European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes october East attired vote hailed by Taylor 13 Gen Maxwell Berlin said today that the overwhelming Success of the plebiscite of East sector residents conducted by West Berlin political parties so Cave that no fake elections in Eastern Germany can prevent the disclosure of the True feeling of germans Taylor said the spontaneous and full hearted response of More than East berliners to the plebiscite for citywide elec tons is indeed eloquent testimony to the democratic aspirations of our neighbors in the East despite the Many difficulties in the Way of casting Taylor German Gir tells court of soviets Deal by Omek Anderson staff correspondent 13 aubur haired German girl testified today before a Hico court tha had arranged with a Sovie mid secret service agent to turn Owr military information to the Hildegard Kuhnen said she contacted a capt Pavlov of the mid at request of Hermann cos Wiesbaden lumber dealer with whom she hitchhiked a ride on the Kassel Frankfurt autobahn miss Kuhnen said Cosmann advised her that he had plans and other which should be Worth Marks to the rus the German girl testified thai Cosmann requested her to Contact the russians and ask them to Send an agent to miss Kuhnen testified she came to Wiesbaden to attempt to raise a loan or find a partner for her Florist making Money she declared that 1 told but he that is not the Way the raise she then directed her attention to several big cars on the How do you think those people get their Money she quoted cos Mann As saying they get it from of the German Florist testified that she subsequently returned to wies Baden and informed Cosmann of her talk with Cosmann and miss Kuhnen met Gunther the in a Wiesbaden Over Scholz turned Over to them maps and other data on the Griesheim Ord Cosmann and the according to her went to Magde at the soviet Ecomman they met Pavlov and two russian she said Pavlov expressed Delight Over the ordnance depot miss Kuhnen said she explained she had not closely inspected the it was at this she Tes that she first realized that Cosmann projected espionage tasks directed against the East zone red China pact 13 chinese Peoples Republic and the East German government have signed a Trade agreement in the soviet licensed news Agency an China will Supply East Germany with raw materials in return for Industrial and despite the Blandishments and threats of the illegal communist regime Over half the electorate of East Berlin were Able to Register a resounding Call for re unification of the City on a truly democratic communist tyranny Taylor said that in View of the technical and to the Way of we regard the results As a near Nani Mous expression of Solidarity with the we cannot Overlook the significance of this he the meaning of the plebiscite and its sensational coming As h did on the eve of the farcical elections in the East will not be lost on the Freedom Loving people of the world Brig acting British Berlin said the successful referendum makes a mock Ery of the claim of the so called of the East sector to represent the residents of that soviets turn Down West plea for free Al German vote continued from Page 1 of so they can be cast unmarked Fay fast Ger mans under the strict gaze of communist although West Germany anti communist leaders have urged the soviet zone population to repudiate he they have been at a Oss to suggest How this could be done without risk of immediate Dis covery and the communist government of the German democratic apparently is certain to claim at East 95 per cent of sundays it is the first official election in he soviet zone since when note party Competition was still Al owed by the and the communists won a Bare majority after forcing a merger with the socialists West germans rolled up their heaviest ant soviet propaganda guns in Berlin in an Effort o encourage East germans to boy Cott sundays american and european Trade Union officials will speak at a rally unday morning in the olympic stadium to Salute Berlin workers or their unflinching stand against the West German government issued a 32page reelection Bro Hure soviet nation of he soviet factual report scene of horror left by retreating reds scene at where retreating North korean communists slaughtered women and atrocity murders by the reds have been estimated at in South witnesses said most of the victims shown Here were burned or hacked to Keye gives Farewell talk to Ufa troops at review a11 Stria see riot weapons 13 aus Trian parliament was thrown into turmoil yesterday when Interior minister Oscar Helmer produced steel pipes and rubber hoses he said were used by communist Row Dies who beat up socialists in a soviet zone City three Days the 165member Assembly had been convened to hear government reports on communist strikes and disorders which plagued the nation for the last two anticommunist deputies shouted by Edgar Ulsamer Ofui at the four communist members As Helmer described How a band of 100 reds had stormed a meeting of socialist shop stewards in Durn Krut injuring six then he dramatically waved a handful of 15inch rubber hoses and slender steel pipes he said the attackers had Helmer said the soviet com Mander in apparently aware of the had ordered the entire police Force to a nearby Community on a false alarm just before the continued from Page 1 the implementation of United states policies the Broad pattern of your behaviour has reflected great credit upon the United Many of you have gone far