h e victims n f thc last WRT and nnderatand
the f e e : i r ~ g sut' t h e i r relatives and dea- ones. T h e r e f o r e , we
hope for 8;1 exFeditlous s e t t l e n t e c t ar.d U O . . i l d l i k e to con fir^
t h a t a l l 3eaSures w i l l ?le t a k e n t k r n u g t GSFG to a s s i s t in
peaching h positive solixtion to :he issue: of :rassferrkig the
r e m a i n s of t h e t h r e e dmericac avIa:orS. LNCUOTITE
e ,
Ix:lJSWL?E s t a t e d :hat h e reirerted t h i s CoI;r!jC of action since
wc, as wartire a l l i e s , hac a c t i v i t i e s which we s 3 d u l c 2c
t o s c t h r r . % ~ C E O V was reninde6 about the 1376 return of t h e
rerraiu o f a S v v i e t s o l d i e r fourid :.n Hest 3 e r l i n . P o l ~ r o vrenarked that had t h e remains of thc t h r c c Americar. airmen Seen
f o m d ir: Sast Berlin, r!.at wou:d b e L different s t o r y .
34 DEC
X?.,lfAlNS O? THREE W 11 US AIRMEN VICINITY PCTZ3W/%ITHDRh;YAL 0;
SOVIE'.' LKIT IN WX':"TENRERG/EE EMFLZYFES AT PCYSDAM EMISE. CIlSY1.M
met K i t h CSEK4 f e r 15 niii~atesa t 1530 h r s . 21' "'renin was a l s n
present. A nor,-artrih:i:a!~le n n t e was rcad t o *:OF. P i 1 ippcnko and
he was prnvided a copy: VJ3TE: ;$e have qtudied y o u r reswnse tc
rry letter uf 18 OCTOBER 1979 a m c e r n i n g the remains of Uni!.cd
S t a t e s a v i a t o r s located in gravPs n e a r Pe:zow.
T3c govcmment
of the Ilnired S t a t e s does not believe :?.at applying directly
?n German auth:rrit.ies, especial l y sincc t k c Hucbncr-MaI i n i n
A g r c c m n t EArr iclss 19 and 1 4 . A ) provrdes a suitabre means o f
a c t i o i i , uoull be q p r o p r l a t e . Please understxnd t h a t n u r p r i aary desire in t h i s Tatter j s the retJrIi arid :Lent ificaticrri of
:'lese v'rtims 05 t h e last world sar. W e do r.nt insiqt cn any
s2ecif'c plan rill R C i . i 3 1 1 . That IS, i f y n i would ?refer f o r c-ualified Sovier ml1i:ary persor:nel to exhcrte t h e remair!s fnr event m L turn oFer t o US, we would be t h a n t F J : . On ttic o t h c r hand,
5f ~ O zrefcr
J
to e n l i s r the a i 2 3f Sernan autkcrities within
y o r zone of responsibility that wc~lc! scent to b e entire:y
your r i g h t . Our original proposal tu bring q u a l i f i e d United
S t a t e s ;eraor.nel to the grave s i t e was made SO as t n p l a c c :i
n i n l m ~ m3urden cn yn.1 ar.d f o taXc advantagc of the unic:.ue
ahlilit.ies 0 : . m e American arrhrapoLogi5t who i.5 an e x p r t in
thssr: matters. Ke would r?preciate your consideratian u f tie
ahove fzicts end your cooperaticrt. UKQU:!TE
(:IjSblLM verbally added that a p x e d e n t k z d been s e t 13 r h e
handlinz uf a Br.tis1: airrrcft wreckage ir :IN 76. '%'he vzeckagc
was handed cuer t o the 3 r i t i s h '3p r h e S 3 v i e t s aC G:icncckc
Bridqe and CXTL he :csmcd a Soviet-?rlrisb VilitaTy o p e r a t i o n .
CUSV1.X a:so pnirted xi? ? * ? a t it was logically " l l a i s o n wrk"
Setween SERB ana IISMLI.1. Fiiippenko s t a t & tkat h e imdersz nnd
CUSYLX's ?usition ar:d concern in 9-x r e t i r n n f the A - e r i c a n
serviccmcn s bodies, and w u l ri relay the i n f o t n GSFG kQs.
CUSMLM nentioned r a c i o b r a a d c a s t s aboiit Sovtr:. t.ronp wi thcrawal
f !-om W i t te2blcsg and inq-Aircd a h m t 2r.y new deve1oy"ets.
Filippenko anwered in t h e negative. CUSMLF mentioned t h a t t h e
h t e for t3e T O W 3 2 r e c q t i n n unuld be 75 APR 80, and I:ili?penkn
s t a t e d t h a t i t was too e z r l y TO inf3rm C'NCGSFG, and t h a t
I M W 80 wo!ild b e n good r i m :3 g i v e hlm t 3 e invitalion.
ClJSMLY 2lso state6 the shortage o f o x East Gvrmar. worker at
t h e P o t s d a s :louse vias a prob:em and t h a t ,I rep:ace,aent was
n e e l e d ASAP Filippcnko said he wculd look iytri :.>e w . ~ ~ : . P Tfk:rthcr. CIISMLH asked about :tie s t a t u s nf h i s request. f o r rat.irn
~f t h e 17 SEP confiscated equipnert, and Filippankn m p l i n d
'",+bequestion i s sf i:! iu1 open one at Wiiecsdn-f."
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a.
Farnwei; I.uncheon a t t h e USKN Potsdai Iln;ise: O r 29 ,'an,
ClJS?lLX scneduled a luncheon/meeti nE between MS Groves, COS IISAXEUR
a ~ COL
d
GEti Griakevich, COS CSF'G, ai. the USMLM Potsdam House. The
p ~ r p o so f~ the lnncheor/meet.ing uas t o Frovite MI; Groves an o g o r t u n
Ley to say fara#ell t o h i s counterpart ? r i o r to YG Groves' depaTture
f u r a pew assignment in Washington. SERB xrfv-med IJSMLi4 that. CCL CEY
G r i n k e v i c h would be p r e v e n t . p L :Tom atterding ' ' o r l y by lisastrnus
weatper conditions'". A day ?rim to t h e srhedtlltd Itincheon, the
S m i t t s cancelled c u t dcc t o sickness or t+e ? a r t o f t h e i r COS.
b. Reer:l:a:nent
Ceremr.). at Potsdarr.: On 7.3 Feb. t h e 2WLY Prrtsdarr.
Holise was the 5cene of the 5-year reenlistment of SFC Ra:ph ';cma:x,
Tour NCO for IJSPILY Grour.d C p e r a t i o n s h i v i sinr. for t h e past. <.hree years.
H i s ''Tour Partner", YAJ ( P I Kosev:ch, r~w'3rehim in for the 3cw t e x ~f
s e r v i c e . The s e r m n n y , f o l louei. by a h d f e t 1Lr.sheon, was ui t.riessec
3y Yrs. Sernaine, COL Stoval:,. M U ?olozov, Acting CSERB ani. h i s wife,
and L T Trenin, English language interpreter for SLSR. The S n v i e t s
v e r y visibly er joyed witnes5;ng the ceremory a r d MA.; ?0132cv rPmem1:cred
t h a t SFC Germainc, alcost c:ie year ago to t h e day, had saved the l i f e
3f an East German civillan who nad f a l l e n throuKh the i c e nPar tke
JSMIA Potsdam Hocse. The occasion xas a pleasant one.
C.
TORCAII/'.JSMLM Anniversary Cclebration: 9n 2 7 A p r , CSKLM h o s t e d
rhe annual rece?tion commemorating t h e meetinj: of US ar.G Sov;et t r o o p s
on t h e Elhe River in APR 4 5 , v i r t u a l l y ending o r g a n i z e d Geman resistance in Yorld Iff'ar 11. The e v e n i n g a1 50 recognized t h e thirty serond
anriversary nl' ::?e s i g r i n g D f the Hucher-Yal i c i n A g r t e m n t , c s t a b i ishing GSMLM. The z03rs~nf t h e evening saw Army General I v a i o v s k i y ,
CINCSSFT,, declare t h a t the Torgau Celejcation n u s t , i - 1 f a c t , t e h e l d
annlia 1'.y S O as to b r i n ~ ;about increascd mutua 1 iinlcrstanding between
t h c miiitary - ~ p - e s e n t . ~ . t i v e so f the Sov'ct Ihiim and t n e United S t a t e s
':%ltit statement agreed w i t h t h e po*itior: o f Grnerai Rlanehard, CINEUSARELR. 3ther US Geicral 3 f f i c e r s a t t e n d i n g were: LtCer. 3ellis,
Vise C'IKCUSAFE. YG Haldanc, COS USAREiJR, Mi; A t k e s o n , D G 1 USAEEL'R.
M2 B e n c d i c t , USCCR, and PG C r i s t , Oep 5 - 3 IISFIICOM. Soviet. General
O f f i r e r s a l s o included CGI, GEN Grinkevich, COS GSFG, LTS Yashkin,
Dcp to C!NCCSFZ f o r Opn.s,'Tng. L T Kushniknv, C h i r f F n g r GSFS,
LTC; Kudrik. Pep CC 16 Ptir A m y , aad MG Vorobey'ei, OCSI GSFG.
A tots1
of n i x cther Soviet afficers frolr HQ GSFG, SERB. and S?ILV-F dtter;dPd.
:n scecial scanemoration of t i e occasion, S V L K provided largp pictures
of a previous m a t i n g Setwcer. Geroral Elanchard and Army C e n w a l
lvancvskiy appropriately inscribed "Tn Conir.enorat;on 0 5 3.m V r P t i n g s ."
