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SsE 8R!T ECJC•J 09862 
REFERENCE: JCS MSG 6248, DTD 9 MAY 1964 
1. CS) THE· ISSUE OF COMMUNIST FLAGS FLYING ON EAST GERMAN 
ENGINES PULLING US TRAINS, · WHILE IRRITATING, DOES NOT IMPINGE ON 
OUR RIGHT OF ACCESS. SETTING BRAKES ON THE TRAIN UNDER THESE 

CONDITIONS ESCALATES THE ISSUE TO A SELF-IMPOSED DENIAL . OF ACCESS. 

MINOR HARASSMENT OF THIS SORT CAN BEST BE HANDLED ON .THE SPOT · 
THROUGH PROTESTS TO THE SOVIETS (SUCCESSFUL IN ISSUE OF DISMOUNTING 

FREIGHT TRAIN GUARDS IN EARLY 1963). . 
2• CS) IN THE EVENT OF CONTINUED · HARASSMENT ON FLAG ISSUE,
THE. FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO USCOB: . 
A. PROTEST TO SOVIET GUARD AND EAST GERMAN RAILROAD 
PERSONNEL, DEMANDING REMOVAL OF FLAGS. 

B. IF EAST GERMANS MOVE TRAIN WITHOUT REMOVING FLAGS, 
ALLOW TRAIN TO PROCEED UNDER PROTEST CDO NOT SET BRAKES)• 

c. HAVE OIC, US HELMSTEDT DETACHMENT, PREPARED TO 
LODGE AN IMMEDIATE · PROTEST, ON ORDER, AT THE HELMSTEDT CHECK­
POINT. THESE ACTIONS WILL BE TAKEN WIT~OUT REGARD FOR THE DIRECTION OF THE US TRAINS INVOLV~D.
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3. {S) SOVIET REPLY TO OUR C/S, USAREUR TO c;s, GROUP 
OF SOVlET FORCES PROTEST OF 7 MAY 1964 MAY GIVE -AN INDICATION OF 
COMMUNIST lJTE TIONS IN THIS.MATTER •. UNLESS THE COMMUNISTS 
BROADEN THE AREA OF HARASSMENT, US REACTION SHOULD BE · LIMITED TO 
ROTESTS ~ITHI CINCEUCOM AREA. CURRENT US INSTRUCTIONS ARE 
DESIGNED TO VOID A SERIOUS IMPASSE OVER· THE FLAG ISSUE WHILE 
MAI TA!Nl G U RESTRICTED ACCESS TO BERLIN. GP•3 
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