beyond the requirements of your assigned duties in your attempts to fulfil the spirit of the Ufa mis Sion in at the time when food represented a major problem to the austrian you voluntarily contributed thousands of food pack Many of on your own initiative and in your spare worked on behalf of austrian youth that you did these things voluntarily is All the More to your Redit and has contributed in no Small measure to the creation of a Strong and durable Bond Between the austrian and american although we enjoy Good relations with the austrian it would be blinding ourselves to reality to say that no criticism has been directed against it is inevitable that the presence Here of a foreign no matter How benevolent and should provide certain irritations for the local we might ask our selves How we would behave if the United states were occupied by a foreign even though that army was pledged to assist us in every Way but there is much each of As can do to ease the Burden of occupation each of us must act in a circumspect and dignified manner so As to reflect credit on the uniform which we living Symbol we must always remember that each of regardless of rank or is a living Symbol of the United Stales and of american and this country is on the borderline which separates True democracy from the people of Europe need to know More of the advantages available to people in a True democracy such As urge also that you take advantage of every Opportunity to be come better acquainted with the austrian through Mutual acquaintance comes Mutual respect and there is much each of you can do in your contacts with the aus Trian people to insure an appreciation of the High motives which in fluence our with this sort of cooperation we can refute the allegations made by a bitter and subsidized communist minority in its efforts to discredit the United in line with this i would ask you to reflect upon the crisis through which Austria has just we Are so close to this problem that you May have Over looked the significance and in in receives atrocity data Lake 13 the United nations has received a description of North korean communist including the massacre and beating to death of american and South korean the from the in com Mission on contained the first official eyewitness information Ortance of the near insurrections j to reach the world it in the Guise of strikes that have j said that bodies of 35 to 40 taken what the outcome j soldiers had been found by Corn might have been had the forces of Mission and Many of the Western Powers not been press these appeared to have been suf ent cannot be but if we j Fering an advanced stage of Maunu reflect upon what has happened under similar conditions i think you May gain an additional appreciation of the importance of your in the Day byway performance of your duties you support Amer ican policy i urge each of you to keep that in mind at All better training tuition when they were it said that some 400 adult male koreans had been killed by the communists within 400 Yards of the roman Catholic Church in some of the report had been buried Waist or shoulder deep and then beaten to death by communist the commission also reported encountering scores of massacre Vic Tims in Taejon prison and in Seoul by the very nature of our mis Sion Here in Austria you have been required upon Many occasions to j the specialized knowledge of the perform duties which Are not Ordi members of my to All of Obj warily considered to be purely Mili in the performance of these tasks you did not neglect to be sol you sought to improve your military efficiency and to become better you entered wholeheartedly into your unit training programs and you made the various Field such As the Maneu vers recently completed in this realistic and successful credit for the Success with which you have performed these tasks must be shared by you men with he officers who directed your activities so and full credit must be accorded to maj Gen Paul Kendall for the magnificent Job he has first As commanding Gen eral of zone command and later As Deputy commanding i would like also to make special mention of the both military and who constitute my lauds staff it of be ridiculous for me to represent myself As an expert in All of the varied Fields of Endeavor with which Ufa has been no single person can know All of the answers about communications and the dozens of other activities with which we a e been in seeking to find the proper answers to these varied i leaned heavily and gratefully on military and civilian i am grateful for the initiative and deep understanding which they there is one final group which i contributed its full measure to the Success which Ufa has the families of the personnel As signed to this in army terminology this group has come to be known As the truth of the matter is that actually we have been dependent upon we were always Able to lean on them for support and understand and these so called dependent provided us with the Rich and satisfying Home life which made us happier better Able do our wish to extend my special 1 thanks to those who gave so muck j of their time to our welfare Active a commander can have greater feeling of satisfaction to see his troops function cheerfully and it with extreme but with great that i relinquish my Post As your commanding officer to my Suc maj Gen Stafford i Ain confident beyond doubt that the same loyalty which you accorded to me you will to j Irwin succeeds Keyes i Walter new minister to will also As High