Eo:k CINC's 5ignr.l rtic ?icture4, ? a t % kecninl; one as 3 memento of thcir
f i v e [JreViOus r e p t i n g s
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The com.me~tof the everting went t o GO:. SEN C r i c k e v i c h , who, when
m w t i r g LTC 01 chevi k, 3erl in Detachcent "A" Cownarde?, remarked,
"You're not going t:, kidn;lp nu t o n i g h t , a r c you?" Dct A i s protra,>ly
not 2 ''ccwer'' f o r t h a t o r j i a n i x a t i o n . T ? i s occasion marked Geceral
B:ancFard's
12s: v i s i t to I R W A a n d t h e -cur NCOs Fre;cntcd h i m w i t 3
- and he
a pewter beer mug b e a r i n g t 3 e icscriFticn " A Gc3r: Frier.d"
hac been just tha:: To USMLM.
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d . lndepcndecce Day CeIchratLon: On 01 J l i L , USMLM a c t & as
host for tlic annual Indepmdcnce Cay Yicnic at t h e Potsdan H Q U S ~ .Tn
a t t e n d a c e wcrc a7proximatc 1 y 700 S o v i e t , British, 1: rcnch, a n t US
guests. MG Haldane, COS IJSAREUX, 1cd the US contingent, which also
z.ncluricd Rear Admiral C a r r u l I , J S IISEIXOK, MI; A:keson, X:SI USAREUK,
and RG Xinne, AnCS Oas/Int USAFE. The Soviot. delegation was headed
by ZOL GEK Grinkevjch, 20s CSFG, and also included 1.W Kushnikov,
Chief Engr ZSFG, LTG V d ? i k , Uep C Z 16 IIR, mid MG Vor&y'ev, DCSI
GSCG. Fourteen 3 t F . w GSYC;, SERB, a d SGLM-F S w v i e t officers, WRY
accompnicd Sy t h e i r wives, a l s o took part in t h e fcztivitles. COL
GEN Grinkevzck was e x t r e m l y ?leased w i t h thc Berlin Bears Sc,uare
Dancing GrmF which performed as part 05 t h e d a y ' s ettertainnenr. I t
was learned !hat be i s d e f i n i t e l y a " I e g nan.'z Crinkcvict d i t wen;
to tire of the bcer and asked several times i f t 3 e host could n o t come
forward with a rea; Lrink -- Ruqsian vodka. This year, I:SMLM had a
trophy a v z i l a j l e LO nrcseiit t o t h c winner of t 5 e focr-puwe: volley
b a l l totirnacent a d , MG Haldane ?resented i t to b G ':oroSybc-cv n
: the
final ceremny of the day - - yes, :IF: Sovcef s won again. P h o t o s of the
function arc shcwi on t h e following pages.
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e . IJS Fourth of July Parade, Xest Herlin: COL Filippcnko, CSEKB
and his wife, COL Hineyev, GSFI;, and h i s wife, and !WJ P0107.0'~, DCSER3,
and h l s wife were i x v i t e d to at t e n d the parade; hcwcvcr, ac 1 5 o € t e n
the case w h e n dealing v i t h the Soviets, a d i f f e r e - l t Scviet d e l e g a t i o n
sFowed up a t Glienickc Bridge and was e s c o r t e d to the parade 5y GIJSMLM
MAJ Polozov, Acting CSEXR, YAJ Kokcrin, A c t i n g DZSEXB, W J
:)ksyJkavs:iy, SERR Supply off i ~ e r , ar:d L" Rashkm, SERB T n t e r p r e t - e r
None of t h e SEW3 o f f i c e r s carried c,ameras; :lowever, +.hey certain: y
braught hearly t h l z s t s f u r l i q . J i d r e f r e s h e n t s a t t h e I I z n a c k i.o:ise
Zeception fn1Iowing t:?e parade, w c h T O t h e chagrin of the Chief of
Mission.
f . Visit tc West Berlin Huseuas: As a resi::t nf a year-:orrg st.anding l n v i t a t i o r i from CUSMLM to IUIRJ P ~ : o z L ) v , a m a l l S o v i c t grcup acconpanicd COL and Mrs Stowail on a visit t ~ ?lie
)
E g y p t i a n , Rcichstag, and
l h k l e m Mscums in Itcst 3crlin on 15 AUG. The group bad lunch at thr:
Kurfurstendaam' ~i
Burger i i n g Restau-ant and 1 zl.er had dessert a?. t h e
residence o f tbe Chief of Mission. S o v i e t s j x !.be gruup Included MA1
and MXS Polozov, their 13-year o l d so2 Yuri , and Na:al f a Grjnkcw' r h ,
dwghtcr or" COT, CFK Gririkevi:h. Z i v i l i a r i clot*hi:ig was ti:: d r e s s of thc
day. 4s CUSMLM returncd t h e Soviets t o Glienickc B r i d g e f o r t r a n s f e r
to t h e i r Swdiet- s t a f f c a r , thar: c a r W a c - not. present., t > h d s , MhJ
asked ClJSVLX to & r i v e them to SERB in Potsdam.
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T h i s mwkcd a m t i e r L’SMH flrst whcn tke d r i v c r , SC‘I’ Se:ls (a 2or.acsrcdited USMLM’cr) and thc Chief c m s s a d through t h e S o v i e t cl:eckpomt,
drnppcd off Thc Soviets a t SERR, and retxrwd to Mest. Rerlia. ’Thc
guards a t t h e hrldge were a little flustered d i c n ?yw Polozov ordcrei,
‘‘Raise the S:hlrsgha:~ri!~~, l ~ t o, t h e r than ttlat, the ‘ ‘ i l legal” croqs:nE
wcnt w e l l .
E. 1,unch fcr Clhief SFRB anL his WLfP: In response to the 1: . U G
xnvi t a t i o n , COI, F i l i p r m k a , CSERB, and h i s recent.ly arrived wife,
Maria, attcnded il luncheon at. the residence of the C h i e f of Mission
on 16 AUS. The informal atmosphere mi2 the I:mch, prepared by Y r s .
Stoval1 and served by the S t o v n l l -hiLdren, secncd to Flease ahc
Filippcnkos. Krs. Filip?enko, on h e r first vis::: t o the Wcs:,
seemed at ease arid commented t h a t she ho;?ed t n visi: the museums of
Kcst Rerlir. also in tkc near future. Failure of the S w i e ? . cat- to
a p p a r again a t Glienicke Bricge ~ a v c3ISM!A his serond t r i p tu
Potsdam and r e t u x Ln civil:a.? cloths a ~ dmims the documents rFeck.
h. V i s i t to F r s t Berlin Wrsems: C W M ~ . h f and h i s w i f e cscurtpd
COC and MRS Fillppenko and CPT. Yarovenko, SERB Officer, and h i 5
k-ife, on a visit to t h e Uzhlem M i s c u m ant bruncli at :.he Interccn
tisent.al Hotel in Rest Bcrlin on 34 N3V. Acccptsnce for L h i s w e n t .
c m e as a r e s p n s e t o t h e 16 AUG invitat.ion by CUSYI.M. Mrs
aCle to
Filippcnko showed h e r expertise in :Tie arts whcn shp
i d e n t i f y the first wife t o t.hc artist. Rubens when t.hc name silppcd
from thc memory o f t h c very exccl ler,t guide who cnnducted t.he t o u r
thrnugh ’he I)ahZm. The occasior, wer..t very well and was b ~ another
t
a t t m p t o f USMLg t o 3ctter t t e relations k i t h the S o v i e t s - - a fiefinite part of aur missiou ( S C C photo top of next p a p in r e l a t i o n
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i, 'I'hariksRiving Day Dinner: On 2 4 NOV, USM1,M hostcd thc traditional Tkanksgiving Day Dinner at the Potsdam House. U S att.cnclees included XI; Aaldane, COS IKAREliR, and Yrs. laldarte, MG Clement, UCS ops/
I n t IJSAFE , and Mrs Clement, MG Atkeson, I X X 1 'JSARBUH, and Mrs Atkesnn,
MG Edwards, U i r of Log, USAFC, arid Mrs. l'dwards, KG Piala, HCS Engr
and.Housing USAREIJR, and. Mrs F-lal.a, and BG Kmrc, CUT; Berlin Rde, and
Mrs Y O Q ~ T:te
~ . Soviet group WRS i e d by COL E 3 Grinkevich and -included
fourteen o t h c r S o v i e t c f f i c e r s , al; accompn!iied by wives cxccpt tvm.
This presence of so many Soviet wives, especially the young wives,
perhaps marks a new t r e n d in social functiors w i t h the Soviets. In
the past, Few Soviet wives have attentled snch events. '%e S o v i e t
Gmcral. Officers in attendance, in adL,it.ion to Grinkevic-:I, were
MG and Mrs Smirnov (he only mixld give his job as ''Deputy Chjcf of
Staff"), an; MG Voroby'ev, DCST SSPG, ar.' h i s wife. The afternoon
was vcry rclaxcd and t'ne Soviets stayed a b i t 1.onge-r than normal
a t t h e irisiscance of t h l r C W . As 6e departed, he announced t h a t
the 3ther Soviets coulL' stay as lvng as they liked, but that ~ O T
h k , tomorrow was anotker working day. A tctal of 82 persons
attended the d i n n e r . Representative phctos o r the dinner are shown
an succeeding paces.
