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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              4 the stars and stripes spying by military attaches once considered honorable advances in the Host country tried its Best to Imprest them with us military As affairs Between nations became vastly More comply military attaches be came fixtures in embassies around the no one doubted their Job was to act As Legal spies and report everything they could about military military attaches Are officers from the defense depart they serve under Alrec of the they still attend military and report on the weapons sex they arc supposed to travel As much As an Iron curtain military at tache once was asked at a Washington cocktail party what the purpose of his Job to improve military he replied with a straight the United states has 18 itary or naval attaches and assistants in Russia has nine listed in for several years the rus sians did not permit Mili tary attaches to travel the trans Siberia permission was suddenly granted for the four in retrospect some diplomats have wondered whether this was to set a the incident has raised some eyebrows in diplomatic circles because russian sensitivity to by Donald May Washington up the United Britain and rus Sia masters of modern spy techniques arc quarrelling Over one of the oldest methods of intelligence travels by military subject of the latest East West wire a Lith Century method of honorable spying be tween ims week the United slates and Britain vigorously pro tested a raid by soviet officials on the hotel rooms of one Brit ish and three military at taches while they were travel ing across Russia on the trans Siberia Railroad last the allies charged that the russians went through the bag Gage of the attaches and confiscated personal belongings such As note a transistor radio and a wrist Moscow replied that the four were engaged in the russians said they seized film containing 100 photographs taken from the 21 note books of military telescopic lenses and a recon Naissance radio the state department firmly denied he libel of is it has never commented on the specific charges that the attaches took notes and officials said the russian charges were military attaches evolved during the Lith the practice began when nations invited officers from other coun tries to witness military re they had a professional spirit which Cut across National they reported Home How the cavalry looked and on the latest big sput Piehet vote expected next month is expected to be the year of the Ipin the last presidential some 40 per cent of the voters decided not to vote a straight party ticket and marked ballots for candidates of different this the experts anticipate an even larger percentage will vote a split but the political effects will be spotty in some local election Laws Mike sput locket voting easy id to is the primary cause of ballot splitting in 1n was the appearance on the democratic ticket of a Catholic candidate for John normally Republican catholics in some areas voted for Kennedy for but then went Republican for the other candidates on the in Many of the the reverse was True normally democratic voters scratched the top of the democratic voted for Republican Richard Nixon but cast their votes for democratic candidates for Congress and state the anticipation of an even larger split ballot vote this year is based on two considerations the voter is becoming More sophisticated and party loyalty it not As Strong As it once owing to the so called front lash and the front lash is up of moderate and Liberal republicans who will not support top presidential candidate Barry most of arc expected to vote Republican or other offices on the ballot the backlash is up of normally democratic voters who will swing to the gop at the presidential level because they agree with Goldwater on the civil rights but vote democratic for the other the most customary form of  involves a switch it the presidential this will be easiest u Sevea Stales when the press nut Vole is a a separate pit votes for the rest of the ticket May be East with i Slack it also will be relatively easy in to states where the voter Marks his ballot for candidates for each and there is no easy Way to vote a straight ticket in 10 the with a single Mark or by pulling a single lever on a voting May vote a straight party including vote for the presidential to split his vote in Many of these the voter must Lake the trouble to disregard the straight ticket lever and Mark individual in he May vote a straight party ticket but Mark any military observation is Well the russians consider to opener operation discussed Bonn pressuring9 allies to join Milf Washington by Stewart Hensley up the if Thi four attaches were Tak ing such they certainly made it easy for the rus sians to make a Case against Russia has brought espionage charges against a number of military attaches in the sometimes this seemed to be part of a vigilance Campaign in which russian Citi Zens were warned to be wary of but no such Campaign seems to be mount ing american officials do not be Lieve the latest incident will Lead to any change in Overall one sidelight was the remark made by a soviet Security offi cer at the end of the he told the it was were willing to keep this quiet if you but no one knows whether this was his personal idea or the government Cral reluctance to see the mar enemy get a preferred Piti f Many appear to be applying Sutlon in the West s nuclear de psychological pressure on Al have lies reluctant to join the pro american posed nato nuclear planned at least that is the reaction of some Western diplomats to German Washington has not the two countries May go it alone if most Western diplomats seriously doubt that the United states would be prepared to launch the Force As a two Power operation because this would intensify soviet fears of eventual German control of nuclear it would give the russians added ammunition in their Battle against the proposed multilateral nuclear Force which they claim is a device to give the West germans a Finger on the nuclear Sucha bilateral Force almost certainly would raise a storm in because of Lien government bows out of greek Battle Royal Athens a new controversy is swirling around Queen As greek Premier George Papandreou announced that his government wanted no further part in the who has defended the Queen on More than one occasion in the past few said the government now considered it a family it Prince second in line for King Constantinos throne and a Cousin of the said at a news conference that Frederika had created Dissen Sion in the Royal family for 17 be i i ices charge renewed controversy that has swirled around Constan tinos for con Stantone and his danish Queen even interrupted their honeymoon to re turn to Athens after Peters re but then went Back to their honeymoon a source close to Peter said that Constantino had not an swered Peters request for an audience to discuss shortly after Peter did Call a news conference and appeared to be holding out the Olive Branch to others in the Royal he Laid his earlier state ments about Frederika were not to create confusion around the throne or to involve it in anyway with but to explain Why he did not attend Constantinos had said he did not attend because of differences with the Royal family of Greece has nothing to said if among its member there Are differences of opinion they an on matters of purely human he said he had no intention of raising any question about succession rights to the earlier he had questioned whether a Constan tinos sister should be first in line for the Peter said that if is past statements caused Misander it was because of my desire that the new King does not inherit the faults of the Queen fre Derlica new controversy least five or six Particia Powers in my filth the president holding a veto on of the weapons would Ellet 1 Nate any possible danger posed by the j the proposed Milf would consist of a Fleet of 15 surfaces vessels armed with eight Poi Lars nuclear missiles each Aid manned by mixed Crews fronts the participating discussions of the pohts Cal feasibility of the Force tart been held in Paris among eight nations the United West the Turkey and All but Belgium Are partly paling in a trial aboard the destroyer Rick Ells based How Only Germany definitely has agreed to Britain has been reluctant to give final agreement Greece and if they can Settle their Cyprus differ have indicated they would provide men but no the italian government would like to join but has not achieved sufficient political stability to take the step against the Withes of the Large leftist element la the Netherlands is Belgium sees Point in the original concept of Ike Milf was although i would add some Power to Ike wests nuclear Tab would be relatively unimportant in View of the vast Ameri can the political importance would be in arranging a de vice to give Germany and some other allies 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