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...fatal shooting in East Germany in March of U.S. Army Major Arthur Nicholson by a Soviet sentry and over Moscow's refusal to accept blame for the incident. As a result, there was a preponderance of East bloc officials at the ceremonies. Along with the Soviet veterans came Vyacheslav Kochemasov, Moscow's Ambassador to East Germany, and General Mikhail Zaitsev, commander of Soviet forces there. General Yuri Naumenko read a message from Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who described the first Elbe meeting as "the symbol of hope and friendship" and called on veterans and young people to "prevent the fire...
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