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Escape troJl East Berlin

At l2l5 J n a 8ucae ful escape throuamph Fri 1ahat 88 ing Point e8capee aD B orkman hired

by private finn to load furniture truck t the Pollsh 7MIN-2 for c1el1v ry to ths Pol1sh MUltarf 8814Xl in W t Berlin He hidUSCOB in truck oh belongs to the Pollah MU1 MisoPOL-3

CD tamp3eEAS ECON USIS 1h ca i sure he not lV East border guards

He dropped off the tru k not far from Cbeokpolnt Charll J b8 Npss by offlc1alB in P0l1ah MilltAry i sedan ohASAG

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n b r of cap B from test n rmany durin~ 1966 continuinr th tr nd which ha construction of the Wall in 1961 (see

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((a n) to Accoldin~ to th fi~ur a ho in enclo ure 1 thi represhy

ov r th fi9u of 837 for the first id r bl d clina from the fi~ure of o 96 Th fi~ur a for re~i trationa

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t the Uini try stimated that 75-80 e c e during 19G6 were under

bout 12 p r cent (212) wee from ilit ry unit8 H id estimated 65

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At about 1900 houra on May II an East Germn youth escapod trom East Umlin into the dJstr1~t 01 Kreuzberg 1n the II Sector a art distance to the East 01 the Heior1th Helne Straase orossing po10to he refugee a l-)ear-old apprenu8 preo1sion tool maker~ claims to have studied tho arPa for 3even ltlaT-3 bc3foro his escape fh1oh waa made in full dnilibht ooar two ~t Garmon oorder briGade observation towers HeKIR-2 went thro~L an optl11nG in the electrlfied border fence used byUSCOB motolized l)ast Germ n anny un1ts orossed the ndeath triP ruxlPOL-3 c11lnb3d over the f1oDl concrete wall with 1ts barbed wire sntang] ntEAS on top bare wore apparently no shots fired fran the closer obeervashyECOI Uon tlJlfGr Ounros in the tartbsr tower flred two short burets ofUSlS autcmat1c weapon f1re-an est1nnted eight or tan sbots--but did notPSS hit thi escaping youthoASAG

100 Dlo boy scratched hifJ r1ght thigh on the barbed wire IUlI1 cut hisBBDE bAnc1 the glass door 01 an apartment houoe on the West Berlin oldoBBG2 of the Ijall o He had found the door locked and in his panic brake theURIB llQavy clUUll ~ 111tIl h1s fisto He ran up the four floonJ of therampR-2 bu1Jd1na betore laa1dents could persuade h1m that be had reached West

POUCH I3erl1Do Atter a quick trip to a nearby bospital for treatment of bi3 15 cuts tlJE bor was interviewed by the Berlin polloe and sont to tbe

Mu-1entelde Refugee Center He sa1d he plann~ h13 escape alana am gave as h1s reason IUs 1mpelKiing dmft into the amp8t German lrrrqo

Four shots am knam to have implcted In -lest BerlJn Storiee in the monl1Dg prGa3 cla1ro that one bullet hit scaroe~ eo IDDter ampwBl frotla ch1ld in a secODi-story apartDent taoinB the wall 0 lhe pollce e8t1mnte that about 100 people gathl3red 1n the area to demand that the police

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Connenta lbfi is p cillftly ttoe ldm of person that thl Berlin Wall 115 1noolXied to keep in Eut Garrneuv--yOUllg am tra1Decl ln a akUl esentiAl tc tbJ econam1c ~s or the GilH

amprl1n pollee Hetches of the line 0 f1N 01 the maota Mb1ch 1 otec1 in I t Dorl1n lt clear that at least tJlOOe four shots not a1mtC1 cose to the eecapinc retugeo It is bard t) bel1oro that bs could hfIIa ben m1GuOO by such a (tl~rlU1Je CUlltlUWl1ng the ran(3) am the vis1b1l1tyen ~fCpt OIl JlIUIPOBa ~v1dence aC such puoposotul bad a1m1ng 1s present 1n Oo hai 0 tllfJ esca~ 1na1dente

ut~r caretul a 1derfttica w have deolcled that a publlc proteat b) the Uo[-)~ COIIIIIUldaDt cwr the aboot1ns into ~ UoUo Sectar 01 t lin would servl no uaetuJ purpose 0 Sucl1 or1UOialD as wo IJB7 reoel wUl ctlIeated aoly at our not hav1namp retumecl tile East GormIm3 iN StaDIaid proteate have lost their 0Ul18D07 wltb W t Borllnens wUl do tter to our ~t1 tor agravatecl lnc1denta or reltb inJU1J7 per1o7 dan~o )o~opt 1n 8UCh C]Je3 tlle Br1t1Rb and ~ 1aSlJ leall omuwlRSUl or J2 10 PlOOOsts tlh1ch 10 ndll rd our relat~vo 1nabl11t7 to do ~ About in til t pt protest 0 J) vi

