Word: robertses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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"I have a piece of paper from the United States Embassy that they gave me stating that the only charge that they have against me is for being AWOL," or Away Without Official Leave, Roberts told CNN.
Roberts, who was assigned to a post in West Germany when he defected to the Soviet Embassy in East Berlin, told The Associated Press two weeks ago he was prepared to go home to face trial on charges of desertion.
Peter Arnett, CNN Moscow bureau chief, accompanied Roberts on the fight and said he was not met by any U.S. military officials at the Frankfurt airport.
Roberts was declared absent without leave from his unit in West Germany on March 2 and declared a deserter and dropped from the Army's rolls on April 2.
Ms. Neumann, 24, helped Roberts slip across the border into East Germany in the trunk of a rented car in April.