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USNMR SHAPE FOR BURNS; USAREUR AND .CINCEUR. FOR POL ADS • ,·, .
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SUBJECT: REFUGEE SHOOTING INCIDENT AT WALL 
REF: . BERL INTEL 337 TO BONN, 370 · TO DEPT. : , 
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FROM RESULTS OF INVESTIGATIONS SO FAR OF WALL INCIDENT BOTH . -. BY US MILITARY AUTHORITIES AND' BY WEST BERLIN POLICE, IT . APPEARS THAT US PERSONN~L ON SCENE HANDLED THEMSELVES WELL AND . 1 
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PAGE TWO RUFHJ A 092 '6 0 N F '.f · 11 f · M 'f · I A t EXERCISED GENERALLY GOOD JUDGMENT. ' THEY WERE HELPFUL AND . ~ RESOURCEFUL BUT NOT PROVOCATIVE IN A DANGEROUS AND DEMANDING " .. ·. J SITUATION WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN THE DEATH OR RECAPTURE ~... BY THE VOPOS OF MICHAEL MEYER. WEST · I ON
BERLIN . POLICE THE , SCENE .'· ALSO HANDLED THEMSELVES WELL. . · · . ,.7.,/ ' 
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HAVING IN MIND THE UNHAPPY HI ST ORY OF THE 1962 PETER f.!~~T_?R .. . INCIDENT AND THE SERIOUS EFFECTS IT HAD ON BE~IN_Plt!~~~.'.:..._.' 

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CONFIDENTIAL 
-2-373, SEPTEMBER 13, 9 PM FROM BERLIN 
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OPINION, IT IS OUR INITIAL IMPRESSION THAT THE-US1SERVIcEMEN'S 
ROLE IN THIS ~OST RECENT AFFAIR WILL HAVE POSITIVE EFFECTS WIT~ 
RESPECT TO THE BERLINERS. FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF 	' 
OUR RELATIONS WITH THE SOVIETS IN BER~IN, IT CAN BE 
SAID THAT THE ACTION TAKEN WAS NON~PROVOCATIVE• 

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· 	IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT AP INCORRECTLY REPORTED THAT US SOLDIERS HAD FIRED INTO THE SOVIET SECTOR • . THIS REPORT HAS BEEN CORRECTED THROUGH A BRIEF FACTUAL PRESS STATEMENT BY A US SPOKESMAN. GP-4. CALHOUN· . · . 
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