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U. S. Puts 'Copter Plea
Before East Germans
BERLIN, June 14 (/Pj.—An American officer today dealt
directly for the first time with East Oermany, seeking tire re
lease of nine United States Army men held prisoner by the
Communists.
Reversing a nine-year policy of no contacts with the
Soviet satellite. Col. Robert P. McQuall, Bluett eld, W. Va.,
opened talks in East Berlin's,
Foreign Ministry. |l
The East Germans promised <
a quick settlement of the
prisoners’ case if Col. McQuall <
showed that he was empowered i
to negotiate on an intergovern- I
mental level. Further talks
will be held Monday. t
Col. McQuall. 41. chief liaison ;
officer to the Russian army in
East Oermany. sought the re
turn of eight officers and a
sergeant of the 3d Armored Di
vision stationed in West Ger
many
The nine men fell into Com
munist hands a week ago when
their big helicopter strayed
across the Iron Curtain in a I
thunderstorm.
Discussion Confirmed
The official East German
news agency ADN said Col. Mc-
Quail, who was accompanied by
an unidentified major, was re
ceived by Otto Wlnzer, deputy
foreign minister.
The United States State De
partment mission in West Ber
lin confirmed that a discus
sion had taken place in the
heliccopter case. But its
spokesman refused to give de
tails or elaborate oq the au
thority with which Col. Mc-
Quail spoke.
In Washington, State De
partment Press Officer Joseph
Reap also gave confirmation
but said, “We have no report
as yet other than the press
report."
The United States does not
recognize East Germany. Ap
parently Col. McQuall was
delegated to make the contact
to avoid any implication of
diplomatic recognition.
Hinges on Status
The release of the nine
prisoners now apparently
hinges on a United States
State Department definition
of Col. McQuail’s status that
will prove satisfactory to the
East Germans.
ADN’s announcement re
ferred to the meeting as “the
first exchange of opinions in
which the viewpoints on both
sides were explained.”
ADN said that on Wednesday
an East German note on the
helicopter was handed by a
Czechoslovak official to the
charge d’affaires of the United
States Embassy in Prague, whc
received it "correctly.” »
The State Department has re
fused to recognize the East Ger
man regime and insistted thal
American interests be handled
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I by the Soviet Union under post
war Big-Pour accords.
However, the Russians turned
down United States demands
and referred the matter to the
East Germans.
Secretary of States DuUes
cold a news conference in Wash
ington Tuesday that the United
States would deal direct with
the East Germans if necessary
to get the men back. But he
stressed that this*would not
imply recognition.
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sources reported that Russian
army headquarters had offered
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military liaison officers and rep
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[regime. But the ADN announce
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Soviet representatives being
present.
Gov. Chandler,
Gregory Accused
Os Conspiracy
! MURRAY. Ky„ June 14 (IP).
Frank A. Stubblefield, Murray
| druggist who unseated U. S.
Representative Noble Gregory
in the May 27 primary election.
' filed a petition today charging
1 Mr. Gregory. Gov. A. B.
' Chandler and others with con
• spiracy.
The most serious charge
t made by Mr. Stubblefield was
_ j that a Gregory supporter of
’ sered to pay $5,000 for 200
J votes in Todd County,
f The petition said the names
of other “high State officials,”
it charged were also involved
would be brought out in testi
e mony.
y Mr. Stubblefield also asked
s for a recount of ballots in seven
[ First District counties,
t The petition was filed in
e Galloway Circuit Court a few
| hours after a recount of pri
'- mary election votes in Logan,
e Calloway and Marshall Coun
n ties asked by Mr. Gregory was
h completed.
Mr. Gregory picked up s
y total of 91 votes in the recount
e He had lost the First District
a Democratic nomination to Mr
ie Stubblefield by 432 votes,
d Mr. Gregory was supported
o by Gov. Chandler in his race
for nomination to a 12th term
s- as First District Congressman
•- Mr. Gregory, contacted at
it Mayfield, called all of Mr
d Stubblefield’s charges “silly.”
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PARATROOPS OFF TO CYPRUS—British airborne troops en route to
Cyprus load their equipment onto a lorry at Aldershot, England, for
the flight to the Mediterranean island.—AP Wirephoto.
Paratroopers 1
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| NICOSIA. Cyprus. June 14
. (IP).— Tough British paratroop
* ers flew into Cyprus today dur
ing an ominous calm.
* j As their jet Comets and four- 1
. engine transports swept in, a
9 strange quiet prevailed on this
Mediterranean island after
* five days of Greek and Turkish
j Cypriot rioting that killed 16
_ and injured scores of others.