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j . Christmas Party for Putsdam House East &man Enployces; T h i s
and was a t t e n d c d by t h i rty
annua1 affair took place 03 2 1
USMLM'ers and their guests. The c;lent recognized t h e fine e f f o r t pxt
forth during the ?as? year by t h c ten East Geman employces a t t h e
Potsdam HOIISC. CUSMIM t h x k e d the mplayees for t h e i r support. and
hard work and g i f t s were r!lstributed to them on b e h a l f of everyone
fron lJSHLM. The i n f o r m i afternoon was enjoyed b y a l l . SFccial tributc
was F h i d t o Erna Eulmburg, who had kecn the dowstairs maid st USMLM
P o t s d L m f o r the past: 12 years. For thvsc USHLM'ers who go hack t h a t
far in time un previn:is sssignnents here, her hard work and dcdicat.inn were ~ e l known.
l
k. US/Soviet Gift Exchange: On 28 DEC, at l G U 0 h o u r s , CUSMIH
DCUSMLY, LtCol BuThanS, K4,;Goff, and M I Montgomery hosted a small
group o f SFRB o f f i c e r s at thc USMLY Yotsdan liousc. S o v i e t s prescnt
includcd COL F'iLippcnko, LTC Ipn'lozov, luIAJ Kokorin arid CPT OrIov.
LISMIX g i f t s were distribKted to SERB Ufficcrs, Potsdam Kmmandant
pcrsonnel, thc Glienicke Bridge Detachnext, and USMl.M, USAPP and
IJSAREUR g i f t s were presmted to SERB f o r re1ayir.q to certair? GSFG
a?d 16 Air Amy gcncrul officcrs. Drinks and h o t hors d'oewrcs
were served. Rcc~ntSoviet moves in Afghanistan were disnissed by
the Sovicts ?resent as t t 2 a~ fcw
~ tsoldiers t o kccp the peace."
The S o v i e t 4 departed a t i83C hours and used t h i s oppmtunity To
i n v i t e "four USMM officers'' to tome t n SERB on the €01 Iouihg day
for cheir presmtation.
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ii.
S o v t e t Amy/Savy Day ir! Potsdam: Sevcn USY.M on-pass officers
and their spouses attended the 23 FER Sovict Amy/Yavy nay celebration
at the Potsdam Soviet Officers' Club. Other attendees a t the function
included BRIXPIIS 33d FMI,M on-pass officers; CDL Morarzewski, nofish
Military Attache to Wcst Rerl is and h i s wifc; %x Kouba, liead of t h c
CzcRh M1;itary Mission in Wcst Berlin. and his w i f c ; Mr I;nrll~r,Head
of the Yugoslav V i l i t a r y Mission in West Berlin and h i s wifc; and thc
four R e T l j n Air Safety Center Chiefs, including LtCOl Ki C " 3 , USbP,
and h i s wife. A total n f nine Soviet General Officers were prcscnt,
including COL GEK Lrinkevich, ZOS TSFG, along with a t a r e appearance
of his wife; LTG Kud-ik, Dsp C[; 16 A i r Amy, and his wife; LTG
Kcshnikov, Chief of E n g r GSIX, ar,d his wife; and h!C Vorcb'211, DCSI
GSFG, and h i s wife. The xcnrairiinl: f i v e simply refuscL t o give t h e i r
namnes 01:job titles. As is' customary, COI, GEN Grinkevich's speech
traced the course of t h e Hed/Soviet Army from i t s fomding ''under
the watchful hand of V. 1 . Lcnin" (again, a b s n l i i t e l y no mention made
of Lcon T ~ o t s k y ,the f a t h e r of the Ked Amy) t o t h e present day
force which stands "as a protector o f the Penple's rights.*' This
year, t h e Chicis of tht. Mi1ita-y Liaison Missions were invitcd t o
stand alongside Srinkevich a t t k . ~head t a b l e as he delivered his
speech, which Mas ptonptly translabed i n t o English 5 y '.T I'renin mZ
i n t o French by L1' Shushuunin. The o f f i c e r s ' club was standing tal!
for t h e occasion and t h e food wns h c t w r than in p a s t years. n.e
only un?Ieasant conversations of' t t c evening centered around the
Chinese-Vietnamese involvemcnt and the S o v i c t insistanctt that it
was probxbly sanczioned, if not cncouragcd, by thc United S t a t e s ,
since t h c Chinese offcnsive commenced shortly after Premier 'Teng's
r e V m t o China from a i r i s i t to the US. A l l of thc SERB officers
wcrc on h a d and very c o r d i a l t o a l l Mission membcrs. The photo
appearing on the Rext ?age was raken by tk.e o f f i c i a l Soviet photagrapher anri prcsented to CUSMLM as a memento of t h e occasion.
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b. Visit to Karlshorst Soviet Museum ir. East Rerlin: Iluring
the I JUL Independence Day Picnic hosted by ltSMLM at. Potsdam, COY. GEN
Lrinkcvich learned that Mrs Ilaldane, wifc of t h e USAREUR COS, planned
a visit to East Berlin on the ncxt day and hoped t o tour t h c l'ergmion
Museum. Grinkevich i n s j s t e d that MTS Hzlldane's tour include the S ~ k t
Museum, and when he was informed by M A J Polozov t h a t it was closed on
t h a t particular day, he merely replied, "l'l? open It," RnJ he d i d .
Mrs HaIdane and t h r e e of her children and Mrs Stovall and hex daughter
wcrc treated to a t o u r of the museum arid a delicinus Russian mcal
a t t h e Warrant Officer's Mess at Karlshorst on 02 JUI,. MAJ I k l o z o v
acted as host and it markcd t h e first timc in USMLM h i s t o r y for such
an event, and perhaps, i s indicative of t h e good rclations that e x i s t
at present..
c , SMLM-F October Ravoluti on Reception in Frankfurt: CUSMKA and
Itis wifc attended the annuti1 rcception on 07 NOV as the guest of COT.
Gladkov, Chief SM1,M-F. MG and Mrs IIa3dane and M6 Voro3y'ev also
attended. This was the first t i n c in recent years that a Soviet
General Officer had attcnded.
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d . P m m t i o n Party i n Yotr;dmbn: COT, S t o v a l l , LtCal To:ige, DCIJSMW,
and LtCol Burhans, Chhicf USh!LM A i r Opns n i v , were invited, and attended, LTC Yolozov's p r o m t i o n party a t I Z O r ) hours on 30 NOV. 'Thc e v e n t
took placc a t SEKR HQS i n Potsdm and Kas a l s o atten2ca hy C? CYT
Botterill, Acting C h i d LIKIXHTS, and two o f h i s o f f i c e r s , and GOL
I'rautois, Lhicf FHLM and twu of h i s officers, along with t h e Polish
M i l i t a r y AttacLe to West Berlin, COL JIurar.:!ewski, and his deputy.
Sovicts present. vcre the newly promoted LTC Polozov and CUI.
l-'ilipycnko. Even though USHLM memry marked t h i s as the f i r s t Soviet
p r o m t i o n ?arty atcendcd by IISHLM'ers, i t was s t i l l expectcd to
follow t h e customary cold vodka, light hors d'oetlvres, and l i g k t
conversation - - a l l within an hour or m a . Instead, t h e cocktail,
hour-and a half turned i n t o a f u l l , seven course mrai including
smoked salmon, borsch, and, of course, :oads of cold vodka and
Armenian cngnac. The h e r i z a n contingent managed t o break nut of
the enclosure at 1645 hours; however, thc British and French ware
not so lucJry -- a fcvi were kept busy m t i l the guest passcs expired
a t midnight. I.TC Folozov had r e v e r t d t a clrinltzng water when next sccn.
e . Soviet-US G i f t F.xchangc: On 79 UEC a t 1100 hours, SERB hasted
small group nf uccredi tcd USMLM oI ficers, to inc ?ude CUSMrM,
XlISMLM, LtCal Burhans, and Mkl Goff. TI-c usual Yodka, nineral water,
salmon, sardines, n t d caviar werc servei. COL Filippcnko, 1.fC Polozov,
X U Kokorin, arid CPT Orlov (thc new SEHB supply o f f i c e r ) werc present.
The atmosphcrc was rclaxed end friendly. COX. Filippenko szated t h a t
he looked forkard t o ixcreascd qocial c o w a c t rlurinp, the new year
and hoped that things stayed on an "evcn kee:."
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a. P o l i s h Kcccption i n West Ref i n : C!JSYl,M and w ife and PJUSMIA
ucre invited and attended a 19 All, rcception a t the Polish M i l i t a y
Mission i2 West 5 e r l i n . Soviets itl attendance were: Army (;cnuriil
lvanovskiy, CINCGSFC;, and wife; l,TC Kudrik, Dcputy CG 16 hi, and
uife; 1,TG IJstinot., prohakle Lhicf of Rear Services GSFG, and wife;
MG Gronov, proha!,le Po:itical Officer T'?S, and uife; ML Mineycv,
Chlcf of Autobahns ard Check;loints ALPHA, BRAVO, AND CILZRLXE GSEG;
MAT Folozov, Acting CSFHB; MAJ Kokorh, AcLing DC3ER3; and CnT
Yarawmko, Geman language i n t erprctcr SERB. The recc i vine line
consiszcd of Minister Pekata, Ct-ief of the ? o l i s h Military Mission
i n Wcst Berlin and l i s wjfc and COL Markuszcwski, Yilitary Attache
t o West Bcrlsn and h i s wife. During the c o w s e of t t c cveni7g, Army
LencraI Ivunovskty wcnt into a l o t n f d e t a i l ex2laiakng t o CUSMLM
h i s strong feel ings and rcsptct for GEN R l a n c h r d as a soldier,
a man af staight-forwardness, and a noli-pcllitical man. 'The Sovicts
arrived at 1900 hours :md dcpartad at- 213L' hours. Lt was a friendly
eveninz,
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b. Csechaslovakiun Peoples' hrny Day: C I I S W and wife wctc t h e
only USMLM irivitees acd attendees a t the reception at the Military
Mission o f the Czechoslovakian Republic in Wesr Borlin on 4 XI'.
