European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes n Gorbachev warned on keeping 5 d Johns reaches the final 21 q1985 National league baseball 23 the authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 341 March 1985 end sunday d 8693 a Arthur Nicholson Heidelberg up a soviet guard on sunday shot and killed a army officer attached to the military Liaison Mission to East the United states said monday that the incident apparently was the victim was identified monday by family members and a Usa eur spokes Man As Arthur Donald Nicholson family members said his father is a retired Navy officials said the officer was accompanied by a sergeant who apparently was also fired upon during the they said details of the Case were sketchy be cause the sergeant was the Only witness and had not been Nicholson was a russian linguist who had been assigned to the american military Mission in Potsdam for More than three the army the incident happened at about 4 said Tom a information serv ice Mission members Are never Homan Mission members normally travel in pairs in clearly marked vehicles an Honor guard carries the casket with the body of Arthur Nicholson at Tempelhof Airport in West a photo known to the he Mission members of both sides Are permitted to travel freely in their areas of assignment except in restricted military authorities the Mission at 25 Miles from East and the soviet counterpart in West each has 14 military the sergeant with Nicholson was detained for three or four Homan but he was pretty sure the sergeant was not still in custody Homan said he did not know if he had returned to West Berlin or if he was at in Richard assistant Secretary of state for european identified the sergeant Only by his last according to who said he got his information from the wounded major cried out helplessly to the Burt called the soviet behaviour in Nicholson body was handed Over Mon Day to forces at Glenicke which connects the Potsdam area with the american sector of and will be ship Ped to the United officials a Usa eur spokesman said the body would be flown to Rhei main a near Frankfurt on monday the body was to be met by an Honor guard and a following the Brief the body was scheduled to be taken to the army mortuary service in prior to being returned to the United at the White National Security adviser Robert Mcfarlane said the United states is awaiting further information on the right there Doest appear to be any justification for he administration sources said the de tails of the incidents were very fragmentary and added that defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger had been informed of the Weinberger is attending a nato meeting in a soviet Diplomat said monday that a soviet Soldier shot and killed Nicholson after he was caught re handed photo graphing a soviet military installation and attempted to Vladimir first Secretary in the soviet said the major was one of two servicemen who entered a restricted military installation sunday in the Schwerin area of East the other american was apprehended he Kulagin said the two despite the presence of clearly visible warning signs in russian and in see shoot on Page 28 Reagan denounces unjustified killing of army officer Washington up president denouncing the slaying As said monday All americans Are shocked and saddened by the death of a army major shot by a soviet guard in East Ger Reagan said in a written statement that the soviet Union has been asked for a full explanation of the shooting of Arthur Nicholson who the state department said was shot and killed by a soviet Soldier in East Germany sunday the soviets have expressed their regret Over major Nicholson reagans statement Deputy press Secretary Larry Speakes said that the soviets expressed regret both in East Germany and in a High level meeting Between and soviet officials was held earlier in the Day at the state depart he said that Reagan intended to Telephone Nicholson widow in Berlin to express his All americans Are shocked and saddened to learn of the shooting death of major Arthur a army officer assigned to the military Liaison mis which serves As a Point of Contact for our government with soviet forces in East Reagan earlier in the Reagan rejected charges that Nich Olson was a this is a tragedy that never should have weve challenged we have already registered our protest Over the tragic death of this Reagan said during a picture taking session in the Cabinet at the same Reagan said that the rather than harm chances of a Summit meeting with soviet Leader Mikhail would make me More anxious to go to Richard assistant Secretary of state for european said that Nicholson was not in a restricted area when the incident occurred and that there was no justification for the murder of major theres no truth that the major penetrated soviet restricted Burt Reagan said that both the United states and the soviet under the fou Power agreement dividing Germany after world War were allowed to have 14 representatives each 14 americans in East Germany and 14 Sovi ets in West we were doing nothing except what was empowered under the Reagan asked if americans were permitted to take photographs in East Reagan said that pictures were per told that he appeared to have a Lack of the president replied you cant print what in although the White House situation room was Noti fied of the incident National Security affairs adviser Robert Mcfarlane did not Brief Reagan until Early Between 6 and 7 reagans first remarks on the subject were made to a breakfast session of when he said were resent Ful and feel its an unwarranted