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Thursday, Nov. 7, 1963 University Daily Kansan
U.S. Expects Future Red Blockade Tries
BERLIN—(UPI) —The East German Communists indicated today the Russians may again attempt to impose new controls on Western allied convoys traveling on the Berlin highway.
A SMALL U.S. convoy of 22 men in 10 vehicles was sent into Berlin from West Germany without incident today.
The Russians quickly passed it through checkpoints at each end of the 110-mile highway to Berlin. No trouble had been expected because the Russians never have asked such small convoys to dismount to be counted and they did not today
The official East German Communist Party newspaper Neues Deutschland, in an attack on American "arrogance and stubbornness," said the autobahn of the (East) German Democratic Republic is no paradise for provocateurs and troublemakers."
If so, new highway incidents may be unavoidable because American officials have said the army will not submit to new controls and that convoys with less than 31 passengers will not dismount.
It made the statement in an attempt to justify the 41-hour blockade of a Berlin-bound U.S. Army convoy at a Soviet checkpoint because the American soldiers refused to leave their trucks to be counted.
INFORMED Western sources said new Western allied convoy will be sent along the same highway soon to test Soviet intentions.
But today's convoy was not considered a test because it was so small. The 22 men in 10 trucks cleared through the Marienborn checkpoint in 20 minutes, the army announced.
It was considered likely the East German statement reflected the Russian viewpoint.
After crossing East Germany the U.S. convoy cleared the Russian checkpoint at Babelsberg, just outside West Berlin, in 16 minutes, the army announced.
Such small convoys never have dismounted for a head count and it did not today. Therefore its swift passage gave no indication whether the Russians were planning new harassment of Berlin highway traffic.
NEUES DEUTSCHLAND said the Soviet army "nipped in the bud" the "American provocation" at Marienborn Monday. That American convoy was stopped at 9:01 a.m. Monday and released early yesterday.
day and released early yesterday. Neues Deutschland accused the U.S. Army of carrying out a "planned provocation." It took the same stand as Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev in Moscow by saying the Americans finally submitted to controls.
Khrushchev said Russia believes the question of Berlin access could spark a war with the West.
Western officials maintained flatly that the convoy did not give in to Russian demands.
They both refused Russian demands to be counted and were passed without serious delays, although they had more passengers than the halted American convoy.
THEY SAID it was possible Khrushchev felt a Russian demand had been satisfied because the Soviet control officer had been able to count the 20 troops traveling as passengers while they were seated in the trucks.
Both the French and British armies have convoyes waiting to return from West Germany to their Berlin garrisons. The convoyes were sent down the 10-mile autobahn from Berlin to West Germany while the U.S. convoy was being held.
The Russians have always been free to do this, Berlin Commandant Maj. Gen. James H. Polk said yesterday. The men did not dismount, lower the tailgates of the trucks or stand up to be counted, Western officials said.
BOTH CONVOYS, with 23 and 28 troop passengers, are just under the limit of 31 passengers which the Allies have told the Russians they will order out of the trucks for a head count.
John Talleur, assistant professor of drawing and painting, will present an exhibition of paintings and prints at the Kaw Valley State Bank in Eudora from 2 to 5 p.m. Nov. 10.
Art Exhibit Planned By KU Professor
Prof. Tallere has exhibited art work in museums including the Rockland Foundation in New York City, Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the Foundation des Etats-Unis and the Museum of Modern Art in Paris and at the Dallas National Prize Print Show.
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