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1 IF US OBT~INS CUSTODY OF SOVIET PILC NO SUMING THAT HE REFUSES REPATRIATION DEPARTMENT FEELS H~OR IS IMPORTANT TO PROMPTLY NOTIFY SOVIETS THROUGH THE ILITARY LIAISON CH~NNEL

Ao ESSENTIAL FACTS OF CRASH

B IDENTITY OF PILOT AND Hrs P~SICAL C) NDITIO N

Co HE HAS NOW BEEN TURNED OER TO US CUSODY

D HE HAS DECLARED HE DOES NOT Wl~H RETU IN TO USSR

Eo IF THE SOVIET ~UTHORITIEf WISH TO SEE HIM t~E WILL M~KE PROMPT ARRANGEMENT FOR INTERIEW PROVIDED PILOT WILLING

2 IF PILOT WILLING TO BE R [PATR1~TED HE SHOULD BE RETURNED TO SOVIET AUTHORITIES SOONEST

3 IT SHOULD BE M~DE CLEAR 0 SOVIETS TH WE ARE ACTING IN PURSUIT OF OUR OBLIG~TIONS UNDER THE HU~3NER-MALININ AGREEMENT

4 YOU SHOULD ALSO INFCRM THE SO~IETS THA1 WE WILL BE IN

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TOUCH WITH THEM CONCERNING ARRANGEMENTS FOR RETURN OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH CRASH-LANDED AND IS D~MAGED

5 FOREIGN OFFICE SHOULD BE INFORMED OF ABOVE ~S ~CTION APPROPRIATE IN VIEW OUR CUSTODY OF PILOT

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BONN 14216

SUBJ SOVIET PILOT AND PLANE

REF BONN 4188

1 GEJltMAN AUTHOJitITIES HAVE NOT TUJltNED SOVIET PILOT EP~TKO AND HIS PLANE OVEJit TO US AUTHOJitITI ES IN AGnEEI im TO TU~N OVEJit THE PL~NE THE FONOFF JltEQESTED TriAT IT BE AUTHOJitIZEO TO STATE TO THE SOV EMB THAT THE FONOFF WOULD MAKE AJltJltANGEMENTS FO~ THE SOVS TO SEE THE PLANE THE FONOFF ~LS~ ASKED TO KEEP THE OPTION OPEN FUJit GEJltMAN JltEP TO BE PJltESENT WHEN US AUTHOJitITIES nETU~N THE PLANE TO THE SOVS ~rTE CONSULTING IHTH EUCOM IE AGJltEEO TO THESE EQUESTS THE FONOFF ~UETE)JN TU~N GJltEED THAT IT WOULD NOT SPECIFY ANY TIME FOJlt THE SOV INSPECTION

20 THE FONOFF IS NOW INFOJltMING THE SOV EMB THAT (A) EPATKO IS NOT PJltEPA~ED TO SEE A s6v EMS JitEP ~ND AN INTEfltVIE~ CANNOT THEJltEFOJltE BE AJltJltANGED AND (Bgt EP~TKO H~S IN ANY EVENT NOW BEEN TUJltNED OVE~ TO HTHE AMErnC~NS THE FONOFF IlIILL INFOJltM THE SOVS AS IN p~ ~ l CONCE~NtNG INSPECTION OF THE I~C~~FT