The
rccciving l i n e consisted o f the Chief of the Military Mission,
Lakislav Kouba, and his k i € e and LTC Knapek, Military Attache and
h i s w i f e . Sovicts in attendancc wcre; L'I'C Xovoseletskiy, First
A s s i s t a n t to the COS [;SI[;; MllJ Krestyanikov, GSFti officer; :we
11/1 LrC from GSW; COT, Filippenko, CSERB; M A J Kokoric, SERB officer;
and LT :renin, English lanfliagc interpreter SERB. During the C O L ~ S ~
of the evening, 'LiG Movoseletskiy nrde it knma t o CUSMJ-M lhat:
he was t h e CSFC officer responsihlo f o r the investigation s~rrounding
t h e detent ion of a U S W . A i r Tour on 17 SEY 79 wh-ich rcsalted ir, thc
c o n s f i s c a t i o n of the tour's equizmcnt and, stated that t h e question
of the r e t u r n of the equipnent wis "still an open one." Ilhe food was
good, atmospl-,crc f r i e n d l y .
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UNCLASSIFIED
PAHT IV
A.
[U)
MISSJON SUPPORT
GENERM,:
3 . 'I'hc Huebner-Mal inin Agrccmcnt a i d IISAREUR Rcgulations 550-44.5 and
700-350 provide f o r l o g i s t i c support t o IISMLM an3 to t h e Soviet Military Liaison
Mission, Frankfurt ( S m - F ) by t h e headquarters t o wh4ck. they arc accredit cd.
USMLFi rcccives additiunal smport fron Comnndcr, ljS Army Berlin as well.
Although showing some signs of improvement in 1979, Soviet support remained at
t h c barely adeqwtc level; as in the past, cajoling and pressure wore required
t o obtain necessary supplies ant: ssrvices. Support from US Amy Berlin was
most genemiis, e f f e c t i v c mnti v i tal to thc successful accomplishment o f IJSMlX's
miss i o n .
2. Three najor projects, dcsigned t n inprove USMl#'s ability t o produce
a more comprehensive tiad current yroduzt, wcre impemtented or were angoinE i n
1979. The p r o j c c t s were:
.
a. USMIA Berlin iicadqua-rtcrs h u i l d i ng expans inn project Planning continued throughout 197!) on the building expansion project. Hy thc enti nf t h e year
fina; f l u u r plans had bccn approvcd and S l u e prints drawn. These p l m s prov i d e f o r a moircrn an2 fully equipped photo lab on t h e basement f l o o r of thr
cxpanded portion and o f t i cc space fcr the (;round Qprat.ions Divis ion 011 the
first C ~ O O T . The latter w i l l place r i l l operations Civisions, Air, I;mmd 2nd
J o i n t , or. one f l o o r wid w i l l make it significantly easier t o c o o r d i n a t e a c t i o r s
and trade information. Groundbreaking is scheduled i%r Spring of 1980, as soon
us the ground thaws, arid the expected occupancy datc is December 1980.
b. WORD PRMXSSINC Equipment. Although approval fwt h c word processing
cqui;lmrtt was received i n trecemjer 1978, acqiiis:tion of tF.e equipment was delayed throughmt 1979 because o f :hc inability of any aanufacturer t o provide
an approved TEMPEST-searcd system. The propesed c ~ n t r a c with
t
CPT C o r p o r a t i o n
was 3~0ppcdhecause of theiT inability to provide an approve2 'TEMPEST package
m y earlicr that DeccnSer 1979. Aftex mc:i research, and b'ith 3 g r c a t doal of
assistance from IlSCOR AC Achin Services rlivisimi (specifically Mr. Jack
Nickens), HANG Corporation was selectrd as tke comar,y most. appropziatt: to uur
needs, including t h e TEWFS'I' reqciremcms. A l t h o - q h W A X had n o t yet Teccivcd
t h e final blessing on t h e i r TEWES'I' package, an on-site t c s t of a smplr: of
t h e i r equipment at USMIM 3 y t h e TEMES.' team of the USARFU'K Sccdrity Dctacknsnt indicated tF*aT thc Equipment WRS secure in the particular environment in
Nhich it was t o bc oTerated. 'therefore, w i 3 t h i s approval a contract was
awarded. The equipment should bc delivered in tiw Sming of 1959. The word
processing center wi 11 Le centrally located 011 the s a c f Loor with Ai r, Ground
and Jn I nt Divisions (once 12-x bui:ding expansion p m j c c t is conpleterl3, rcak ing
it castly a c c e s r i b l c to a l l three Divisions.
c . USMIhl TDA. Although il ncw 'TUA was i r . p l e m n t e d us recently a: 2 1 N3V
7 3 , the t r a x f c r of the LARKSPUR r r n j e c t t o IlCST US(XlY on 12 .JULY 79 and t h e
expansion of SWI)IIUKE into a project of rajor proportions necessitated another
rcoryanization. A l s o , t.hc TilA contaj ne2 IiiRnifj cant gaps i n t h e ?e!rsonnel
aurhorized c v l u m , particularly ir. the c i v i l k n and senior enlisted ;'usit ions.
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On 25 .lun 79, Chief, IISMLM traveled to Heidelberg to prcsent hls p:ca to thc
C h i c f sf S t a f f , UShREUR for g r a n t i n g the authorizations for these positions.
Although thc Chief of Staff was unable to h e l p , KST IJSAKEUR was mast generous
in transferring t w o civi linn space authari z a t i o n s frron h i s staff to 'JSVlM.
Thcsc two spaces Kent t o t h e GS-I; SANUUIINI: Coordinator position arid thc GY-9
Jntelligencc Analyst p o s i t i o n ix t h e Ground Operations 3ivision. l'he two
Rcntlearn occupying t h o s e p o s i t ions, Geoff G i l e b ani J d c k Bai.ley. deserve
spccial thanks for their 1oyalt.y and perscverancc through one and il half
years o f being terrqorari ly rehi red every ~ F T C Cm n t . h s . (3n 119 Dcc 79 USCOB
authorized three tcmporary LS pnsi?.ioiis for R u s i a n trans lators in the SANDDUNE Section. By the end of Decemhcr, USPILM already hat1 several ayplicants
f o r the j i b s . This m v c wrumiacs to >e a very satislzctory s o l u t i o n to zhe
SAY1)I)lJP;F. trimslutinn problem for t5e short tern. F o r the long tern., we hopc
tn get approval i o make them permancnt DAC positions. A t t h e end of the year
work was h t i n R completed on a request f u r changes t o the I'UX t o b e s d m i t t c d
an i5 Jan 80. Tn a d d i t i o n to those modifications ncntioncd above, pigs
correction of minor errors and inconsistencies, thc fu; lowing major chanl:os
were to he -eqiiestcd:
I
1 . Transfer o f military wtkmrirations from lowr-gmdc common W S n o s i t i o n s tu f i v e upper-grade positions which arc considered c r i t i c a l t o USMLM
43peratiu;l hut for ahi ch no authori z a t i on currcntly e x i s r s .
Transfer of the USMC LtCDZ billet from the Joint Operations Division
This i n d i v i d u a l vi31 then hecomc a full-time toiir o f f i c e r .
2.
t o a ncwly created Kava1 Operations Division.
3 . ZonverTion nf thc ;losition of Chief, Joint: Operatinns Division from a
military to a civilian spacc a t t h c GS-12 i E t Y c . 1 . His respons1bi:ities would br
primarily collec*tion managenext a2d maagnment o f t h c ye:-to-he fornet. K'ord
Pmcessing CegTer.
1.
UurinE 1979 S u v i e t logisrical support: f o r the P0TSI)M IIocsc improved.
As usual, l o g i s t i c a l support appeared to he inspired nore by S o v i s t generals
repairs that were underattendj ng a llSMLM function rather than n e c e s s i t y .
taken werc n o t narred by poor schedule coordina:inn as was tkc c a ~ cin previous
'me
years. For t h e f i r s t . time, the Soviets made it. clear t o t h e East German contractor that he and h i s workeTs were to be s q c r v i s c d by the Fotsdam O I C . Making thc ?ti contractor r e s p n s i h l c t o the Potsdam OLC: was a sigaificarit step
in improving t h e quali:)' of' repairs. A prop,ram was started t o improve living
c o n d i t i o n s on t h e sccond and especially the third floor of bhc ?otslan House.
' f i e i n t c r i c r of the house was p a i n t e d , n e w furnitdre was ordered, old furniture
recovered. p i c t m e s hung, aml floor t i l e o-rdcred. l'he Snvicts 5ave on several
x c a s i u a s rcfer-red to t h e many improvements u n i e r r J e n by CSYLM i n a favorable
1 ight. 'Ihis nay be one reason f o r thc increased cooperation.
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2 . Administrative:y, the S o v i e t s have continued t o 5e r e s p n s i v e to
requests for coal, soap, fluest passes, and l a s t minute guest pass chan,nl2cs.
The yearly revalidation of personnel and vehicle pa+scs was s i g n i f i r * a n t l y norc
efficient than l a s t year.
3. Attempts wcrc made by USMZM t.0 i n s t i l L loyalty and price i 7 t o the East
Geman s t a f f . An i;tcentivc program and f r e c days were part. o f t h a t attempt.