Greek and Turkish Cypriots,
d separated in Nicosia by barbed
n wire and British soldiers, re
! opened their shops and crowds
" returned to the steaming hot
v ,
„ streets. There were no inci
, - dents for the second straight
i-! day.
s The first elements of the 3d
Parachute Battalion arrived
a just three days before Britain
t.'announced its plan for the fu
st ture of Cyprus,
r. It is reported that both the
Turkish Cypriot demand for
d; partition of the island between
:e Greece and Turkey and the
n Greek demand for self-deter
i. mination will be denied by the
it British. The island likely will
r. be offered some form of self
government. From the look of
things here now, this will i
satisfy neither side. i
The two other battalions of :
the brigade, about 1,000 men,
and another 1,000 technicians
and administrative personnel
were ordered to stand by in ,
Britain. The War Office said
the entire brigade will have
been moved here within the
next few days in what it de
scribed as a purely precaution
jary measure.
The battalion is part of
the experienced 16th Independ
ent Parachute Brigade which
S played a large role in success
ful antiterrorist operations in
, the Cyprus Mountains two
. years ago. The same brigade
spearheaded the British assault
on Suez late in 1956.
, The paratroopers will join
[ 25,000 other British soldiers
standing guard on this dis
puted island.
• Throughout Cyprus, soldiers
t were watching for signs of
. renewed trouble between the
t 400,000 Greek Cypriots and
100,000 Turkish Cypriots.
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His Old Aide, Soustelle i
• i
PARIS, June 14 (JP). —Charles,
de Gaulle finished 14 days as
Premier today by tightening,
his on rebellious Algeria
in his determined drive for
French unity.
With the political finesse of
a professional politician, the;
old soldier politely but firmly!
subdued his old aide, Jacqu*'
Soustelle.
Mr. Soustelle, the political
power behind the French army
revolt in Algeria, obediently
answered Gen. de Gaulle’s
summons to a meeting and
emerged with nothing more for
his pains than vague permis
sion to keep talking.
Supporters of Mr. Soustelle,
a member of the Junta and a
former governor general in Al
geria, had wanted a cabinet
post for him. His opponents
had wanted his scalp. Gen. de
Gaulle heeded neither side.
Asked far Ideas
Gen. de Gaulle asked Mr
Soustelle to give members of
the cabinet his ideas on the
3‘/i-year-old rebellion of Al
gerian nationalists against
French rule. Mr. Soustelle
agreed and cancelled plans to
. return immediately.to Algiers.
Gen. Raoul Saian, whom
" Gen. de Gaulle has put in
* charge in Algeria, told an tn
s terviewer in Algiers that the
Premier’s television speech last
>. night and the Junta’s motion
. supporting it “have solved aU
the problems.”
j In that speech, Gen. de
! Gaulle pledged a campaign of
pacification in Algeria and
called for all Frenchmen to
support a bond drive to help
France out of its financial
, | troubles.
I Gen. Saian said his 400.-
'79-man army in Algeria cani
• get back to flehting the
[ Algerian nationalists.
Gen. de Gaulle’s perform
> ance with Mr. Soustelle was
i typical of his first two hectic
I weeks. He listened, then softly
• but firmly imposed his own
. way.
As Mr. Soustelle left Gen. de
_ i Gaulle’s office. Soviet Ambassa
[ dor Sergei Vinogradov walked
. in He was an occasional caller
t during the long years the gen
s eral waited to be called back to
• power.
Mr. Vinogradov said after
ward he gave Gen. de Gaulle an
oral personal message from So
viet Premier Nikita 8. Khru
t shchev. He also delivered a
. note on the proposed summit
I conference. By including Gen.
t de Gaulle in the note delivery,
ejthe Soviet Union has put him
a on a level with Washington and
i. London. Those two capitals got
n their notes yesterday,
a Asked if he had invited Gen.
. de Gaulle to Moscow, the Soviet
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Ambassador smiletLand replied
he could say no more than that
he had delivered the notes.
Approach Deceptive
The general's easy, almost
fatherly, approach has bees
deceptive, in two weeks, he haa 4
sped France through dangers
the man in the street saw only
fleetingly.
The AU-Algerla Public Safety
Committee, the junta that
seised power In Algeria May
10. at first balked at Gen. da
Gaulle's Insistence on main
taining many old political fig
ures in his cabinet.
But Gen. de Gaulle cracked
the whip and pointedly told
Gen. Saian the committee was
| under the control of Gen.
Saian as his delegate general
for Algeria. The committee
then fell in line.
With the right-wing com
mitteemen back in line, at
least tor the moment, Gen. de
Gaulle quickly pushed ahead
with his ideas tor revamping
the French empire into some
thing like a federal system
with each state having equal
representation in a more pow
erful French Senate.
This is a far cry from tha
, full integration of Algeria with
I France that one million
: Frenchmen in Algeria advocate
to keep from being over
. whelmed by nine millioii
t Moslems.
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