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Released under the John F. Kennedy

Assassination Records Collection Act of

1992(44 USC 2107 Notel. Case#:NVy

B8613 Date: 03-16-2025

Date

Page

07/19/96

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY : INSCOM/CSF

RECORD NUMBER : 194-10012-10400

RECORDS SERIES : DOD-AFFILIATED PERSONNEL AND INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS

AGENCY FILE NUMBER

: ZF000003W - PAGES 785-787

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR : USA

FROM : DCSI USCOB BERLIN

TO : OPSI USAREUR HEIDELBERG

TITLE : MESSAGE

DATE: 12/02/67

PAGES

: 3

SUBJECTS : SLOVODA, VLADIMIR

POSSIBLE US ARMY DESERTERS

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIAL

RESTRICTIONS : 3

CURRENT STATUS : RELEASED WITH DELETIONS

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 03/20/95

OPENING CRITERIA :

COMMENTS : PAGES 785-787 WERE REGRADED UNCLASSIFIED ON 22 SEP

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CONFIDENTIAL

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

NATIONAL MILTARY COMMAND CENTER

MESSAGE CENTER

465341

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PP RIEPJS

DE RUFPEK.

83 1 3399945

ZNY CCCCC

P B5 8945Z DEC 67

FM USCINCE UR

INFO DIA DIACI WASH DC

P 021230Z DEC 67

• AM DCSI USCOB BERLIN GER

TO OPSI USAREUR HE IDELBERG GER

B

67881

67.35 $

07853

. =

2316

• CALL 53337

FOR NMCC/MC

SERVICE

L 05

• 8 162

GP 4

= 2 YEAR INTERVALS

DECLASSIFIEU AFT

110-383-67 FROM: DESI, USCOB

SGD

CARPENTER

SIB ACT: POSSIBLE US DESERTERS CU) F

N 28 NOVEMBER

1967, WEST BERLIN POLICE ADVISED

THAT THE FOLLOWING PERSONS, DESERTERS FROM THE AMERICAN

• ARMY, WERE POSSIBLY IN WEST BERLIN:

REGRADER UNCLASSIFIEI

PETER SIMONS

BORN 5 MAY 1943 IN GERMANY

BY CDRUS-

AUTH Para 1-603 DOD 5200.1R

ROMAN ARNOLD

BORN 6 JANUARY 1945, PRESUMABLY IN GERMANY

2. (C) THIS INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE DUS -

SELDORF POLICE, WHO REQUESTED THAT THE INDIVIDUALS BE

TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND TURNED OVER TO THE AMERICAN MILITARY

POLICE: DURING A VISIT IN DUESSELDORF IN LATE OCTOBER, THE

TWO MENTIONED THAT THEY WANTED TO GO TO BERLIN TO AN

WIDENTIFIED STUDENT ORGANIZATION. THEY FURTHER STATED

THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO GO TO VIETNAM

3.. (C) THIS SAME MESSAGE WAS SENT TO THE FRANKFURT/

MAIN POLICE, INASMUCH AS SIMONS HAS A GIRL FRIEND THERE,

AND HIS FATHER ALSO RESIDES IN THAT CITY. INSTRUCTIONS TO THE

FRANKFURT POLICE WERE THE SAME.

4. (C) ON 1 DECEMBER 1967, THE WEST BERLIN POLICE REPORTED

THAT THE TWO MEN HAD BEEN REGISTERED IN THE FRENCH SECTOR SINCE

27 SEPTEMBER

1967 AT. FALKENTHALER STEIG 148, C/O DECH, BERLIN-

HERMSFDORF• POLICE ARE DEFERRING ANY ACTION IN THAT MATTER.

5. (C) CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES HAVE VERIFED THAT THE TWO MEN

HAVE BEEN IN WEST BERLIN ON SEVERAL OCCOASIONS IN OCTOBER AND

ACTION: DIA-15

INFO

CJCS-1 DUS-3 J1-2 SDEF-7 ASD/ISA-9 ASD/MPR-1 ST-1 CIA-4

CSA - 1

CNO-2. CSAF-1 CMC-7 FILE - 1(55) ETO/RA

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER

MESSAGE CENTER

NOVEMBER, WITH THEIR EXACT WHERE ABOUTS UNKNOWN. THEY HAVE RETAINED

AT TORNEY

HORST MAHLER TO REPRESNT THEIR INTERESTS. IT APPEARS

THAT ARNOLD IS TRYING TO OBTAIN YUGOSLAVIAN CITIZENSHIP. THE

STUDENT ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE FREE UNIVERSITY

ASTA, OR GEMERAL STUDENTS COMMITTEE, THE STUDENT BODY ORGANIZATION.