3 WE HAVE ME~NWHILE fltECEIVED WO~D FJltOM US~JltEUJIt TH~T THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE middotUSMLM IN POTSDAM W~ CALLED IN UJitGENTLY BY SE~B ~T 1100 HOU~S THIS MO~NING THE SOV MILIT~JltY ~EPS DEM~NDED TH~T THE US EP T~NSMIT IMMEDIATELY TD THE CINCUS PtEU~ A MESSAGE OEM~NDING THE PLANE ~ND THE PIlOT BE PtETURNED TO THE SOVS IMMEDIATELY THE ~MEJltICAN OFFICER middotREPORTS TH~T THE SOV DEMAND W S MADE WI TH TIJI NKLE I N THE FXE THE SOV OFFICE SAl D HE ~SUMED THAT THE PILOT ~AS IN US CUSTODY HE ALSO REQUESTED THAT SOV ~EPS BE PEPtMI TTEO TO T ~LK HTH EP~TKO AND INSPECT THE PI NE

P~~E 2 STATE 203489 CON F 1 DEN T I A L

4 WE ARE ARRANGING FOR A US REP AT THE DEFECTOR CENTER TO ASK EPATKO WHETHER HE WISHES TO SEE A SOV REP IF AS WE ASSUME HIS ANSWER IS NEGATIVE WE RECb~MEND THAT THE USMLM BE INSTRUCTED TO MAKE THE FOLLOWI NG REPLI ES TO SERB AS SOON AS POSS ISLE (A) WE CAN CONFIRM THAT THE SOV MIG 11 AND LT EPATKO LANDED IN THE FEDREP AND ARE NOW IN AMERICAN CUSTODY (B) EATKO REQUESTED OF HIS OWN FREE WILL TO BE TURNED OVER TO AMERICAN AUTHORITIES AND HAS INDICATED THAT HE DOES NOT DESltlE TO RETURN TO THE USSR THE US AUTHORITIES HAVE INTERPOSED NO )BSTACLESTO EPATKO TALKING WITH SOV CONSULAR OR MILITARY REPS [PATKO HAS INDICATED THAT HE DOES NOT WISH TO TALK WITH SUCH REPS HOWEVER AND UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE CANNOT ARRANGE FOR EOV REPS TO SEE HIM (C) WE ARE PREPARED TO ARRANGE FOR SOV REPS TO VIEW THE PLANE AFTER SERB HAS INDICATED WHO THESE REPS WILL BE WE SHALL WORK OUT WITH SERB ~PPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENTS WE SHALL ALSO ARRANGE WITH SERB FOR THE RETURN OF THE PLANE TO SOV AUTHORITIES ONCE WE HAVE DETERMINED HOW THIS CAN BE~T BE ACCOMPLISHED

5 THE TIMING OF THE INSPECTION AND RETURN OF THE Pl~NE WILL DEPEND ON THE INTELLIGENCE EXPLOITATION WE HOPE THAr THIS CAN BE RAPIDLY ACCOMPLISHED SO THAT THE ENTIRE OPERATION CAN BE COMPLETED QUICKLY THUS ESTABLISHING A FAVOR~BLE PRECENDENT IN THE EVENT OF FUTURE US AIRCRAFT INCIDENTS IN SOVIET- CONTROLLED TERR ITORY

5 IN A SEPTEL WE ARE SENDING PRESS GUIDANCE FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INCIDENT

SIGNED MCGHEE UNQTE

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PtEF DEPTEL 203488 BONN 1416

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BONN~S 14216 IF AN APPOINTMENT CAN BE OBTAINED WE HVE BEEN INFOPtMED TII~T EPATKO HAS NOW STATED DIftECTLY TO US PtEPS THT HE DOES NOT

PT NOT WISH TO TALK WITH SOV MILITAftY OPt CONSULAPt ~EPS

2 WE HD UNDEftSTOOD THAT ACTING pSFG CHIEF OF STAFF HAS ASKED FOft ACCESS TO THE PILOT AND PL~NE AS THE SOV EMB PtEP DID TO THE FONOFF IN BONN IN ADDITIO~ TO THE IMMEDI~TE ~ETU~N OF BOTH EVEN IF THIS IS NOT THE C~5E AS SUGGESTED BY USAftEUPtS H-B30 AEAGB-C(GOJ WE SUGGEST THAT THE POINTS BE COVEPtEO ~NCE THESE AftE ftEQUESTS WHICH WE WOULD MAKE IF WE PLANE DOWN IN SOVCONTftOLLED TE~Ptl TOftY

