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Scene of the conflict: the sole checkpoint allotted by the East Germans for Western military entry through the Communist wall. (West Berliners have their own crossing points...
...first breach was made by Allan Lightner Jr.. State Department Assistant Chief of the Berlin Mission, and his wife, who drove their military-licensed grey Volkswagen up to the Friedrichstrasse checkpoint for East Berlin, found their way blocked by East German police. After a go-minute wait, during which they refused to show their identification to the Vopos. eight M.P.s, their rifles at the ready, walked across the border to Lightner's car, escorted the slowly driven automobile around the corner, returned the Lightners to the U.S. sector...
Three days later, the entire 6.500-man U.S. garrison in Berlin was put on alert, tanks and armored personnel carriers were rushed to the Friedrichstrasse's "Checkpoint Charlie" as two U.S. Army officers in civilian clothes, driving a grey Opel sedan, were escorted by three Jeeps filled with armed infantrymen through seven blocks of Communist territory. British Centurion tanks moved up to the Brandenburg Gate in their sector of the city...
Tanks Face Tanks. Next day, while hundreds of West Berliners watched anxiously, tension mounted. Irwin Firestone. Russian-speaking liaison officer on the staff of the Provost Marshal, moved through Checkpoint Charlie in a blue Taunus, escorted by three Jeeps filled with troops wearing bulletproof vests, while tanks idled their engines at the white line that marked the border. "I hope they are not going to start shooting," said a youthful Vopo. After a five-minute trip, Firestone returned, flashed his headlights in a signal, was again escorted by Jeeps to West Berlin...
...regular Indian regiments are on the way to man all the border separating Tibet from India's North-East Frontier Agency and will take over the defense of the region from the civilian Assam Rifles. Red Chinese troops are said to be still in control of the Longju checkpoint, four miles inside India. They will be asked to withdraw peacefully. Suppose they refuse? An army spokesman answered: "Then the Indian army will strive to push them...