I l e staff bas been g i v c n a free day on t h e i r birthday; a f r e e day the day of
t h c i r Chr<sCiias Party; clnd t h c workmri and maids are n o t rcquised to wnrk on
wcckcnds unless opera: ional necess'ity r i i c t i l t e s their k-orking. [Jnfilled staff
s l o t s continue to placc a h r d e n 0 3 rhc maids. The szaff has npcratet, f o r
most u f the year, with eight of the 1!1 authorized slots. The two u n f i l l e d
st.aff slots a r e naid slots.
C * (U] HFKLIN BKITADE SIJ?PQPT: Berlin 3rigade conrinueC to prcvide t3mely
arid effec :.i
vc support o f USMIM d u r i n g 6 979. Siipppor t i n c Luded :
:,
Approval f o r a-id delivery o f tCle XEKOX Model 920C duplicating machync.
2.
Fcmjhhing aaid, gardener (cvcry twu aecks) and security guards €or the
West RerlIn Hendquartcrs.
Self-scrvice supply ccnter itms in t h e amount of TIM 34,687.68 for
3.
o f f icc, cleaning and vehicle supplementary supplies; nf this amcmt, I
.W 3 , I60
uas used t n provide cleaning supplies f n r the P o t s k m House not provjded by the
Soviets.
24,680 g a l l o n s
4.
Gasol inc:
5.
O i l Supplies: 371 liters
6.
Fouse.
Supply o f t w o 16 ~rmmovie
projPrt.ors for v i e w i n g of films at Potsdnn
7.
Replacement of t3ree refrigerators at Potslam t o i i s e .
8.
Const.rnct icn of four concessi on booths f w the Independence Day Picni-r:.
9. The following improvements to the Nest Rer 1 in Iieadquarters hui 1dir.g asd
the Potsdar H o ~ s cwere mnlc by t h e Hlrectoratc of Enginesring and Housing:
a. Tnstallatiog of sccurity l i g k s around the perimeter of thc West Rerljn
ccrpouna.
CmstruLtion of tciic:
guard,.
b.
facilities with an uutside xccess door f o r thc
St?CllTity
6.
I n s t a l l a t i o n o f acoustic tile i n thc AJmin o f f i c e and Ground Operations
I l i v i si on ha1 lwiy.
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d . Prcparetion of t h c R q r o d x t i o n Fac i 1 i ty for i n s t a 1 l a t i o n of thc
XEROX 9200, inclucing j n s t a l l a t i o r i of a c o u s t i c t i l e mnd shelving,
e.
Placirg b i l c on the bascmcnt hallnay f l o o r .
f.
lnstallation of t w o cipher security doors.
R. hplacement o f safety mirrors a t t h c ciitraiice/exit of t h e Kcst Berlin
compomd f o r vehicular t r a f f i c .
h. Placement of rcflectiilg security f i l m
quarters b u j 1ding .
08
windows of Wcst Berlin Haad-
i . plant in^ of grass, bushcs and flowers t.a enhance tke aypcarance of tho
West B e r l i n campound.
j.
SuppJy of t i l c for recovering t h e t h i r d f l o o r of tkc Yotsdan llousa.
k.
Provision of 275 kilos of p a i n t for t h e outside o f the Potsdam House.
Supply of grass seed and fertillzcr to Putsdm House
1.
of grass.
1.
Vchicle Status:
a,
As of
I)
Fleet Composition:
fOT
replanting
OS. Jan 79:
Onc 1977 Ford LTD Sedan
Two 1977 Ford T,TD Station Wagons
Six 1977 Ford Broncos
Scven 1976 QeL Admirals
Two 1978 Ihdgc Ranchargcrs
Three 1977 Opel niplomats
lwo 1978 Opel SWI~LOTS
Onc 1975 Ford Tracsit Yrtn
'Iota1 Nunber Vehicles: 24
2)
Accreditations : Vehicles were assigned a g a i n s t llSKbMt s t e n accredita-
t i o n s as f o l l o w s :
PLATE YWBX
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20
21
22
23
24
-VEII 1 CLH
1 x 1977 Ford
2 x 111?? Ford
2 x 1477 Ford
1 x 1'577 Ford
3 x 1976 Ope1
rv-4
LTD Sedan
Broncos
Broncos
LI'D Statinn Wagon
Admi rals
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3 x 1977 Opel 1)iplonats
Z x 1978 2pcl Senators
2 x 197;' Ford Broncos
3 x l g / h Ope1 h k n i r a l s
2 x 1978 Dcdgc RamcLiasgers
25
2 tl
2:
28
29
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As of 31 CEC 79:
E 1 ce: Lomposit ion
One 19;"/ 'ord LTD Sedaq
Two 1977 ?o?d LTD Stat ion Xagons
'Tkrce 29'l.i 5crA Rroncos
Three :976 Opel AdxLrals
Three 1977 Gpe1 Diplcna's
Two 1978 Ope1 Senators
' h o 1.378 Ycrcedes 3SCE Scdans
six 1979 k r r e d e s 3306 Scdaris
Three 1979 Kangc Rovers
One 1Y75 Fnrd T r a n s i t Va:i
Total Xmber of Vehicles: 26
2) A c c r e d i t ati3r.s:
t a t i o n s as f o l l o w s :
20
21
22
2s
24
25
26
27
2x
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Vehicles were aqsimned agaiqst lJS:.ILM's ten dccredi -
1 x
3 x
2 x
2 x
2 x
3 x
Z x
1977 Ford LTIl Scdan
1377 Ford RTnnco
1979 Hercedes 350E Sedan
1978 Hercedcs 35Ck Sedan
1979 Mercedcs 350E S e e m
1977 Upel Diplomat
I978 Opel Senator
I x 1979 Rari~cRover
2 x t9?9 Mcrcedes 3i3E Sedan
2 x 1979 Range Rover
As can be seen from the forugoicg l i s t . 1979 % a s the year for a sigr.ificarit ~ p grade and modern! zatiori oi t h e tour car f l e e t , By rkc Riddle u f t h e year, the
Broncos had b e c x c a h e a ~ ymairtenance burden arid r,cedeL to be rcplaced. The
first two MercefiPq Sedans dcliuercd in 191'9 were put 011 p l a t e C 2 2 , replacing
t w o Hronccs, rchich ther went to back u? plates rt 2 1 and f 2 7 . Tn December,
p l a t e P 2? HAS assigned c: a R m ~ eRover afid two B r a n c o ~were turned in to T M P
Iczvir!g t'rree Bror.cos Lo back lip plate 8 2 1 . A t year-cn6 t h e pian W E S t o s t r i p
t h e t w o Broncos turned in and place t k e m j o r coc?onents "on t h e shelf" f o r
i m e d i a t e repair of t h e Terair,inR thrue. Ai'hcRmcharKers txrntd o c t td h e a
"big" diss?pointncnt. They weTe mech&nicnlly unrrl i a h l c and j u s t t o n b i g , cumjersome, a:ld r n t icca'jle f o r o p c r a t i o n s jn the nI!R*
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.
1,Tt'
Hmilton and SSG T i f f a n y mr.agcd to "dispose" of one of them i n the 13 M K
79 ir.cl.dent %t Athenstedt, and t h e other was rcturned t o ?MY i n October and W R S
subsequently given t o the Eclnstcdt Detachment.. It was repIEce2 on plate c29
hy a Kange Kover. PIAr;gust t w o mort. Yerccdcs Sedans were delivered and replaced tllc Ad3ira:s QII plate $ 2 4 . Thlc final two Mercedes Sedans arrived in
l k c m b e r , bringing the total. o f qercedcs Sedans t u e i g h t . They replaced the
last OF the Admi-rals or. p l a t e t 2 8 . A siTnificact increc?se in t r a c t i o n and nmea
rerability of t h e Mcrccdes S e d n r ~was p ' n c d w i t h t h e acquisition of: the
Dunlop R a l l y tires. TF..ese tires have been major fast.or in .Wrcedes' top p e r
fomunce in long-distance cross-country races, and thcy have earned man imous
p r a i s e fro= o u r tour personnel
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[C) PHOTQEX4PH11: TABOWfCRY (SoTii:
section arc classificd C3M1’IIIf!NTIAL]
A l l succccding s.ib-iaragrap:is in this
1. Due to t h c loss of Project IARKSPIJR, p o d - x t i o n fignres for 1479 show an
ovcrall decrease, of a b perzeqt:. ’I’he number of pcrsonriel assigned to t h e
facility was rcduced by 29 percent, from scven in 1978 to five in 1979.
Even vri th the decreasc IT: prcduction, t h c laboratory c o r i t i n m d t o produce a
largc amount of h i g h quality photo products f o r i t s s i z e .
2 . lr. adcition to proccssing m
C printing i a q c r y acquircd by tour per>onr.el,,
t3e l a h o w t o r y on numerous occasions was cal l c d upon to carry o u t speci a1
projects, to include:
a. Photoogra;lhir.g, Frocessir.g. and ? r i e t iny m t c r i a l s froa l’aison fun=.tions, t o include the Torgau, Jrxkpendcnce 3ay, and ‘ l h a n k s g i v i ~ gk y celc5rat i o n s h e l d at. thr: Potsdram F i s s i o n Eotisc.
k.
P r o c u c i ~ gi d e n t i f i c a t i o n ptotos for pcrsonnel ioards, 1U cards, and
Sovict accreditation documents.
3.
c,
Prozessing and production of briefing materials.
d.
Repraducing and p r i n t i n g ‘I’M maps.
