U.S. CHIEF DENIES AIR SAFETY BREACHES
(11.30 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 5. Major-General Hays, the United States Deputy Military Governor of Berlin, told Lieutenant-General Dratvin, Soviet Deputy Governor, that the Soviet protest on October 2 against American infringements of the air security rules was "based on wrong information” according to the German news agency quoted by Reuter’s correspondent in Berlin. General Dratvin’s note mentioned 86 alleged violation by American personnel between August 20 and October 1.
The British spokesman said that General Dratvin’s note contained the "usual accusations” which the Russians are making every month. General Dratvin’s letter to the British deputy governor on which no measures have been taken alleged 656 violations of basic flight discipline by British pilots.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22761, 6 October 1948, Page 5
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