Word: autobahn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Perhaps the weirdest case in the KGB's history?and one of its dizziest triumphs?occurred in 1967, when three men stole a Sidewinder missile from a supposedly well-guarded NATO base at Zell and drove 300 miles along the autobahn to Krefeld with the 9½-ft. rocket sticking out a window. When their leader, Manfred Ramminger, inquired at the Düsseldorf airport about the best way to get a shipment to Moscow, KLM suggested air freight and Lufthansa assured him that nobody at the German customs office would bother about the contents...
...month-old talks went into high gear last May, when the Soviets unexpectedly agreed to guarantee free access to West Berlin by rail and autobahn from West Germany, 110 miles away. Currently, the conferees are hung up on a few key details-precisely what the Soviets mean by "unimpeded" access to West Berlin, what political role Bonn will be permitted to play in the city, and whether the Soviets should be allowed to establish a consulate there...
Last Hurdle. After an overall agreement is worked out, West and East Germany will open direct talks on details relating to access to West Berlin-how checkpoints will operate, Autobahn and rail fees, procedures for searches. Then the whole package will go back to the Big Four for final approval...
ACCESS. West Berlin is linked to its markets in West Germany by three autobahn routes, four rail lines and four waterways. The Allied powers insist that the Soviet Union must ensure the right of free passage between West Germany and West Berlin. The Western powers, for example, have proposed sealed trains that would roll untouched through East Germany. The Soviets refuse. They maintain that since the routes pass through the German Democratic Republic, it is up to the West Germans and West Berliners to negotiate with the East Germans. Such an agreement would mean that the West recognizes East German...
...intervene directly when Russia pressed Damascus to withdraw. Two weeks ago, Soviet air controllers in East Germany attempted to close down temporarily two of the three Western air corridors to West Berlin. Besides, East German police repeatedly held up traffic last week along the main West Germany-West Berlin autobahn...