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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1948,

Mounting Tension In Berlin

Red Activities: Protests And Counter-Moves

Western Military Heads

Confer On Situation

Berlin, Apr. 1.

| Soviet troops today established a military post with a barrier at the crossroads on the edge of the British Berlin airfield at Gatow, just inside the British sector, it was officially announ- ced tonight.

The Soviet troops detained several British people, including two women, but later released them..

A protest demanding the withdrawal of the post has boon sent to General Kotikov by Major Ganara! E. O. Horbert, the British commander in Berlin. When the Soviet troops were asked to leave imme- diately by a British officer, they stated they could not go away without the permission of General Alexander Kotikov, commanding the Soviet troops in Berlin,

Sussed plans

it was announced that the air

suspansion of British trains

for

Belfast Purge

Belfast, Northern

Ireland, Apr. 1. The Belfast City Counali today decided on a Commun- int "purgs."

A resolution passed by a large majority sukad depart- mental heads to report any casos of employees holding Communist views who could do harm to municipal or na- tional interests.--Reuter,

Rauter On Trial For Murder

The Hague, Apr. 1. Hans Albin Rauter, former chief of the Nazi security ser- vice in Holland and Himmler's personal representalive, faced a special court here today, charged with murdering Jows and shooting Dutch partisans.

The Indictment against Rautor accused him of responsibility for the deportation of 110,000 Dutch Jews, only 6,000 of whom return- ed after the war.

Dressed In his old SS uniform, |from which the badges have been removed, Rauter admitted he | had signed several of the notori- ous Jewish deportation decrees.

He told the court that he was subordinate. to Seysa-Inquart, the German Commissioner for

gu

French Reds To Meet

Three of the four roads form-volved, it would present the This was disclosed, according The Netherlands during the ing the crossroads were then greatest air transport problem to DPD, at a meeting of leading occupation, but Himmler's closed by British troops,:;

since the movement of whole United States AAP officers here personal representativo sent re- Britain also followed United armies during wartime.

today.

gular reports on the situation 'in States action' in cancelling all

Air Bridge

Two Dakote transport air-} Holland, craft will go into service bo- The Austrian Legation today millitary trains in and out of "We have been prepared for

tween Berlin and Buscksburg, denied that Rauter possessed Berlin after the sudden Imposi- anything," the chief operations

nationality, snying he In the British Zone, it was Austrian tion by the Russians of new offleer of the American Army Air

learned.

was deprived of Austrian citizen- travel restrictions between the Force in Europe, Brigadier

Seats for high-ranking per-ship in November, 1833, because sald General J. F. Blaine, capital and the Western Zones.

"of treacherous acts". He escap- sonnel will be allocated accorded justice by flight, the statement officers

ing to priority.

added.-Reuter. Three omnibuses will also be of the tightening of run between the British Military was "temporary measure for the restrictions along the zonal

Government headquarters In the next few days." Aircraft border was a report in an Amert Berlin and Helmstedt and points

buses will be used to take cun-licensed Berlin newspaper in British personnel between the that 350 motor vehicles had been the British Zone by normal

trains. British Zong and Bartie.

requisitioned for the "Western

buses will frontier's protection" in the Tol-Passengers in the The Americans took similar tow districts, near Berlin, by the dividual Inspection of their trait- presumbly have to undergo in-. nction earlier In the day. They Brandenberg (Soviet Zone > have switched to air transport Government.

sil documents by the Russians in and out of the capital.

when they pass through the check Major-General Neville Brown John, the British Deputy MIII- tary Governor, later called on Lieutenant-General Luyantschen- ko. the Soviet Chief of Staff, after a day of holdups of the Western occupation powers rall and rond services.

American The switching of travel in and out of Berlin to air transport came on the heels of new Soviet restrictions, imposed at midnight, which brought rail communications with the Western Zones to a standstill,

Tommy Guns

All along the Anglo-Russian, points. zonal border, Soviet control has been strongly tightened, al though the border tias not been completely closed. All frontier posts are strongly manned and villages not pre- garrisoned are now oc- viously cupled by Soviet troop detach- ments, according to Germans who have succeeded in crossing into the British Zone.

$20.00 pc. Russian zonal border station of German workers

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Paris, Apr. 1. The Central Committee of the the French Communist Party, most important group within the party, will meet on April 14-15 at Genevilliers on the norther outskirts of Paris, the Com- munist Party' headquarters an nounced today,

Incas

French

The Soviet authorities have

The Central Committee is com- Imposed a complete ban on the posed of approximately 150 lead- movements of goods from

the ing

Communists.--Reu- Soviet sector into the Western ter.. sectors from 11 p.m. to 8.00 a.m.

Soviet authorities in VICTIMS. BURIED daily, the Berlin announced today.