Pmductior. S t a t i s t i c s
Black and lr’hite
Color
Duplicate Btack and White
5637
1688
3768
?Ad9
49
1752
254:’
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PRINT YKOUUCTlON
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I978
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I979
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?soois
1R h i n t s
I
194,385
f*89,832
134,324
28?, ‘718
B CfNANtiE
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UNCLASS1F1EB
ANN3X A
in cnnformity i r i t h t h e provisions 3 f Artizie 2 of the Agrterncnt on
"Centrol Mecl;anisn ir [ ~ c n a n y " ,Novenbbcr '1, 1944, the IJS and the Sov
i e t Commders-in-Chief of :3e Zones o f Occupation in Gernany have
agreed t n cxchanee Mi 1. itary Llaiscln Y i s s h n s accredi t c d to their
s t a f f s in tFc zones ant apFrvve the following regulati0r.s concerning
t.hPFc missions:
1 . These Kissions ;;re military missions and h a w no x t h o r i t y
over qcadyi-parti t-c military Kovernment aissLons or pctaIy military
govcmmen:: m i z s i o n s of each r c s p e c t i v c coun:ry , either zcnpararily
or permanently, on duty ir. either zone. Iiowever, t>cy w i l l rendcr
what.evgr aid OF assistance to said. m i 1 ktztry government missions as
is practicable.
2 . Missiuns w i l l 5c conposed D f sir, navy, and a m y reprcsectatiues.
There rzill b~ na poJ ittcal rcprescntatlvc.
3. The missinns w i l l consist of nu!. to exceed fourteen (14) o f f i .
cers and en1 1 s t ed personnel. T t i $ number wi 11 incluce a11 necessaTy
technical p s s o m c l . vff ice clerks, ~iersonr,elxith qpecial qualificat ims, and pcrsonncl required t n operate r a d i o stations.
4 . Each nissior: will be un&r the nsders of the s e n i o r member o f
the rrisrlcn who ill he ac;lointad and known a5 ''Chief o f t.he United
States (or Soviet) HI 1 itary Kission:'
5. The Chief of t h e Misqion will be accredited to t h e ComanZerIr-Chief of the oc.cupat:on forces.
3n thr. IJnited S t a t e s Zone the Mission w i l l be accreditcd t o the
Cnnrmander-<n-Chief, Unized S t a t e s Etrropean Co,maad.
Tn the S o v i e t Zone thc M s s x n n w i l l 3r: accredited tc thc Zvmandor
i n - C h i d af t h e S r o q of S o v i c t Dccupatjonal Fcrcec in Germany.
6, Tn %he L h i t e d Stcltcs Zone the Soviet M i s s i n r will he offerec
quarters in t h c rcRion of Frankfurt.
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UNCLASSlFlED
UNCZASSlFIED
7 . In the Sovict. Zone the
quarters a t or near Potsdm.
United S t a t c s Mission will be ofEcred
8 . Tn thc l l n i t e d S t a t e s Zone t h e Chicf of the S o v < e t Mission will
commur.icat e with A/(: of S t a f f , C- 3, llnitcd S t a t e s E:wopcan Commarid.
9. fn t h r Soviet Zone the Chief of the United S t a t e s Missinn will
conmunicatc with t h c Senior O f f i c e r o f tlrc S t a f f o f the C o m n d c r - i n L3liCf.
10. Each member of the nisslons wili be given i d m t i c a l trave:
f t l z i l i s i e s to include identical permanent passes in thc Russlan an&
English languages permitting conplete freedom of travel wherever 31r1
whenever it w i : l he desired over t ~ r r i t o ~and
y roads in b o t h zones,
e x c e ~ tplaces of disposition o f military u n i t s , without escort or
siipcsv i s i on.
of t:qc Soviet or Ur,ited States M'ssion mrts
t h e United States OY S o v i c t headquarters. military gouernm n t o f f i c e s , forces, u n i t s , military schools, factnries, and enterprises which are under United S t a t e s or S o v i e t control, a corresponding request must be nadc to Director, Operatiogs, Plans, Organi~stion
and Training, Ei:ropenn Commd, or Senior Officer, Headquarters,
Group of Soviet Occupational Forces in Germany. Such requcsts nust.
be acted t i p a within 24 - 72 hours.
Each time any member
to
v1si.t
Members of t h e missions are rcrmittcd a l l i e d eucsts a t the headq d a r t u r s o f t h e resnectivc missions.
1 . a. Each mission will have its own radio station for coxnunication with i t s own headquarters.
b . In each case couriers and ressengers w i l l be given farilities
f o r free t r a w l hctween the headquzrtcrs o f t h e nissjon and the headquarters 02 t h e i r r c s p c t i v e Comandcr-in-Chief. Thcsc cwrieTs will
enjoy the same i m w n l t y which i s rxtended t o diplomatic couriers.
c . k a c h mission will be given facilitics f o r telephone camnuricatjons t.hrm:gh the l o c a l telephone exchange at the headquarters, and
they will also be given facilities such as nail. telephone, and tc:e
graph tlrough the PX is t i ng xealns of conmi7 i cat ior, whcn t.he members Q f
the mission will be traveling within t h e m n e
In case of breaktiom
in the radio i n s t s l l a t . i o n the zone comandcr? ill rrndcr a l l possi1:le
a i d and will pcrmit temporary 3se of thcir own systcms of cammimicat ions.
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1.2.
Thc necessary rarions, P.O.L.
suipp:ies, aad hwisehold s e r -
vices f o r thc m i l i t a r y s.issxons u i : l br: provlded tnr 5y t h e headqJarttrs tu w h i c h accredited, hy mcttod of mutual corrpensat-inn ir, k z r d ,
supplemented by such itcns a s desired t o !le furniShcd by their own
headquarters ln w!dit.inn,
t h e respective missinns m indi;ridual ocrbers of the
missions nay pcrchase i t m s of S o v i e t
UT United Stares origin which
nust be p a i d f o r In c m t e n s y specified by tfie headquarters r m r r o l l ing ?.om where pwchnsr: is made.
13. Thc b u i l d i c g s n f e3cn m i s s i o n wi:l
cxtra-terri t.oria1 i t.y .
enjoy f u l l r i g h t s o f
14. a . The task 01 the mission w i l l be r n maintain liaison
het.wen both Commaaders- in -Chicf and t h e i r staff^.
b. In each ?.me the missions will have the r i g h t t o engage i n
uattcrs cf protecting t h c in-erests of t.heir national? ant! to makc
representations accorcingly as well as in matters of prvtezting
t h e i r p r o p e r t y interests i n the zone where thcy a r e locabed
They
have a r i g h t t o render a i d ta people of their own country whc are
v i s i t i n g the ?.one whcre they are accredited.
1.;. This agreeneot may h e changed 07 amplified by mutual zonsenf
to cover ncu suhjccts when the nee2 arises.
i h . This agreement is written ir. the Russiarl and EnKlish IanEiiageq and b o t h t e x t s are a u t h c r t i c .
17
This agrocnent hecomes va:iC when signed by thc Deputy
Commanders of t h e Unitel Stares and Soviet. Zoncf, of Occupation
/si
/t/
/SI
C. R. H u d m r r
Lieutenant Senera1 HIJEBNCR
/ t/
n e ~ u t yCommander-ic-Chief
Eurapean Command
Ma1ini.n
Co lone t -General MnLINLH
neputy C o m m d e r -ir,-6hief
Chief o f St,aff of t 3 e Group
of' Soviet nccupdtlonal Forces
ir: (;ernany
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UNCLASSIFIED
ANNEX
R
NIlMBER OF TOUR M Y S
111
43
87
56
98
50
84
WY
57
105
d UIle
47
x Ir
July
53
99
Augus t
48
96
September
52
96
52
98
42
8.4
49
89
61.0
1132
Ilecember
TOTALS
B.
DISTANCE TMAL, 1979: 717,972 km
C. COMPARISON, 1978 AND 1979:
'IKUH s
1978
-
1979
-
563
610
I 08:
TCIJR D A W
li32
R- 1
.,.
. . " ,...
.
BRkVCH
OF SERVICE
,
.
.
.
USA
COL
I156
USAH
USA
USA
USA
USMI:
USA
US AF
USA
USA
IJSA
IJSA
USA
Capt.
Capt
Capt
Capt.
BQDKIH, HAROLL) N.
EAKRJ SON, HFRREKII' A.
M A X I S , JACK D.
1.1HOMI ROV, 11IMIr w L .
1 LT
:ISA
GEKTFTSEN, JACK H.
-WET~ M E Z , AWWOLO
.I. A.
K K K I CHI', LLk.VEIAND A .
RYAN, JOHN S .
C H , G:AsTl)N E : .
FALCO, MIC'IAEI. P.
HhRRl SON, Al,FF(ED I
R.
.I 0 i . W " >%lRV>A L *
KXlJSt:, MICHAEL 1 .
MXLLFZ, CLXRAD H.
WROS, MARSHALl, In'.
W A L , CHESS!,IE R.
HIDER, DAVTL' R.
C.
.:ESSTE C;.
TTFFASY, IMSS-JOACH 141 H.
SAT'G33, GREGORY
SCK4TZ
I
VILLCRY, %?BERT I,.
MH!,EN. MICHAEL. K.
c
1
IiPLUK
.-
MAW
9’5
RHO&-’?,
31UES A.
I JSA
SYS
CCUIARDT, ALTON J. I I I
SGT
FORRES, JAMES 1,.
GUZNW, IlJIS R.
USA
us A
USA
HCLFORD, GENE F .
