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-2-58, JULY 13, 6 PM, FROM BERLIN 
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THIS FIRST ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST PERSONNEL OF ONE OF OUR 
· VEHICLES IN EAST BERLIN BY UNIFORMED EAST GERMAN PERSONNEL OF WHICH r ISSION IS AWARE. <THERE HAVE, HOJEVER, BEEN OCCASIONS \H!CH PERSONNEL OF USlLM TOURS IN EAST GERMANY HAVE BEEN ROUGHED UP.) GIVEN COMPLETE LACK OF US PROVOCATION, GENERALLY HIGH LEVEL OF BORDER GUARD DISCIPLINE, AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CO SEQUENCES OF INDULGING IN PERSONAL VIOLENCE, MISSION COiS!DERS IT POSSIBLE THAT EAST GERMAN ACTION w~s DELIBERATE. 
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... l ACCORDANCE WITH POLICY DEVELOPED IN LATTER PART OF 1961 AND 
EARLY !962 iHEN OUR VEHICLES ~ERE REGULARLY BEING SUBJECTED TO 
AC S 0. , HYSICAL HARASSti1ENT BY EAST GERMANS, WE PLAN TO· DETAIN 

! 0 	57 EL GIBLE SOV PATROL VEHICLE EN ERING WEST BERLIN FOR ONE R (D EN.ION WILL NOT TAKE PLACE AT CHECKPOINT. ) ADDITIONALLY, 
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. SI 0 ACTING PRo-ocoL OFFICER SAW sov ·Er:BASSY PROTOCOL OFFICER 
1 	: S AF ERi~OO (JULY 13> IN ACCORDANCE BONNTEL 34 TO BERLIN, 
0 ~p t AD PROTESTED INCIDENT. PANIN TOOK CAREFUL NOTES, •• ._..1':_ ED S AL TI S IT SEEMED "IMPOSSIBLE" THAT THIS COULD
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