INCOMING TELEGRAM Department of State .. 48 =G-0N¥IDEN!fIAb- Action FHE923CA8.76 EUR 0 6 I 8 I ·~ PP RUEHCR DE RUFHJA 34 2811315 \965 OC1 ~ AM S 57 Info ZNY CCCCC . P 08 J.315Z · , SS FM lt.fSBERf BERL~ '~ G TO ITTJEACR/SE"c-sTAfE WASHDC PR I OR IT Y(_~ INFO RUEHCR/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY 98~ SP RUFHOL/ AftlEMBASSY BONN 280 . . .; SAH RUFHDN/AMEMBASSY LONDON 93 L RuFHPA/AMEMBASSY PARIS 91 . H RUFPAG/USAREUR FOR POLAD HEIDELBERG SN.. RUFLC/CINCEUR FOR POLAD PARIS RUDLSK/USNMR SHAPE FOR BURNS PARIS 10 p RUFLUE/USELMLO PARIS · · ST ATE GRNC • · USIA BT NSC -C 0 N P·'1 Lt ! N r I A b-OCT 8, • .,, .'(. lNR " PARIS ALSO FOR USRO. CIA SUBJ/ TRAIN INCIDENTS. NSA DOD REF: BERLINTEL 338 TO DEPT 278 BONN. DAC , 1. US PROTEST RE TRAIN INCIDENTS REPORTED I REFTEL WAS DELIVERED AT 2100 OCT 7. PROTEST WAS FROM CHIEF RSR I , OF STArF USAREUR TO CHIEF OF STAFF GSFG ANDc WAS DEil--IVERED BY CALLING IN CHIEF, SOV LIAISON MISSION, FRANKFURT.. . • l I , 2. ENGINES OF BOTH OUTGO I NG US DUTY TR Al NS CARR 1Eq1'GDR FLAGS WHll,.E TRAVERSING EAST 'GERMANY NlGHT OF OCT 7 TO 8. WHEN · · TRAIN· COMMANDER OF BERLIN-FRANKFURT TRAIN TRJEO TO INSPECT I ' I"' \ i •' • r• I r/,/ PAGE two Ru FHJA 34 ~Q tr-F 1 D' !' N T t-rr-i;. , , '· ENGINE AT MARIENBORN, SOV GUARD INTERFERED SEIZING HIM BY ARM TO PREVENT HIS PROCEEDING TO FRONT OF TRAIN. THIS ACTION WAS PROTESTED ON SPOT BY TRAIN COMMANDER. NO ~~SPECTION FOR FLAGS WAS MADE BY COMMANDER FOR BERLIN·BREMEJ1HA'VEN .TRAI~J WHICH ARRIVED MARIENBORN AFTER MIDNIGHT• ,THERE WAS NO INCI DENT / INVOLVING THIS TRAIN. t; t 3. IN VIEW .OF FACT THAT LATEST INCIDENT ALREADY PROTESTED ON SPOT BY TRAIN COMMANDER, AND FACT THAT USAREUR PROTEST ONLY DELIVERED ABOUT AN HOUR EARLIER, USCOB IS RECOMMENDING TO USAREUR THAT NO FURTHER PROTEST BE MADE. GP-4 CALHOUN BT eeNFIDEN'ffA~