3 THE SAME I NFO COULD BE Gl VEN TQ

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~EFI BONNdegS 14257

10 ~ETU~N OF PLANE TO SOVIETS MUS~BE EXPEDI 10US 10 EASONS OUTLINED PA~A TWO EFTELo IT THE~EFO E MAY NOT P T BE T~ANSFE~ED TO US AND LOCAL EXPLOITATIO SHOULD BE COMPLETED TO PE~MIT ~ETUN OF AlftC~AFT TO SOVIET AUTHO ITIES SOONEST IN NO EVENT L~TE THAN TWO ~TH EE DAYS

20 WE CONCU~ IN JOINT COMMISSION A ~ANGEMENTS 3 WE BELIEVE YEPATKO SHOULD BE It-lFORMED THA 30VIETS TAKING FOSITION THAT HIS DEFECTION NOT ft~T NOT VOLUNTA~Y AND THEEFOE IT WOULD BE HELPFUl FOR HI TO CONFlIm HIS DESI~ES TO EIVIET ftEPS ANY CONF~ONTATION SHOULD BE ~CCOMPLISHED UNDE AUSPICES AND IN PftESENCE US MILLTAftY ~UTHOITIES YEPATKO NOT ftPT NOT TO BE ETUftNED TO GE~MAN AUTHO~I1IES THOUGH OF OOUftSE NO ~PT NO OBJECTION TO GE~MAN P~ESENCE AT CONF~ONTA ION

4 DEPAftTMENT OF DEFENSE CONCU~S IN SOU

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SUBJ SOVIET PILOT

1 THE SOV MLM I N FRANKFURT ANI 1HE SOV EMB 1 N BO N WERE SIMUL AENOUSLY INFORMED AT 1000 AM T-H-1S MORNING BY USAREUR AND THE FONOFF RESPECTIVELY THAT YEPATKO~AS PREP~RED TO T LK WITH SOV

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REPS THE TIME OF 1600 rovs FOR A MEETING THE AN HOUR LATER THAT THE WOULD BE REPRESENTED AT

FRANKFURT AND THE CHIEF

HOURS TOD Y WAS PROPOSED TO THE SOV -EMB N BONN INFORMED THE FONor

SOVS ACCEPTED THj PROPOSED TIME AND THE MmiddotEET CNG BY THE CHIEF OF

OF THE middotES CONSULAR SECTION IN FRANKFURT DID NOT REPLY TO U ~REUR CONCERN NG THE TIMING

2 IN LIGHT OF THE SOV EMB AGRMENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE 600 HOURS CONFRONTATI No THREE GERMAN REPS

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FRANKFURTt WHEN THE SOyen REPS RJACHED THE RENDEZVOYS POI NT t()WEVER HE CHIEF OF HE SML FRANKFURT REfUSED 0 PROCE1D WITH THE CONFRONTATION H SAl ) TH AT HE TOOK ORDERS ONLY FROM THE GSFG ~ND NOT FROM THE SOV MB 1 N BONN AND HI S ORDERS WERE

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TO PROPOSE A MEETING ~ITH YEPATKO -AT 12 DON JUNE 2 THE SOV

EMB REP SAID THAT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES HE COULD NOT PROCEED ~ONE TO THE CONFRONTATION THE SMUImiddot CHIEF THEN CALLED THE USAR[UR CHIEF OF STAFF AND FORMALLY PROPOSED THAT THE MEETING WITH YEPATKO BE HELD AT 1200 HOURS TOMORRO~

3 ALL PARTIES CONCERNED HAVE NOW AGREED TO THE NEW MEETING TIME TOMORRO4 AND THE S~ME GERMAN ANmiddotD SOV REPS WILL BE PRESENT BP-4 MCGHEE

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1 WE HLL RELEASE THE FOLLOWI G rtl THE PRESS AT 1530Z TODAYotIN A RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FnOM SOVIET ~UTHORITIES THE SOVIE PILOT VASILIY ILYICH EPAlKO MEl middot HIS AFTERNOON ITH TWO OFFICIALS OF THE SOVIET GO ERNl EN DURING THIS MEETING AT WHICH USo GOVERNMENT NO FEDEf L GERMAN REPRESENTATIVES WERE PRESENT LT EPATKO MAOE IT CLE~R 1-AT HE DID N01 ISH 10 RETURN TO THE SOVIET UNION _ND THA HE IS REQUESTING ASYLUM IN THE UNITED STATES LT EP~TKO AL 0 M b IT ENTIRELY CLE R THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO COERCION INVOLV D I trs DECISIONS

