Evening star., 1961-08-16
BERLIN
BERLIN
West Uses Red Action
AS Propaganda Weapon
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Berlin today. Gen. Clarke
conferred with Mayor Brandt
and was menaced by one of the
East German water guns that
guard the border.
Warning that Moscow is
using Berlin in an effort to
split the Allies, Mr.. Brandt de-
clared: "If the Communists are
not stopped at the Brandenburg
Gate. they will not be stopped
at the Rhine"
AS he spoke, West Berlin
police closed roads leading to
the Brandenburg Gate to head
off any steamed-up demon
strators who might decide to
head for it.
The East German Commu-
nists cut down on already lin
tied travel by their own citizens
to Western Germany without
making any announcement
about it.
They thus extended the travel
bans in effect in Berlin since
Sunday when they first shut
off all travel of East BerlinerS
to West Berlin and then al
lowed West Berlin motorists
into East Berlin only by special
permit.
Communications Resumed
Telex communications by
leased printer circuit between
East and West Germany as well
as West Berlin, broken by the
East Germans two days ago
without explanation, were re-
stored today.
But telephone calls from
West Germany and West Berlin
still were not being accepted in
East Germany.
West German guards all
along the border said the ar
rival Of East Germans at cross
ing points practically stopped.
Freight trains and trucks
were permitted to travel in both
directions as before, and West
erners going into East Ger
many were allowed through as
long as their papers were in
order. !
But East Germans on west
bound trains were ordered off
at the West German border,
even though they had visaS
and permits issued by Com
munist authorities. l.
Red Leader Replies
At Helmstedt, chief rail and
highway crossing near the mid
die of the 935-mile border, no
East German cars were allowed
through after midmorning. No
East Germans were on trains
crossing the Bavarian border.
The East German govern
ment made no announcement
concerning the situation. But
it threatened yesterday to put
on another blockade like that
in 1948-9 If West Germany cuts
off East German trade IN re-
prisal for the travel restrictions
in Berlin.
The West Berliners' feeling
that they have been let down
by the Western powers was re-
ported to have impressed Ed
ward r. Murrow, head of the
United States Information
Agency, who left after a three
day visit.
They just shoveled the frus-
tration at him." said one per-
son with Mr.. Murrow at a re-
ception attended by West Ger
man officials.
Gen. Bruce c. Clarke, COM
mander in chief of the United
States Army in Europe, arrived
in Berlin for q conference with
American troop commanders
and had a talk with West Ber-
lin Mayor Brandt.
The British Ambassador to
West Germany, Sir Christopher
Steel, also arrived today.
United States Ambassador
Walter c. Dowling is coming
Friday.
In Bonn, Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer met for an hour with
the Soviet Ambassador, Andrei
Smirnov.
Look to Adenauer
Many West Berliners looked
for Chancellor Adenauer's gov
ernment to act on its own
against the Communists if the
United States, Britain and
France would not go along.
The Chancellor two days ago
spoke in favor of a complete
Western trade break with the
Soviet bloc. The Bonn govern
ment has said it would act
only in accord with its allies,
but with national elections only
a month away, Mr.. Adenauer
undoubtedly is under pressure
at home to take concrete meas
ures against the Communist
East German regimes ban on
East Germans travelling into
West Berlin.
West German Ambassador
Wilhelm Grewe said in Wash
ington last night that measures
more than theoretical" will be
taken against the new Red bar
rier. The Bonn government
announced the lower house of
the German Parliament would
meet Friday to take its own
countermeaSures.
Meanwhile, allied officials
worked to read propaganda
capital from the Communist
move to cut the vast flow Of
refugees from East Germany.
Thny y1ictIired the new Iron