FU STUDENTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ACTIVE IN THE AREA OF OFFERING

VIETNAM BY GOING TO A NEUTRAL COUNTRY •

POLICE DUSSELDORF INDICATES FOLLOWING DATA:

ARNOLD, ROMAN, SP4 E4

RA 16 838.183

SSN: 355-36-1583

SPECIAL PROCESSING DET, HQ. USAG TROOPS

FT HOOD, TEXAS

DATE AND LOCATION OF ENTRY INTO ACTIVE DUTY: 15 OCT 67,

AF EES, CHICAGO, ILL.

ABSENT AS OF : 21 SEP 67, 8513 HRS

CARRIED AS DESERTER AS OF: 10 OCT 67

MOS: 36 C 20

BOB: 6 JAN 45, POB: GERMANY

SIMONS, PETERK., SP4 E4

RA 19 841 799

SSN: 558-66-6254

SAME UNIT

DATE AND LOCATION OF ENTRY INTO ACTIVE DUTY: DUTY: APR 65,

US ARMY RMS, LOS ANGELES, CA

ABSENT AS OF: 21 SEP 67,

0515 HRS

CARRIED AS DESERTER AS OF : 10 OCT 67

NOS: 31M 28 CRADIO RELAY OPERATOR)

DOB: 5 MAY 43N POB: COTTBUS, GERMANY.

7. (C) ATTEMPTS BEING MADE TO ASCERTAIN IF SIMONS AND ARNOLD

ARE IN BERLIN AND TO DEVELOP INFORMATION ON THE PERSONS AND

ORGANIZATIONS RENDERING ASSISTANCE TO THESE US ARMY DESERTERS. IT

IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME WHETHER SUBJECTS ARE US CITIZENS OR

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER

MESSAGE CENTER

GRMAN NATIONALS. WEST BERLIN POLICE RECOROS INDICATE SIMONS IN

POSSESSION OF FRG PASSPORT NR 2616712 AND THAT ARNOLD WAS UNABLE TO

PRODUCE ANY IDENTITY DOCUMENTS. GP -4

& CES ADVERSE PUBLICITY AND STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS MAY RESULT

WHEN SUBJECTS ARE APPREHENDED. THERE ARE NO LEGAL PROBLEMS SEEN

EITHER BY THE SJA, USCOB OR BY USBER. MINISTER HAS BEEN BRIEFED

AND USBER IS PROVIDING DETAILS TO U.S. EMBASSY, BONN.

% (C) UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY USAREUR OR US EMBASSY BONN

THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS WILL BE TAKEN IF SUBJECTS ARE DETERMINED TO

E IN BERLIN.

A. WEST BERLIN POLICE WILL BE ASKED TO APPREHEND

SUBJECTS. US MILITARY POLICE WILL ACCOMPANY THE WEST BERLIN

POLICE.

B. SUBJECTS WILL BE APPREHENDED AS QUIETLY AS POS-

SIBLE AND TAKEN TO BERLIN BRIGADE STOCKADE AND PLACED IN

SEPARATE ROOMS.

C. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN COORDINATED!

FOR C47 AIRCRAFT. STATIONED AT EMPLEHOF TO FLY SUBJECTS

TO RHEIN MAIN IMMEDIATELY AFTER APPREHENSION DUE TO

POSSIBLE ADVERSE PUBLICITY AND STUDENT REACTIONS•

10. (C) DIRECT COORDINATION WITH MILITARY POLICE AT RHEIN

MAIN WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY PM BERLIN BRIGADE. HOWEVER, RECOM-

MEND USAREUR COORDINATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ONWARD MOVEMENT FROM

RHE IN MAIN. GP-4

Br

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