European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                My baby Boyd said in an interview in his apartment in the town of Nauen in Brandenburg state. At the time i went to the ils. Army chaplain to Tell him Triy dilemma Boyd  wanted to live with this woman who is pregnant by me and he just said love Ern and leave them Boyd can you imagine that. So i just moved to East Berlin with her. We were always warned not to go to the East by cause of the evil communists but shoot the Dollar was Worth 4.20 Marks in the West and a lot More Over there so Many of us were used to going  Boyd born in Chester s.c., did t talk about allegations by the army that he had had a number of minor run ins with army Law before he went cast. There is even the army claim that he broke arrest " just before deserting. After i crossed Over i was taken by the russians to Rostock for about a month and then to Potsdam they checked if i was a spy and then i was taken to Bautzen and checked into the International Solidarity  in Bautzen Boyd Learned a Trade by working in the train Wagon factory in nearby Gorlitz and other factories. He also worked in mines. He also played " and Sang part time with a band made up of Ameri can military deserters. Boyd has the look of a Man who has done hard physical work All his life. He lives i what he feels is substandard housing even for an East Germany that has a general housing problem. In the course of his 40 years Boyd married three times and has had seven children. East Germany was anxious to increase its Popula Tion. It made it easy for married women to work by establishing a network of kindergartens that provided for every child. , families were Given furniture on government credit. That credit was reduced by a certain percentage for every child born. East germans called the process of paying off the credit by bearing children Abkin darn or child ring off a debt. Boyd s oldest daughter Karin an actress moved to West Germany before German unification and plays in German films and television productions. She also played in the critically acclaimed film mephisto based on the novel by the late Klaus Mann. Boyd lost his Job like Many East germans when unification came but he s of retirement age anyway he said. A.  he does t have to worry about any Jong Arm of the army because he now has a valid american passport like Grossman Boyd never applied for nor was. Given East German citizenship according to Boyd he and current wife Jabine de cited to marry in 1984 after living together for four years. .,.,- ". A i went to the american consulate in East Berlin and told them i needed a passport because i had no Ameri can identification Boyd said. They asked me a lot of questions like was i a communist and i told them no. Which is the truth. They issued me a passport before that All i had was a red Cdr identity  Boyd not Only married with the passport but used to travel to West Berlin to shop. When  came Down Boyd said it meant nothing to him at All. \  ,. He then decided a Eavold visit relatives in the United states relative had visited him Wice in East Germany since he deserted. I warned him Sabine Boyd said that his pass Only had a Bunch of Cdr Stamps Iri it from his trav Eling Back and Forth to Berlin. I said before he went to the United states he should get another passport it would look less suspicious.". In 1993, Boyd went to the . Consulate on Clay Alice in Berlin to see if he could get another . They said i d have to come Back in a couple of Days because they had to Clear up something Boyd said  he said when he walked out of the office three men intercepted him in the corridor and grabbed him and put him on a plane to fort Dix . ,. His wife said she waited outside for hours until someone told her what had happened to her Hus  was in total panic she said " " James w. Pulley and wife Ursula live in a spacious Home in Eastern Berlin. At fort Dix Boyd was interrogated by capt. John Adamsjr. Of the trial defense service. Army document shows that Boyd had been on the army list of american military deserters to East. .7 Germany. _  /. Boyd said the army had photos of him from 1952 to 1982, which Means they knew he was visiting East Berlin while still stationed in West Berlin and after his defection. They had photos of us standing in front of the in Ter shop and sitting on a Park Bench in East Berlin Sabine Boyd said they did t Tell him where they got the pictures. Probably some spy or informant in East Germany tools  into shop was the name of the East German government store Chain that sold much coveted Western products for hard currency. Boyd got hard currency. From his relatives in the United states. Today Boyd said he never really rear Clad desert ing the army. He did t get much for it besides a life of hard work but he said he had work. He was t sure he would have had that had he remained in the United states. I think i la go Bank Home to visit family sometime in the near future Boyd said and stared out the. Window  Cobblestone Street scenery.  w. Pulley and his wife live in a spacious one family House in a residential Section of Eastern Berlin. The pulleys arc a warm and Friendly couple accustomed to making guests feel at Home. Their House is surrounded by a Garden and there s a swimming Pool in the Back Yard. Pulley s financial situation is obviously better than that of most deserters and even of most East Ger mans. It s no Surprise because Pulley was a fairly Cllrk pwn Singer in East Germany. Pulley appeared on East German television and with his repertoire of Harry Belafonte songs gospel and evergreens he travelled with East German  All the Way to Tashkent. Pulley deserted from the . Army in Augsburg in 1955 following he said his Girlfriend on foot and with 10 cents in his pocket to her Home in East Ger Many. " today he Calls his actions at the time stupid but he said love was something missing in his Young life.  y. My Mother gave me away to Foster parents and to other people. She was always threatening me with the police and prison i was a Normal kid and was t getting into trouble or anything. She used to tic me to chairs so i could t go out. So i got away from Home us fast As i  Pulley the unwanted child from Morristown pa., said he joined the army when he was 16 lying about his age. Six month later in 1952, he was stationed in Augsburg. Three years later he defected to the East. _ in the army there were no. Racial problems put of the Ordinary Pulley said in fact my commander was Black. No i just wanted that girl.". He Only had six More months to serve at the time said Ursula Pulley his current wife. I lad he waited he would t have any problems about a scr. Lion.". The love affair fell apart  was put through the soviet East German filtering process and sent to Bautzen. There Pulley went through the usual indoctrination and language lessons. I Learned who the Boss Here  Pulley became a steel worker in the town of continued on Page 6 pm non Ini to i i i jul Page 5