U.S. CONVOY HELD UP
Warning By Russia 'Xfn »nHr BERLIN, December >. Soviet troops held up part of « United States Aray c °oyoy ,or mors *b«} an hour yesterday mi the highway out of West Berlin. They released tt when the Americans corrected an error w documenta, the United The incident came after a Soviet warning of possible serious consequences’’ at continued dispatch of armed American units over the autobchn, reported the Associated Press. The movements were denounced as “military provocation" by ths Soviet news agency, Teas. This was the first time cnee the United States Army began shuttling units between West Germany and west Berlin that the Soviet checkpoint had halted a group. The concrete and brick wall which divides East and West will stay closed for Christmas. East German authorities have turned down a Western request that fhe border be opened during the festive season.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29687, 4 December 1961, Page 11
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