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University Daily Kansan Thursday, March 12, 1964
U.S. Crewmen Alive Accused Of Spying
WIESBADEN, Germany—(UPI)—U.S. Army European Commander Gen. Paul L. Freeman has told the Soviet commander in East Germany he wants the three U.S. Air Force officers who were shot down by the Soviets "returned as soon as possible," it was announced today.
Freeman made his request in a letter sent last night to Gen. I. I. Yakubovsky, it was announced at U.S. Army headquarters in Heidelberg.
Freeman told the Soviets he has sent three "search parties" to the site of the crash of the RB 66 reconnaissance bomber, which strayed over the border into East Germany Tuesday.
AS THIS AND other efforts continued for the return of the crewmen, U.S. military officials expressed fear that they might be held in connection with Soviet charges that they were on a spy mission.
The United States denies this and says the twin-jet plane lost its bearings while on a training flight in West Germany.
The Soviets last night protested the intrusion of the plane into East Germany. They charged it penetrated 44 miles at an altitude of 30,-000 feet on a "military reconnaissance" mission before being owned
Freeman said to the Soviet General:
"IWOULD ASK that you see to it that the three members of the crew are returned as soon as possible to American authorities. If one or more of them is injured and not able to travel, I should expect to be so informed so that arrangements can be made for representatives of the U.S. military liaison mission to visit and assist them."
This was a reference to the American mission stationed in Potsdam, East Germany, which has travel privileges throughout the Soviet zone, granted in exchange for similar privileges to Soviet missions in the West.
There were reports that one of the crewmen was slightly injured in parachuting from the plane.
But it was not until yesterday that Western officials knew the crew had survived. The mayor of the East German city of Stendal, near the crash site, told UPI by telephone that the airmen were alive but had been "taken away," apparently by the Soviets.
AIR FORCE officials here were overjoyed at the news. But a few military men said privately they feared the Soviets might hold the crew on support of their spy plane charges.
U.S. Scrutinizes Cambodian Riot
WASHINGTON — (UPI) U.S. officials said today they are pressing "a full review of the facts" surrounding a mob attack on the American Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, yesterday.
State Department officials said a written protest has been made to the government of Prince Norodom Sihanouk over the invasion of the embassy by riotous youths. A spokesman said the mob inflicted massive damage after battering down the embassy doors.
Washington was reported far from satisfied with expressions of regret over the incident by Sihanouk and Cambodian Foreign Minister Hout Sambath. Sihanouk's statement of regret was coupled with an expression of sympathy for the rioters' feelings.
THE STATE Department said no U.S. Embassy personnel were injured. The riots apparently confined themselves to wrecking the first floor of the building and the grounds.
Only the day before the attack, the Department had sought to assure Sihanouk, in the wake of another bitter attack by the Prince on the United States, that it had no desire to meddle in his internal affairs and still wanted to go along with his proposal for neutralizing his country.
This was Moscow's version of the incident:
"Ivestigations on the site of the crash established that the plane carried special reconnaissance equipment for aerial photography and radio technical intelligence.
"It has been established that the plane penetrated into G.D.R. territory with the special purpose of carrying out military reconnaissance."
Western observers in Moscow said both the United States and Russia clearly regard the incident as serious. But they predicted neither side will permit it to mar the generally improving relations between East and West.
THEY RECALLED that in the last incident in January, when a T39 jet trainer strapped into East Germany and was shot down with the loss of all three crewmen, the diplomatic exchanges were stiff but not prolonged, and relations did not deteriorate in other fields.
Yesterday's protest note was also harshly worded. It charged the flight was premeditated and "a new aggressive act of the United States." It rejected the statement by the U.S. Charge D'Affaires in Moscow, Walter Stoessel, that the plane entered Communist territory by accident.
In addition to diplomatic activity on behalf of the crewmen, there were three teams of U.S. military men heading toward the crash site in East Germany.
The crewmen were identified as Capt. David I. Holland, 35, of Holand, Mich., the pilot; 1st Lt. Harold W. Welch, 24, of Detroit, Mich., the navigator; and Capt. Melvin J. Kesler, 30, of Philadelphia, an instructor-navigator.
THE MILITARY teams got permission from Soviet authorities to tour the East German countryside in search of the crewmen. At the time it was granted, the United States had not learned that the men had landed safely and were in custody.
There were reports that the plane had been downed over an area where Soviet troops were conducting maneuvers. It was not known whether the Soviets would deny access to this area on security grounds.
Foreign students: Today is last day to sign up for the People-to-People tour to Ablene and the Eisenhower Museum. Sign in at PtP office, Kansas Union.
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Official Bulletin
TODAY
Der deutsche Verein trifft such am Donnerstag, den 12. März, um 4 Uhr in 502 Fraser. Es gibt ein deutsches “Quiz-Programm” mit allerlei Fragen (aufutscht man die Interesse definiert haben, sind heizlich eingeladen. Erfrischungen gibt es, euch).
Latter-Day Saints Institute of Religion,
Pan American Room, Kansas
union.
College Life Discussion, 9 p.m., 1643
Stratford Road. Arrowhead Springs film
Christian Science Organization, 7:30 p.m. Danfortch Chapel, Everyone Wel-
Episcopal Evening Prayer, 9:30 p.m.
Danforth.
Jewish Community Center Services,
7:30 p.m., 9:15 High. Refreshments.
Coaches-CFM combined meeting,
8 p.m., Lawrence Center, 1915
Stratford Rd.
TOMORROW
Episcope Evening Prayer, 9:30 p.m.
Danforth
Jewish Community Center Services.
7:30 p.m. 917 Highland, Refreshments.
KU Police To Use Radar To Check Driver's Speed
The days of speeding drivers on Jayhawk Boulevard are coming to an end. The KU police department now has extra help in catching speeders—a little chrome box.
The gadget is a radar speed detector unit that can be used in a patrol car and is carried on the side window. It operates on power from the cigarette lighter and is portable.
During this week the police have been practicing with the unit but next week practice is over and the issuing of tickets begins. The unit has already attracted attention on campus from some of the 65 per cent of the student body; the majority that have registered cars at KU.
E. P. Mooam, chief of the traffic and securities office, said that the use of the radar is to make the campus a safer place. He said the police
want to slow the students down, not arrest everybody.
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The unit is worth about $750 and is one of the most advanced types on the market today. It is accurate up to distances of 300 yards and detects speeds of slow moving objects, like pedestrians and bicycles, as well as speeders.
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