Evening star., 1961-08-27
BERLIN
BERLIN
West Insists Reds
Take Down Barriers
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measures have as their purpose
further sealing off of East Ber-
lin and East Germany from the
free world" he said. They are
in clear violation of the quadri-
partite (four-power) status of
Berlin"
The Allies told Mr.. Pervuk-
hin he has responsibility for
preserving unrestricted access
by Allied forces to East Berlin. I"
Violation Charged
I'm allowing the East Ger
man authorities to attempt to
limit them to one crossing
point" the protest said, you
have condoned an action which
violates a solemn agreement to
which your government is a
Signatory."
In addition to demanding
that Mr.. Pervukhin intervene
on access, the Allied notes
urged that he warn the East
German authorities of the
dangers Of their pretension to
prohibit movement within 100
meters Q10 YARDS of the West
ern side of the sector boun-
dairy"
ANY attempt to enforce this
illegal prohibition could only
have the most serious conse-
quences.
Addressing of the notes to
the Soviet ambassador in East
Germany rather than the So
Wet ambassador to West Ger
many was unprecedented in dip
lomatic usage.
Allied officials explained that
use was simply made of an
"open diplomatic channel to re-
inforce our notes of protest
emanating elsewhere"
Dangerous Situation
The ambassadorial warning
obviously was intended to point
out to the Soviet envoy that
tinkering with the frontier,
while Allied tanks and troops
are squared away opposite East
German troops, created a stu
alton loaded with dynamite.
Thousands Of angry West
BerlinerS gathered along the
border with Communicated
East Berlin and the Western
police guard was strengthened
to avoil incidents.
United States, British and
French troops also were on the
alert as wild weather attracted
large crowds to the medieval
looking barriers of concrete and
barbed wire erected by the
Communists during the last
two weeks.
Mai. Gen. Albert Watson II,
the United States commandant
in Berlin, personally delivered
his protest to the Soviet COM
mandant, Col. Andrei I. Sol
ovyev. He told Col Solovyev
that the reduction Of the 80
crossing points between East
and West Berlin to seven was
illegal and endangered public
order.
The colonel replaced a gen.
eral as com m andant four
months ago in a typical Soviet
gesture designed to slight the
Western commandants, all gen.
erals. He does not act on such
protests. He passes them along
to higher echelons. A rejection
is the usual result.
Quiet But Anxious
The day went off quietly, de-
spite official anxiety over in
cidents.
The Communists attempted
to open three travel offices at
stations Of the Communist run
elevated railroad in West Ber-
lin to issue permits for entering
East Berlin. They lasted only a
few hours. West German police,
acting on orders from the West
ern commandantS, closed them.
One West Berliner penciled
sign on a wall next to the
office at the zoo station:
Entrance to the concentra-
ton camp-one West mark (25
centS)."
That seemed to be the atti-
tude of most West Berliners,
although thousands have rela-
tives and friends across the
border they are unable to visit
without a permit.
A belief that there will be no
war over Berlin was expressed
by two Western government
chiefs-British Prime Minister
Macmillan and West German
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
Belgrade Urges Talks
A call for a negotiated solu-
tion was sounded in Belgrade
at a news conference of Drago
kunc, a spokesman for Prssi-
dent Tito'S independent Com
munist government.
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