Paris, Apr. 1. This instruction, which

Eleven of the 15 victims of the Into affect Meanwhile, an unusual

immediately, situn-to

also Indian Air Lines plane crash on tion arose with regard

the stipulated that all vehicles carry-Mount to

Cardon, Corsica, Inst ing goods from the Soviet acctor weekend, were hurled at the Braunschweigische Kohlen-Berg- into other sectors of the city will village of St. Pierre de Vanaco, werke coalmines, just outside to

have to be issued with special Helmstedt.

the scene of the accident the In Berlin itself, the Soviet mill- Situated partly in the British district authorities in the Soviet The British Consul at Ajaccio

passes signed by

German today. tary police, armed with tommy Zone and partly in the Soviet

sector. guns, took up positions at

they new Zone,

attended the ceremony and mill- were immediately

Herr Eranz Neumann, check points

Chair-tary honours were rendered by a where the main affected by the new Soviet res-

man of the Berlin Social Demo-guard of gendarmes ---Router. roads cross the border between triction. the Soviet and Western sectors.

the New Passes

crat Party, today described situation in Berlin as "serious," Trains piled up at the British-

DENA, the German news service, was stated to be "not hostile bat who have to reported.

firm," Helmstedt, as two British mili pass through the Rusalan Zone "I wonder whether the Western General Brownjohn was re- tary trains one entering and one on their way to work were stop- Allies will put up with this?"

Goners ported to have told leaving the Russian Zone-were ped, at the Russian check point he asked... "I hope they_show. Luyantachenko of the British held up at Marlenborn, six inlles and wamed that by tomorrow) backbone".

objection to the new Baviat east of the line, by the new So-afternoon they must produce Dr. Wilhelm Kuelz, Chairman viet restrictions.

regulations in much the same! new-type passes

bearing their of the Liberal Democratic Party- terma as those he used in his] road photographs.

in the Soviet Zone, saw in the

note of protest yesterday, route forming the fand corridor As the town possesses only strengthening of Russian control

The Soviet general replied with to Berlin from the West-the one

the workers a natural measure against Russians

the the same arguments as were put ussians set up two new check immediatographer,

protested and asked Increasing itegal border crosslugs forward

Soviet points. at one of which, near for more time to secure the re- of doubtful elements, not.

in the original only notification

the three sent to Hamelin Натени Beldge,

fur-capped quired passes, Russian troops, armed with tommy

representative in- guns end automatis ert, they sent n delegation weapons, stood by whlie offloare their directora, who agreed

sted on Soviet officials being given the right to enter and Inspected the travelling docu- lake up the matter with the So-

search British trains, and General ments of British, French and viet military representatives at Berlin police

headquarters Brownjohn repeated the British American drivers.

Haldebzleben, nearby.

stated this afternoon that they German traffle along the Auto- An official of the mines told knew nothing of reports that 12 bahn-called the "Road of Fear" Reuters: "It is practically im- American lorries had been seized by farmers living nearby drop- possible for us to carry out this by armed Russians while passing ped to almost nothing today, a order of the Russians by tomor- through the Soviet sector of the Berlin police officer said.

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The Soviet

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After the meeting, an official British spokesman said there WEB no rozson for supposing that it had any positive results. A number of British officers allow our men to pass through The United States Provost Mar- He added there would be no and Control Commission officials, the Russian side on their way to shal's Office here stated late this more British trains poross the travelling from Berlin

to the work, our daily output of 19,000 afternoon that no, United States

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Zong until further. no- British Zone by ear, returned to tons of coal will be severely res- lorries had been reported stop-

tice. the British military police post tricted."

ped, searched or seized in the General Brownjohn spoke only on the outskirts of Berlin when French Decision

Soviet sector of the city today. on behalf of the British authori- the Russians at this spot objected

"We should certainly Baden-to-Berlin

havo ties and had not acted as that their papers did not carry military train,

French which was held heard about it if there had been Armed with new travel papers, up by the Soviet frontier control any such incident" an officer of spokesman for the three Western they returned to the check point at Helmstedt this morning, has the Provost and were then allowed to pass, resumed its jouney and is due, alated.

today's date.

Governors Meet"

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Marshal's Office

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it was stated. All Russian troops guarding frontier fines have been issued in Berlin shortly, the German

with live ammunition, sources in close touch with, Russlan news agency, DPD, reported.

The British train detained by The French train, which leaves

Command eirolas reported to The Military Governors' of the

Berlin daily

night Baden, will Soviet frontier guards at Marien- for three Western Zones, General Sir

Previously, only those troops in Brian Robertson, General Lucius leave according to schedule to-born has been ordered "to Berlin

authorities immediately by the British what were considered dangerous D. Clay and General Plerre morrow, the French

authorities. The order was given spots had live ammunition. Views Koenig, met at the British Con- announced officially today. tral

General. Brownjohn had expressed in these circles held American circles in Frankfurt after Commission headquarters

the situation the transport] discussed

with that the Soviet Command was here to review the problem tonight thought

planes available in the American General Luyantschenko at the fully propared to take mensuros caused by the Soviet tightening Zone would be insufficient to Soviet headquarters at Karlshort to counteract the British and of control.

American Intention to use, “Bir- Major-General BrownJohn; the supply the Berlin population in tonight,

craft-Reuter- British Chief of Staff, protested to the Russians against the de- tention of British, tenins-and was reported to be trying to? meet the Russian auth

authorities.

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