European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes january 1953 new shutdowns leave 4 roads to West Berlin by Nathan staff correspondent 13 Berlin police today said Only four toads still link West Berlin with the rest of two of the remaining open roads in the sector and the other two in the British All other Road connections be tween the former capital of Ger Many and the rest of the country have been three passages were blocked with 7foothigh barbed wire fences Over file despite the attempt of the East Kne authorities to halt the flight of refugees by closing East germans fled to West Berlin Eddy repeats bid for Russ to see deserter continued from Page 1 Vassily command Erin chief of soviet occupation forces in Germany i have received your letter of 3 january 1953 with respect to the former soviet Alexander Alexandrvich As you Are this matter has been the subject of considerable communication Between the representative of the soviet control com Mission in Germany in and major general the former com Mander in the facts in this Case Are As previously represented to Den Gin by general Timberman letter enclose a copy of a letter which my the new commander in major Gen eral Thomas addressed on 10 january 1953 to As general Timber ans letter the american authorities Are entirely prepared to allow soviet military authorities to interview Kulikov further general Timber ans letter sets Forth How arrangements such an interview May be upon your special order instruct ing the appropriate soviet person the interview will be a the text of Timber ans letter to Dengin i have received your letter of january third concerning the for Mer soviet Alexander Alexandrvich As you Are it has Ever been a Basic Tenet of american policy to Grant where possible Asylum to those who seek of his own free requested political Asylum and has received his decision was in no Way influenced by pressure exerted by As you erroneously now in zone Mas my general has repeatedly you Are free to confirm this in a personal interview Between Kulikov and military representatives of your Kulikov is no longer in v Berlin but is now residing in the american zone of this should not prevent you from proceeding with plans for a personal interview since All appropriate arrangements for such can be made by the soviet military Mission accredited to the Mission May Contact usar eur authorities directly if you i shall be glad to initiate arrangements with Usa eur for the interview and assist in provid ing whatever transportation is in this would like to remind you that i have not yet received a reply to the request contained in general Mathewson let Ter of december 19 that permission be granted for an interview Between his representatives and the soldiers night and last night about on third of the refugees have been Farmers sorely needed in the soviet zone Farmers have been telling refugee authorities that they Are fleeing from impossible by which communist authorities Are trying to drive them into collective Farmers say their properties Are confiscated if they do not meet the High there Are about collective farms inthe soviet the collective movement started last Many of the refugees Are youths fleeing from military service in the secretly organized soviet zone Peoples orders needed at 2 Points of the remaining four crossing two Are for inter zonal and allies Are required to present orders and German per mits to soviet Border other than in the Amer ican sector Only the Glie Nicker Bridge crossing still is open for vehicle and pedestrian this route is used by Allied military Mission members to go to Liaison Headquarters in police said All crossing Points Between the French sector and the soviet zone Are the Berlin elevated How still Cross the Border and East germans can use them to enter the West in the British aside from the inter zonal Only a Footpath is press scores Newbon club 13 foreign press and the fed eral press the organization of German correspondents in the West German today distanced themselves from the newly founded Bonn German press the new organization is under fire for the manner in which its membership was of approximately 220 correspondents in the the new club took in Only who were handpicked by a Small Circle of reporters for Lead ing German news Neue Zei Tuff out germans employed by foreign news including the Amer ican wire services and die Neue hic ogs g e r m a plan Guage Are not eligible for the correspondent for Hico Ger Man language radio station in West has been the new organization is scheduled to receive assistance from the West German government in get Ting club the govern ment has earmarked Money Ren Ovate a stat owned Villa for the the foreign press said in a statement that it regretted any development shutting off foreign and German journalists from important news Chancellor Konrad Adenauer delivered a major foreign policy address at the first meeting of the club the text of the chancellors address was not made available to the press at Large until some hours after he had weather aids Stuttgart artist this called White wedding was built of Snow by a Young artist in Stuttgart near the Vatican accuses Yugo of slaying 30 priests Vatican 13 Vatican today released a formal note charging that 30 Catholic had been imprisoned and almost All Catholic publications suppressed in a no Quarter Campaign by communist Yugoslavia against the the charges were contained in a lengthy note sent by the Vatican Secretary of state to the yugoslav government on 15 an published today in the Vatican newspaper Osse Vatore j it was in reply to a Yugoslavia i protest of 1 accusing the Vatican of meddling in the internal affairs of Yugoslavia by for bidding priests from associating with government sponsored religious the two notes marked the last Exchange Between the holy see and Belgrade before the yugoslavs broke diplomatic relations with the Vatican on in a Long recital of the