USAI:
sc‘r
SSgt
ssg t
M1 LLAHI),
SY5
SGT
MILLER, ROBERT E.
RrWEY. U R K Y 1).
ti8 I I,EN E.
SP5
POLSSLTR, PA111. F .
SP3UUILL, HTGUFI.
SGS
SPS
SSgt
SHANAHAN, KOBELI‘:’ 2 . 1x1
srs
SF4
9’4
S Pd
W001)KODV, MICI MEL
ZkLIKSKI, THOMAS A .
BUXTON, XIMTS E.
IJSA
CAI’HEKISF. A .
WFWn’l-l, IIkVDY B.
I!OLLIDAY, CORA I..
KENNEDY, CLEWTE I,
MII’I’E, 1”dEIA
usR
U.<A
USA
lJSA
USA
USA
USA
PFC
YFC
M I I E Y , JOIIN M.
C.LWELL, KIM
CORBETT, ‘KlI.l,lAM It.
WERGHS, HORRY
GYI,ES, CEOFFREY N.
ti:lf(XlKY,
s.
LYWE
MOONEY, HELEN n.
HEAST, HOSEMARIE
2.
USA
lXA
USA
USA
TIRAP
CRITF.:.I.L,
5P4
SP4
SP4
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1:SA
USA
DFPARTEES, 3979:
DEPARTIIRE
DATE
- -
-NAME
.
ccr, STCGER,
UOKGH F.
17 A11g 79
10 .Tu1 79
05 May 79
24 .Tun 79
lyiAJ
BROSPIAIIAY, PATRTCX M.
MAJ PCNROI), J O H N L.
1 K Apr 79
2h JUII 79
C T BEMtUICT, RTCHAKU A .
2 1 Jun 79
c-2
CIV
c1v
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CIV
ClV
I:IV
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CTV
ss(; W4RIIN, J0;m R . JR.
SSG M T J A R ~ S , m" n.
SSG XTCHOLLS, JEITREY 1..
SSG ROACF., ROBEKT F .
SSG S'LWNGE, GREG3RY B.
SSG ,
"ES
UAYLL) hi.
SSG KIHS, GEORGE 6.
SP5 WRG, JEFFREY S.
BURKE, MICHAEI, F.
scr
30 Juri 73
E7 A'JR '19
27. Jan 79
10 SUI '19
07 hug 79
03 k
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c 79
10 Jill 71)
18
May 79
/Y
SGT FKZDERICK, S'j'BPIEN . I .
Stit' SELLS, JCKN
SF.5 SMI'IH, LESLIE 3.
17 Cct
03 Aug
30 Sep
04 SRP
SP4 GEERSON, EDWAR11 B.
SP4 PKTNGLE, hVELYS V .
SP4 VAHONE, JEXNIFEK
15 Feb 79
10 J u l 79
13 Nov 79
?Y
'1'9
79
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x
G N L M PKRSTXc’h’FI,, 1978
OFFTCT: OF THE C H I E F 01 MXSSIOK
LTCOL JAWS M. ’t‘ONGE
COL Do?: 3. STOVALL
CHIEF OF PIJSSTOK
UEPUTY CfiTCF OF MI SSIOY
KIM CATTXELL
SECREI’AXKY
MS
D- 1
..
. .. . . .
MTSSlilN SUPYOKI' UIYISION
LTC EDWARD A . HA41ILTON
EXECUTIVE 3FFICER
Sc;T ,JAWS 1,. FORBES
C O W SPECIALlST
3- 2
MB
BOBBY IIOLRGES
CIIl EF ‘ S ‘IRIVFR
D-3
LTC KDRhK‘l M. BEWING
UIVlSlOh CHlkF
LTC ROGRR ’l’- H i L‘l’OK
OPERATIONS OFFTGER
LTC R I C I W S. KOSFVTCH
FeAJ ROBERT L. GACXON
‘IOUK OFFICER
’I’OUW O.kF1CEK
D-4
MAJ .JOlI.‘i 1:. GOFF
TOUR OFFICER
SSG MAUSHALL
TnUR NCO
SSG CRhCOXY 6. SAT3RO
INTELL ANALYST
w.
WROS
SP5 MICHAEL HoolF!OOP
TOIJR NCO
SP4 EUWIli E. RUK’I’09
TNTELL MALYSr
MS LYNNE GREGQRY
REPORTS CI,ERK
S Y 4 CORA I.. IIOLLIDAY
REIJOKI’S (:LERK
i
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LTC3L JAMS E. RClLLY
DTVTSJW CIJTEC/h’AVREP
SFC JOIih‘ S . K Y M
DJYlSYOEi NCOIC
3-9
ILYNEX E
Ihc majority of the m a t e r i a l preserted in this Annex was iurnishcd
by S W (Ret) Smuel, Caldstcin and COL (Ret) ndolf E. Shanze. We arc
deeply g r a t c f c l for t h e i t genrroiis sharing of their rccollections and
Iccmntos.
SGM (Ioldstcir. was the Mission Senfor NCO frnm early 1951 t o mid-1955;
601, SEhanzc was Chief o f Yissiriri during the pericc ncccn5cr 1952 A u g u s t 1954. In 1951, misqior. strength was mush less than n w : SGE
Go:dstcin i n d i c a t e s t h a t nine en1 istcd Fcrsonnel, t o inc.l:idc two
menbers o f t h c Nomns A m y Corps, were assigned tn the sission { i n
195:!, the two laiies H e m replaced Iiy malc soldiers; m r e than twmty
years passed before, in 1973, three female soldiers wmc assigned t o
lISML?4>; eleven o f f i c e r s , to i n c l d e one IJSAF Captain and two naval
officess, werc E s s i g x d whcn hr: aryived. Shortly thcreafter, one
naval o f f r c c r departed, S W Gnldstcrn -re:alls h i s astonishment when
h c Icarned that hc, in comon with other enlistsd members of t h e
nission, KBS assigned f o r mrnixg report purposes t n the WAC Detachment. f;.c hastens to add t h a t t.hc assignment d i d not. includc b i l l e t i n
81;
malc troops Kere quartered in t h e 'ISS Kasenie" (now Andrews Barracks).
EO'. S c l i a n ~ enentions a complement o f 14 officers unri Zb enlistcd persormel during h i s t m u r e a:: L l i e f o F Vission. rSMLM's Bcrlin basc
uunsisted uf :.wo r o o m in the Headqusrtcrs Zompwund until 1952, when
a transfer was effecf.ed t.0 t.he forner ?rer;s c l u j on Svcn Iiediri Strasse.
Thr, mew IISMLb! Berlin Headquartcrs Building was l a r g c enough to house
four enlisted men and FL duty O f f i C e T ; t h e coapound provided s
for t u n of the twelve uchizles which made :ip the USMIM f l c c t . 8"""
The
Fleet include?. omc: box ambulance, whirh had seen heavy service during
the a ' r i f t yeriol; m c v r o l c t s Teplaced Oncls as toUT v e h i z l e s i n
19-31 .i
The presence i n 5 a s t Sewany of k a n d new nbvirrusly American
t i ~ t o m o h i l e sf l y i n g the US flag was a i i g h l y visible rcn:nder of continuing IJS Fresence i 3 Europe ( t h e use of US-raadc vehickes had bcth
advar-t ages a d disadvantages: t h e otLer two Xissions felt t h a t Elltopcan
v e h i c l e s were m w h b e t t e r s u i t e d to the r a t h e r primitive road conditions
prcvai:ing in East Gernaqy. I\hile the visibility provided by tlic ;JS
vehicles undoubted:y scrved as a signa; of our d e t e n i n a t i o n to ahlde
by azrccwnts w i t h our a l l i e s and heart.oned opponents of the hast
German regime, t i i s same v i s i b i l i t y often mJe t h e t o u r t-ehicle il
target f u r unwelcome at.t e n t i ons: .
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&INCPASSIFI ED
E 2
UN6 LASS1F1ED
UNCCASSI F IED
E 4
W PICLASSIF IE P
UNCLASSIFIED
In East Gemmy was ir. many ruspects a contradictory one. Kclatinnships with the S o v i e t s b e n e f i t t e d 03 the
onc hand f r m t h e s t l r n r i s i r i g l y close cooFerai.inn u h i r h had charact e r i z c d the a i r l i f t pcriod; :.l-cy suffered. hcwevcr, f ~ o athe impact
o f t h e onEoing Korean War [ m s u b s t m t i a t e d inforrr;lt.ion on f i l e a t
IJSMM indicates that credantitls WCR withheld by CSFC; f u r approximately on? mn:.F. at t h e s t a r t u€ the war) 5'e:ntionships w i t h East
Gemrts exhibi t e c the sage dirhotony . l n d i v i d u a l s who served at t h e
Mission Luring th.i s t. ime period unp1:asil.c-d t h e f r i e r d l y zrtr. itude
of most East Sernan c i t i z e n s towar2 m i s s i m personnel. At. the s m c
rine, feel ings o f nnt.jow: pride cxisted as a -esult of t h e establishment. of t h e i r ''inJe?eiident'' nation in 19<!1. The govcrnaent madc
cvcry e f f o r t to f o s t e r t%is sentirant of national pride, as %el1 as
eaphasizjng the debt owcd t o t h c Scviet llnion a n d the need f u r
continued close ties w i t h t h e i r "delivcrezs.'' Signs -in f r o n t of
f a c t x i e s and along the autobahns appealed to t h e 2opulation f u r
3vesfulfillwmt of the first: f i v e year p:an and tc West German
travclers f n r supyurt. of all-Gernan elections.
