Released
Three American officials and two German policemen who had been arrested by the Russians were released today. American liaison officers brought Mr Thomas P. Headen, United States deputy director of information, to American military headquarters. Mr Headen, with his wife and two children, had strayed over the British demarcation line in the Potsdamerplatz into the Russian sector when military police drove up. grabbed Mr Headen, and dragged him into their vehicle.
Mrs Headen screamed, “They’ve got my husband,” but the truck had driven off before anyone could make a move. Later, however, the Russians asked United States liaison officers to go to their headquarters to accept the release of Mr Headen. He said the Russians had told him it was forbidden to photograph the Potsdamerplatz.
They had kept him in a cell and later a lieutenant-colonel gave him a “sort of apology." saying he was surprised nobody realised that he was an American official.
Two other American Military Government officials, Lieutenant S. S. Turner and Mr R. M. Myers, were released at Ilersfeld on Russo-Ameri-can border after the Russians had held them captive for 18 days. Turner and Myers said they had been well treated by Russian standards.
They were arrested on August 5, when they crossed into the Soviet zone, apparently inadvertently.
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Northern Advocate, 24 August 1948, Page 5
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