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TITLE :
: DCSI USCOB BERLIN
: OPSI USAREUR HEIDELBERG
MESSAGE
DATE : 12/02/67
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CLASSIFICATION :
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CURRENT STATUS :
SLOVODA, VLADIMIR
POSSIBLE US ARMY DESERTERS
PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
CONFIDENTIAL
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER
MESSAGE CENTER
465341
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SUBJECT: POSSIBLE US DESERTERS (U)
1. (C) ON 28 NOVEMBER 1967, WEST BERLIN POLICE ADVISED
THAT THE FOLLOWING PERSONS, DESERTERS FROM THE AMERICAN
ARMY, WERE POSSIBLY IN WEST BERLIN:
PETER SIMONS
BORN 5 MAY 1943 IN GERMANY
ROMAN ARNOLD
BORN 6 JANUARY 1945, PRESUMABLY IN GERMANY
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2. (C) THIS INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE DUS-
SELDORF POLICE, WHO REQUESTED THAT THE INDIVIDUALS BE
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND TURNED OVER TO THE AMERICAN MILITARY
POLICE. DURING A VISIT IN DUESSELDORF IN LATE OCTOBER, THE
TWO MENTIONED THAT THEY WANTED TO GO TO BERLIN TO AN
UNIDENTIFIED STUDENT ORGANIZATION. THEY FURTHER STATED
THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO GO TO VIETNAM
3. (C) THIS SAME MESSAGE WAS SENT TO THE FRANKFURT /
MAIN POLICE, INASMUCH AS SIMONS HAS A GIRL FRIEND THERE,
AND HIS FATHER ALSO RESIDES IN THAT CITY. INSTRUCTIONS TO THE
FRANKFURT POLICE WERE THE SAME.
4. (C) ON 1 DECEMBER 1967, THE WEST BERLIN POLICE REPORTED
THAT THE TWO MEN HAD BEEN REGISTERED IN THE FRENCH SECTOR SINCE
27 SEPTEMBER 1967 AT.. FALKENTHALER STEIG 140, C/O DECH, BERLIN-
HERMSFDORF. POLICE ARE DEFERRING ANY ACTION IN THAT MATTER.
5. (C) CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES HAVE VERIFED THAT THE TWO MEN
HAVE BEEN IN WEST BERLIN ON SEVERAL OCCOASIONS IN OCTOBER AND
ACTION: DIA-15
INFO: CJCS-1 DJS-3 J1-2 SDEF-7 ASD/ISA-9 ASD/MPR-1 ST-1 CIA-4
CSA-1 CNO-2 CSAF-1 CMC-7 FILE-1(55) ETO/RA
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NOVEMBER, WITH THEIR EXACT WHERE ABOUTS UNKNOWN. THEY HAVE RETAINED
ATTORNEY HORST MAHLER TO REPRESNT THEIR INTERESTS. IT APPEARS
THAT ARNOLD IS TRYING TO OBTAIN YUGOSLAVIAN CITIZENSHIP. THE
STUDENT ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE FREE UNIVERSITY
ASTA, OR GENERAL STUDENTS COMMITTEE, THE STUDENT BODY ORGANIZATION.
FJ STUDENTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ACTIVE IN THE AREA OF OFFERING
TO ASSIST LOCAL MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO WISH TO AVOID SERVICE IN
VIET NAM BY GOING TO A NEUTRAL COUNTRY.
6. (U) INFORMATION ON DD FORM 553 RECEIVED BY TELEPHONE FROM
POLICE DUSSELDORF INDICATES FOLLOWING DATA:
ARNOLD, ROMAN, SP4 E4
RA 16 838 183
SSN; 355-36-1583
SPECIAL PROCESSING DET, HQ USAG TROOPS
FT HOOD, TEXAS
DATE AND LOCATION OF ENTRY INTO ACT
TIVE DUTY:
15 OCT 67,
AF EES, CHICAGO, ILL.
ABSENT AS OF : 21 SEP 67, 0515 HRS
CARRIED AS DESERTER AS OF: 10 OCT 67
MOS: 36 C 20
BOB: 6 JAN 45, POB: GERMANY
SIMONS, PETERK., SP4 E4
RA 19 841 799
SSN: 550-66-6254
SAME UNIT
DATE AND LOCATION OF ENTRY INTO ACTIVE DUTY: 28. APR. 65,
US ARMY RMS, LOS ANGELES, CA
ABSENT AS OF: 21 SEP 67, 0515 HRS
CARRIED AS DESERTER AS OF : 10 OCT 67
MOS: 31M 20 (RADIO RELAY OPERATOR >
DOB: 5 MAY 43N POB: COTTBUS, GERMANY
7. (C) ATTEMPTS BEING MADE TO ASCERTAIN IF SIMONS AND ARNOLD
ARE IN BERLIN AND TO DEVELOP INFORMATION ON THE PERSONS AND
ORGANIZATIONS RENDERING ASSISTANCE TO THESE US ARMY DESERTERS. IT
IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME WHETHER SUBJECTS ARE US CITIZENS OR
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER
MESSAGE CENTER
ŒERMAN NATIONALS. WEST BERLIN POLICE RECORDS INDICATE SIMONS IN.
POSSESSION OF FRG PASSPORT NR 26167 12 AND THAT ARNOLD WAS UNABLE TO
PRODUCE ANY IDENTITY DOCUMENTS. GP-4
& (C) ADVERSE PUBLICITY AND STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS MAY RESULT
WHEN SUBJECTS ARE APPREHENDED. THERE ARE NO LEGAL PROBLEMS SEEN
EITHER BY THE SJA, USCOB OR BY USBER. MINISTER HAS BEEN BRIEFED
AND USBER IS PROVIDING DETAILS TO U. S. EMBASSY, BONN.
% (C) UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY USAREUR OR US EMBASSY BONN
THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS WILL BE TAKEN IF SUBJECTS ARE DETERMINED TO
BE IN BERLIN.
A. WEST BERLIN POLICE WILL BE ASKED TO APPREHEND
SUBJECTS. US MILITARY POLICE WILL ACCOMPANY THE WEST BERLIN
POLICE.
B. SUBJECTS WILL BE APPREHENDED AS QUIETLY AS POS-
SIBLE AND TAKEN TO BERLIN BRIGADE STOCKADE AND PLACED IN
SEPARATE ROOMS.
C. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN COORDINATED.
FOR C47 AIRCRAFT. STATIONED AT EMPLEHOF TO FLY SUBJECTS
TO RHEIN MAIN IMMEDIATELY AFTER APPREHENSION DUE TO
POSSIBLE ADVERSE PUBLICITY AND STUDENT REACTIONS.
10. (C) DIRECT COORDINATION WITH MILITARY POLICE AT RHEIN
MAIN WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY PM BERLIN BRIGADE. HOWEVER, RECOM-
MEND US ARE UR COORDINATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ONWARD MOVEMENT FROM
RHEIN MAIN. GP-4
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