2 THE FOREIGN OFFICE HAS AGR ED Tt THE ABOVE AND WILL M KE A SIMILAR STATEMENT AT THE SA IE TIl E middot MCGHEE

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SUBJ SOVIET PROTESTS REGARDING ToKE HANDLING OF THE YEP~TKO CASE

REF CINCEURcS ECJS 08868

I WITH REGARD TO THE QUESTIONS RAISED IN THE REF~EL WHICH THE EMS IS REPEATING TO THE DEPT ~ND MOSCOW THE SOV EMB HAS ALREADY PROTESTED TO THE GERM N FONOFF ON THE H~NDLING OF THE CONFRONTATION WE HAVE NOT YET SEEN THE TEXT Of tHE SOV PROTEST BUT THE FONOFF INfORMS US TH~T IT CONTENDS CA) T~T BEC USE OF US PRESSURE ON YEPATKO THE SOIl SIDE -lAS NOT AB Emiddot TO H VE A FREE DISCUSSION WITH ~M AND (B) THAT YEP_TKO INDICATED A DESIRE TO SEE HIS FATHER ~ND TO HAVE FURTHER SESSIONS ~IT SOV REPS THE SOV EMB PROTESTS ~AINST THE GERM~N CTlON IN TURNING YEP TKO OVER TO AMERICAN AUTHORITIES ~ND INSISTS THAT THE FRG ENSURE THAT YEP~TKO IS PERMITTED TO H~VE FURTHER CONVERSAtIONS WI TH SOV REPS INCLUDING HIS FATHER IN CCORDANCE WITH HIS WISH

2 THE FONOI INTENDS TO CONSULT T~ THE AMERICAN SIDE BEFORE PREPARING ANY REPLY TO THE SOV PROrEST THEY WISH TO T~KE ACCOUNT OF THE BERMAN REPORT OF THE CONFRONTATIO J HICH I NOT YET READY AS WELL AS OF THE US VEnuAtll1 AOCOUirr ~ THI~ CA~ EE r~ADE AVAILABLE

3 WE AGREE WITH CINCEUR TH T ANY SOV DEMAND FOR fURTHER CONFRONTATION WITH YEPATKO SHOULD BE REJECTED ON THE GROUND SUGGESTED IN THE RErTELUNLESS YEPATKO HIMSELF REQUESTS THEM SSUMIG ~ SOV PROTEST IS RECEIVED TODAY OR TOMORROW WE a-LIEVE IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE TO DELAY THE FORMUL TION OF OUR RESPO SE UNTIL E H VE BETTER PICTURE OF YEPATKO S ULTM TE INTENTIONSu FOR THE DEPT oS INFO IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT HE CONF ONT nON HAD DErINITpound IMPACT 0 J HIM AND THA r HE IS PRESENTLY vAVZRL~G AS TO WHETHER TO RETURN TO THE USSR OR REMAIN I~ TEST INTERROGATION H S BEEN STOPPED AND HE WILL BE GIVEN aN OPpORTU ITY TO RELAX NO THINK THINGS THROUGH WITHOUT ~NY PRESSURE FRO~ tHE US SIDE AS TO HIS ULTI ATE

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DECISION OR TO DIVULGE FURTHER INFO ON THE USSR

4 IF A PROTEST IS RECEIIJED FROM middot1+IE SOVS ON THE GROUNDS TH IIT NOT ALL PARTS OF THE MIG 17 WERE RETURNED THE EMS AGREES THAT I HE PROTEST SHOULD BE REJECTED IN SUCH- A W~y AS TO INDICATE THAI Wi CONSIDLR THE MATTER CLOSEDo WE 00 NOT SEE ~NY PURPOSE IN A 011 KEY OBSERVATION TO THE SOVS THAT OURfACTIONS ARE NOT UNLJKE THOSE OF THE SOVS IN THE PAST THREE YERS SINCE THIS wOUtD COIISTCTUTE AN UNNECESSARY SEMI=OFFIC ~L ADMISSION OF bJH~T JUST ~LRE IDY BE APPARENT TO SOV AUTHORITIES GP-3 MCGHEE ~ BT

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