Evening star., 1948-08-16
Red Purg1eList
In West Berlin
Reported Ready
Anti-Communists Held
Marked for Revenge
When Allies Leuve
BY the Asseeiaied Press

liberal democratic press declared
today that the Communists have
prepared a purge list of hun
dreds of thousands of anti
Communists on whom revenge
would be taken If the Western
Allies left the city.
The newspaper Montags Echo said
Communist fifth column is work.
ing in the blockaded Western sec
tors of Berlin, occupied by the
United States, Britain and France
THE Communist spy system has
wormed its way into industrial work
ers' councils, into commerce, into
postal and telegraph systems OF
Western Berlin and there makes
systematic preparation for "X-day''
the day the Communists hope the
Western Allies will leave Berlin, -
the Liberal Democratic newspaper
said.
Firm Stand by West Urged.
The Socialist Telegraf said that
"the blockade must be lifted and
the roads to Berlin must be guar
anteed without restrictions.
Berlin's anti Communists urged
the West to take a firm stand in
the Big -Four negotiations in Mos
COW, while German Communists
prodded the elected city government
of Berlin to quit.
The Montags Echo reported it
had learned from Soviet sources
here that Russian administrative
policies in Germany-even on rela-
lively minor questions-are now die
tated directly from Moscow. It de-
clared the Russian commander in
chief here, Marshal VASTLY D.
Sokolovsky, had fallen into dis
favor with the Kremlin because of
his administration.
Accidents Laid to Blockade.
Divided Berlin's troubles extended
to the public transport system. The
anti Communist press blamed the
Russian blockade for a series of &C.
cidents which have occurred recent
ly on the city's Soviet-controlled
elevated railway. The latest of these
occurred yesterday when two trains
collided in tunnel, injuring II
passengers.
The Socialists charged the Rus
slams are neglecting equipment on
Western Berlin lines and that neces-
sary repair parts cannot be obtained
from Western German factories be-
cause of the blockade.
Ernst Reuter-, whose election as
Lord Mayor of Berlin was vetoed
by the Russians in June, 1947, de-
clared there cannot and must not
be simple and convenient with
drawal" of the Western powers from
Berlin.
Genuine Compromise Urged.
Mr.. Reuter-a Communist turned
Social Democrat-declared yester-
day in a broadcast on the Ameri-
can-sponsored German radio that
the Germans deserve a better judg-
ment by world opinion now than
when the war ended.
He said the Moscow talks on the
Berlin blockade and the other East
West differences not only will de-
eide the fate of Berlin. He added
that there must be found a gen
uine compromise" in Moscow that is
based on justice.
Mr.. Reuter- was elected lord mayor
by the city assembly June "a, 1947
The Soviets vetoed his election
labelling him anti-Russian. A four
power agreement provides that the
election must be approved by all
four of the occupying powers.
Berlin's three anti Communist
parties - the Socialists, Christian
Democrats and Liberal Democrats
and the ti-Communist trade union
federation demanded also that the
Western ENJOYS in Moscow take an
uncompromising stand on the cur
rency issue In a memorandum to
the Western military governments
they asked that the American,
French and British sectors of the
city be placed on a Western cur
rency basis.
Winter Blockade Threatened.
From the German Communists
came threats of a winter blockade
of Berlin in an effort to incite the
people against the anti Communist
city government. Neues Deutsch-
land, the official Communist news
paper, demanded that the city gov
ernment resign Immediately ito
spare (blockaded) Western Berlin
further suffering 1t said:
Winter stands before the door:
Where will you get coal?"
The United States Air Force an
nounced Thursday that three squad
rons of C-54 Skymasters will begin
carrying coal to Berlin about next
Friday from an Raj base at Fass-
berg in the British zone. Up to now
American flights have been made
only from Frankfurt and Weisbaden,
in the American zone.
The United States Air Force also
rammed more planes into Germany.
The first Of 80 jet fighters landed
at Weisbaden. The planes F-8o
Shooting Stars-arrived by ship at
Glasgow, Scotland, earlier this
month and few to Germany from
England. The remainder of the
group is expected to arrive in small
sections throughout this week.