Thc w 0 r k f . q envircnmcr.t
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UNCLaSSl FIED
UNClASSlF1ED
E-5
UNCLASSIF IEQ
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4
E 6
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U NC LASSIF IED
E-7
UNCLASSIFIED
Tk,e governqcr-t ca?loyed t n e placard device t o puss 03 orher messages
zlnJ exhortasi ons; IISXLM FETSOnJ!Cl t c o k t h e s e 1 a t . t e r p a r t i c u l a r l y to
hcart :
"AMI GO HOVE'' signs ..ere n o t . , howeber, t h c c x c l x i v e p"ir.:e
of
governrental agencies; Dther convirr:cd ci:i X U P S were a p p a r e n t l y encouragci t o express f3F:ir s e ~ ? . i i n e n t ~ :
UNCLASSIFIED
VJhi.le IlSMLM was n o t in priricLple cyJposed tu free expression of :l;eir
scrrtimcrlts i y clcnents o f the GDK y p u l a c e , it d i d sometimes wish t h a t
thcy would. exercise a bit K O T ~ disprinination in s e l e c t i n g t h e
surfaces
QII
w5ich to leave t h e i r messages:
E-B
&I NcLASSIF I€D
UNCLASSIFIED
At times, i o w e w r , tour personnel worild have b W 1 l prepared tc s e t t l e
for simple a r t work on the t c u r vehicle. SLW Goldstein states t h a t t i
rriniaiurn of three t.otir vchic;es were f i red iipcn an2 struck during i i s
1
?.our of duty, fortunately wN:
110 i n j u r i e s to the occupar?ts.
Other evj dence of a ckan~irigenvirmment. i n c l d e d t h e c s t a b l ishment in
195: uf rhe f i r s t Perrrartmt R c s t r i c t e d Aress and the, f i r s t use of
Mission R a s t . r i c t i o n Signs. The f i r s t PKA msp FCCTTIC cixriously empty
t o present day Mission nemhers: m e small area east of YagdeburR,
extending south t,o Halle, and a:nost t h e e n t i r e b o r d e r arca. 'Fhe border
PRR d i d not iriclLddr: R ~ g e n , the Fslnnd Taking up the most r . s r t t e r l y
p v r t r a n of t h e GDR.
Rugcn Eigugur-ed ?rcnine?tly in an irc-dent in 1952 which nadc headlines.
A USMLM tocr rade tlp of LTI: h i n , CPT Croucher , arid PFC Swcnsnn ,
was detair-cd there ano snhseqtlsntly aczused o f esyiomgt:. 1
E-10
UNCUSSIFIEQ
Certair. o t t e r ?rub I ems of an ogerat ivr.al nature prnvcd more menable
to S O ~ U ~ ~ Q IDIa. r i n g +'ne first y e a r 05 COL Schsnze's ir?::tmhency,
aggressive surveil I ance 5 y East German securizy persr>riricl serious1y
i ntcrfcrcd. w i t h t h e unres'.rictcd t r a v e l g m r a n t a e d USMLM Iiy t 2 i F :
Huejner-Hal i n i r t Agreenent. &%en COT. Schanze p s i d f.is f i 7 z . L c c . r t c s y
call 03 then COI, CFX Ercchko, who ha2 replaced [;EN Chuikov as Zoflmantkr
in Chief o f t!ie Scviet Ocr,:ipatiori FOTCU, :le s e i z e l t h e opporttlriity tn
i n f a m tlic Gcreral t h a t : "Your f r i k r i d s from hast Gerrrnny have been
t r e i i i r t g my c d r 5 f o r ovex a year. 1 would g r c a t l y ap_r:recint.e it if you
would make tlicm stop. They gain n o t h m g arid i t aakes Ken Huge have
ycar cars trailed in Crm.k€-Jrt.''FiRiIe no promtses were made at the
neetisg, shortly thereafter the surve i ! 1 ancc cea5ed. (YCTE! aft cr
readi ng :.ke foregoing, the present C h i e f 3f Mission turne: a del i c a t e
shadc O f grccr, C r r m envy. Tke color cisa?peared; t h e envy rendirs: .
Generals Grechko ;nd IIogs subsequently exclimged v: si t s to t h e i r
fespective hendquLrt.ers.
E 11
UNCLASSIF1ED
COI, Schamc's initial v i s i t t o GSN tirechko's predecessor, GEY Chuikov.
was less poductive i n terms of doing business. St d i d , however, havc
considerablc cntsrtainmnt v a l u e . Incautiously h i t t i n g that his only
prcvious expericocc with caviar was a s s n c i a t e d with the son^ "caviar
comcs from virgin sFI1;rgcunf', the Coloncl was forced to recite the
numerous vcrsts of thc snng, to GEN Chuikov's delight. Later in the
coursc of the conversation, GEN Chcikov rcpl ied inzcnuously t n K(7L
Schanze's question concerning t h e cxccsses of the Russians subscqucnt
to rLe surrendcr of Berlin "Ah, t h c boys had a hard war. T k y deserved
a little fun.''
The 17 June 195.5 uprising in East Berlin was pcrhqps the most dramatic
and affecting cvcnt to occcr in t h i s pcriod in USWIN'S history. When
t h c ncws reached t k c Kcst that the residents of East Berlin h d risen
a g a i n s t their mastcrs, USXLM dispatchcd a l l available tour personnel,
to include the Chief of Mission, tu East Berlin and to other major
popclation centers in the CDK. Tow persomel encountered no harassment OT interferencc while covering thc q r i s i n g and thc subsequent
supprcssion. Opinion at t h e time nns that the S o v i e i s wanted complete
coverage of t h e affair, confirming the l i m i t e d naturc of t h r i r oper
tit ion. Comments of IJSMLM personnel involved included " , .March
discipline poor.. .wrecked vehicles at roadsides.. ." and ''frequently
Sovict soldjcrs simply stood around, not knowing what t o do.''
Tri-Missioa acccss to East Berl i n was tcminuted on 24 July; t h e c i t y
rendned c loscd for ayproximately onc month, preswahly whi I c tk.c
Soviet and Cast German authorities w e n t about t k c i r task of crushhE
t h e l a s t v c s t i g e s n f resisaance and rcstorial: order to thc c i t y .
E-12
UNCUSSI FIED
UNCLASSIFIED
8-15
UNCPASSIF IED
E-14
uHCPASSl FILP
UNCLASS1F1€D
E-15
UNCLASS1FI Eb
As before 2nd as TNW, USVIW personnel enjcyed except-Zonally gcod
rclatimships 3it.l; t h e people o f West Gerfin. SGK S o l d s t e i n supplied
good evidence of ttils u",h the ;innto be;cw, shuwiqg h i r aad his
"ih:;chechte Her1 ir.erin" b r i d e or. t h e j r weddixig day.
REPERF.KCES:
Goldsteiu, p x s c n a : correspcnde3cc w i t h Ch'ef of i'SML?vi.
Scharizc, personal sorrcspondenre, origifiq, .ramscri;)t 5 , scrj es
of a r t i c , l e s exiitled "This was t ~ Aem y ' ' appearir-g ir. the
1.eavwworth [ KS) Y i s e s .
St.ud i es, rcparts, and asso-t-d p a p e r s , % m e of mcertai;) p:'ovenancc,
f i l e at X M L K .
2 -16
W NCUSSBFILD
From 1951 until 1957, USYIhl was actively involvcd i n efforts t n Tecrwer
:he rcnains u f mi 1 itary personnel. in E a s t Germany who f e l l in h a t t l e during
Korld War I I .
The Mission played a major r o l e in negotiations betwcen US and Soviet. a u t h o r i t i e s Nhlch resulted in a M Y 55 agrcment f o r an cxchnngc of YXT dead
rccovc,-y unr'. graves tracing teams. USVLM made srrangerents throiigh SERB
in DLC 51 a A in FAY, .Ill\, a d DEI: 55 f o r IIS Army tiraves Rcstriction t e a m
to itisit selected grave sites i n East Cernany. 'Ihirtcca bodies were rcco-vered
in these operations; an additional 27 wcre declarrd nun-recoverakle. In lzte,
1956, 1ISYI.H transmitted a rcquest €0- BCCC'SS b y Graves Rekis'ratinn pcrsonnel
to m additions1 63 sites. In APR s?, Soviet authorirics denied t h i s request,
s t a t l n g t h a t only the X I R , as a sovereign powcr, could p i n t ~ C C C S St o i t s
n a t i o n a l Territory. In 1979, U.5 rights of access to graves nf f a l l e n soldiers
b e c u e an active issuc once m r e , wit.\ t h e discovery of gravc s i t e s at Pettnw
and Oberhof. Details o € discussicn hctween the Chief of Piission and CSERB
on this topic are to iie found on pages 11 1-19
111-21. 1 ) i s c a s i o n between
LTSMLV and CSEHB endcd in an impasse" w i t h tte S o v j c t position renainlnE
that only thc GDR was the compstent authority, whilc CUShLY presented the
Allencan visw that this was a nilitary matter to be resolved h y the two
wkr-time allies. In supvort of the IIShlLM "military position", t h e USBCR
Minister Anderson. carried t h e h a l l to t h e Sovict Embassy in Fast. Berlin
a deadlock
about thcre also. A final solution may we1 1 come about in
mid- 1980 if the prohlcm surfaces in discussions hctueen h k a s s a : l o r StoesseI ,
US Ambassador to Berlin and the FW;, and A"'jas?ador Abrasimv. Soviet
M a s s a d o r tt, tkc kAG.
F-l
'I'he photos below show tte Qbcrhof and Petlow grave s i t e s