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Pink-cheeked, 16-year-old Zdenka Hyblova had another and more valid reason: she loved her boyfriend Pavel. Zdenka, Pavel and Zdenka's girl friend Alena had long dreamed of escaping. A year ago, all three had made a pact to flee their Communist land together. Then on a day that seemed at first like any other, Zdenka left the schoolhouse in Eger and climbed aboard the 2:09 train for Asch, the border town where she lived. Instead of stopping at Asch as it always had, the train roared on into Germany, and Zdenka suddenly found herself free...
Last week Zdenka was back once more in free Germany, this time with Pavel and Alena. In Munich, she told her story...
Morse Code on the Border. "The same day," continued Zdenka, "I found Pavel and Alena. They didn't expect me back. We had talked about escape for a year already, but we had been afraid because it was said Americans tortured Czech refugees. Now I could tell them it wasn't true. Now we could escape together...
...Where will we go now? Alena wants to go to Australia, Pavel and I are going to Canada. I have heard that you can say what you think there...
...Good as they are in fighters, the Russians still have a long way to go before they can count a well-rounded air force. Hoyt Vandenberg's lessons on strategic air power have been hard to learn. Air Force Chief Vershinin has been kicked out, and Colonel General Pavel Zhigarev is now belatedly building up Russia's heavy bomber fleet...