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Russians Accept U. S. Escorts
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demand the West has turned
down again and again.
The Soviet Embassy in East
Berlin refused to accept a
French protest against the
fatal shooting by East Ger
man guards Thursday of a
young refugee who had already
reached the French sector, the
East German news agency Adm
reported.
Adm said a representative Of
the French command tried to
deliver the protest to a Soviet
Embassy representative but that
the Russian refused to take it,
declaring that the questions
discussed in it were not in the
competence of the Soviet AM
bassador."
Previously. Soviet Ambassa-
dor Mikhail Pervukhin had
acted as if he recognized some
responsibility as Soviet high
commissioner in Germany.
American. British and French
ambassadors also have such re-
SponSibilities because no final
peace treaty has been signed
in Germany. but they are rarely
exercised.
Both Sides Study Notes
Diplomatic wrangling was
expected to be suspended at
least for the week end while
both sides examine notes de-
livered yesterday.
In Ottawa, Secretary Of
State Dean RuSk urged the
Russians to agree to yesterdays
American, British and French
proposal for four-power talks
in Berlin on ways to avoid
further incidents in the powder
keg city. He said it was i'm
portant for the Western. pow
ers and Russia to talk out"
the present situation before it
builds into high tension"
There was not much hope
in Washington that Moscow
would reverse its previous re-
fusal to join in such a meeting.
But neither was there anxiety :
over the Soviet note protesting
the recent stoning Of Russian
soldiers in West Berlin and
warning of necessary meas
ures" should such attacks oc-
cur again.
United States officials said
the Kremlin could not be ex-
pected to pass over the hu-
initiation of its soldiers by a
Berlin crowd without protest.
In fact, United States strate-
gists expressed belief that Mos
COW has shown signs that it
recognizes 1t could not go much :
further on its collision course.
Allied Position Unchanged
Despite Soviet diplomatic
maneuverS and threats, the
allied position in Berlin re-
mained much the same as be-
fore the angry West Berlin re-
action to the East German
shooting of refugee eight
days ago triggered a new So
Wet campaign to drive the
allies out Of the city. Il
. Another refugee was shot to ,
death while scaling the Com
munist wall Thursday night,
but a combination Of Western
firmness and appeals for calm
restrained West Berlin crowds
that stoned Soviet buses earlier
in the week.
The Russians made no i'm
mediate move to back up their
threats of retaliation for
American escorts for Soviet
Armored cars that replaced the
buses carrying Russian guards (
to the Soviet war memorial in
West Berlin.
U. S. Car Stoned ,
The three Soviet armored
cars carrying the war memorial
guard were held up only six
minutes at Checkpoint Charlie
yesterday. A Red army colonel
put up token resistance to
United States rules that all
armored vehicleS-even allied
must have escorts in West Ber-
lin. The guards also adhered
to the ban against showing
arms as they rode to and from
the border crossing point and
the war memorial.