The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-22
Connie PuPPet
Regime Hurts
Accusations In
Face-SGUing Try

BERLIN R - Communist East
Germany admitted today sabotage
had occurred in the Soviet-man-
aged uranium mines and violence
continued elsewhere against the
Red puppet regime.
The Communist party leadership
hurled new faee-saving charges,
that Western agents had para
chuted into East Germany to
spread havoc after the workers
revolt fared last Wednesday. u.
S. officials derided the accusations
as fantastic.
Adm, the Soviet-controlIed Ger
man news agency, confirmed re-
ports that the anti-Red mutiny had
struck in the SAxony uranium
fields which have been exploited
by the Russians since 1947 in the
atomic weapons race.
Adm quoted statements of 10y
atty by uranium miners saying
they would expand their efforts
to make up for lost production
sand to reconstruct the areas de-
stroyed by the Fascist provoca-
tours"
No estimate of damage was
given. A West Berlin newspaper,
Telegraf, reported yesterday that
100000 Germans went on strike
Thursday in the Saxony uranium
mines after a Soviet firing squad
executed IL anti-Red demonstra-
tors. The strikers represented
more than one third of the men
in the mines.
Accusations that American and
West Germany money and effort
supplied paratroop saboteurS to
keep the flames Of revolt alive
were contained in a Socialist Unity
(Communist) party declaration
which pleaded with East Germans
to get back to work and support
the Red government. The party
declaration said great number"
of the parachutists had been cap
tured but admitted that in tho sixth
day of Soviet martial law ".quiet
Is not yet entirely secured"
u. S. officials in Berlin in deny
ing the paratroop accusation said
the Russians had recorded only one
violation of the East zones air
sovereignty outside the Allied cor
ridors this month ard that was 10
days ago. 1t involved an American
jet fighter plane. Said senior
American official:
1.-THE idea Of parachuting under
ground saboteurs into the Soviet
Zone is ridiculous. They'd better
realize as long as this Communist
gang is in power there are already
Is million there.
The sealed-off Soviet sector re-
leased trains for West Berlin's ele-
waited system, which carries a mil
lion passengers daily, but none Of
the five operating lines was per-
mitted to cross the border dividing
East and West Berlin. Lack Of
trains had compelled the working
population in the Western sector to
limp along on foot, bicycle, over
crowded bus and street car lines.
From Bonn, meanwhile, West
German Chancellor Konrad AIDE
nauer telegraphed President EiSen-
hover, Prime Minister Churchill
and Rene Mayer, head Of the care
taker French government, asking
them to do all they could TO free
East Germany by securing unifica-
ton of the divided country.
Adenauer said only with a uni
fled Germany governed by a freely
elected alderman government
could enduring peace by brought
10 Europe.
As reports few that the Russians
were about 10 throw out the satel.
lite East German government Of
Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl, the
party declaration attested to the
still.eontinuing strikes with frantic
appeals to the is million captive
East Germans to 60 back to work.
Throwing off restraint, the state
ment made clear the magnitude
OF the workers rebellion.-the most
gigantic rebuff from a captive
civilian population in the history
OF Moscow directed communism.