persecution of the Church in the Vatican note said priests Are being continually arrested and sentenced to heavy Pris on terms for crimes which have never about 200 priests Are still in yugoslav in the last 30 priests have been killed treacherously and the persons responsible for the crimes have either not been Dis covered or not been punished if in a very Light it said virtually All Catholic seminaries had been religious teaching abolished in state and students frequently banned from state schools if they Are discovered to have gone to Gen Garvin to get shape staff Job 13 maj Gen Crump of har will be transferred soon from Madrid to Gen Matthew supreme Allied commander in announced now chief of the army Section of the joint military group in will be assistant chief of staff for logistics at he will replace maj Gen Walter of who will be transferred to an important assignment to be announced before going to Garvin served in where he organized the 2d logistical come at airman jailed in pistol thefts 13 air Force sergeant who needed Money to marry his Blond English sweetheart was convicted by a court martial today of stealing 11 pistols from the Amer ican Jet fighter base the Frederick was sentenced to five years in prison and a Dis honorable his girl Frances was sentenced by a British court 19 to six months in jail for receiving the stolen she was arrested while trying to peddle them in the Tough Soho District of Usan regulations require airmen Here to have in the Bank be fore they can wed British miss White said she and the sergeant had been unable to save up the Money and plotted the pistol theft As a Means of raising who pleaded not did not male brains need female says woman Exma Yor 13 Dorothy who last month completed a three year term As mayor of today urged German women to take a More Active interest in their government who is currently in Germany As a consultant on women affairs for the High declared at a conference Here that she could see no reason Why German women could not eventually hold responsible High positions in the Ger Man mens brains alone in a government Are not women brains Are also she views on women in answer to a said she did not think that Ameri can women were politically developed enough yet to hold the presidency she maintained that american women already have shown themselves capable of holding Down High government positions such As Cabinet and Senate the Export land mayor plans to visit various cities in West Ger Many and also Berlin to talk to German women her Scott is accompanying this Marks the third visit of Lee to she first came Here in 1913 As the daughter of a naval she was Here for a three Day visit last 100 Pakistan reds held for rioting 13 a Ahmed 1 local communist charged with the leading role in inciting last weeks four Day still is at Large after a futile overnight police but perhaps As Many As 100 lesser reds now Are behind Akbar assistant inspector general of Pakistan criminal investigation said a great Many of the people who have been on our hoodlum lists also happen to be communist party Mirza cleanup drive in Piccadilly 13 London West end bars around Piccadilly were banned to unaccompanied women this weekend for the first the move is part of a London vice of sets up Allie training in electronics 13 first centralized electronics ing program supporting the Mutu Al defense assistance program map and North Atlantic treaty organization air forces opened at the Safe joint communications training Center Here yesterday with a pledge of support from maj Gen Truman chief of staff and Deputy com Landon told Gen Alberto Del communications Comman Dant of the italian air pledge you our wholehearted port in the attainment of the of providing your people with the Best possible train ing to permit them to operate and maintain this highly technical Ami specialized electronics 12 in first class his pledge followed an inspection tour of the school by High ranking american and italian the first class under the new nato setup is made up of six officers and six enlisted men of the italian air they Are being trained in the latest maintenance meth ods modern Goa ground control approach this which is being supplied to nato air is used by the Usan in the states and in As Well As at its bases in new students from other nato nations will be enrolled in classes every 18 some Safe and Abaca technicians also will receive training in this group on tour others attending the opening tour and dinner yesterday were rear adm Earl chief of Neucom he col Ben Erding air depot col James Safe assistant chief of staff for communications Brig Gen auby Strick Rhine main a col Tom air chief of train Neucom col Rob chief of air Italy maj Walter 7490th technical training so centralized Safe communications col Max col Ottorino it col Tes Sari and capt Bruno All of the italian air and Alva representative of the Gilfillin los Angeles firm which manufactured the equipment used in operations officer of the capt Letus explained that classes made up of various nationalities will pose no special the school simply has its course texts translated and then at least one member of each group will be required to speak he will act As master at the dinner Lan do told the members of the italian air Force who had Spaghetti bolognese with their filet mignon at the that i Hope your students enjoy their stay with us we shall spare no Effort to make their visit pleasant and of Mutual Highway to link Aachen Bel Gian government is getting ready to Start construction of a new High Way linking Antwerp with Aachen via construction would Start at proceed simultaneously t o or a re Antwerp and the German ton for at idea of the projected Highway is to c o n n e c t up Rhineland and Ruhr areas Wilh the big belgian shipping a 20mile stretch of uncompleted autobahn extends from Aachen North toward the new project is being planned jointly by the belgian pub Lic works and defense