Word: spiridonov
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hours passed, Spiridonov urged Lamb to lower the tail gates, to have his men stand up in the trucks, to do anything that would even hint of a backdown. Lieut. Lamb refused. Finally, 41 hours after it began, the blockade was lifted. "We will clear you on your terms," said a Russian officer...
...drawing up a memorandum that went to the Russians two weeks ago. For six days the Russians did not even acknowledge the memo. But when the U.S. sent a twelve-vehicle convoy across the East German border, Moscow gave its reply. As the convoy reached Marienborn, Lieut. Colonel Viktor Spiridonov ordered passengers to get out. Since there were only 20 passengers in the convoy (along with 24 drivers and assistant drivers), 1st Lieut. John C. Lamb, 25, refused...
...once, word of the blockade was flashed to U.S. headquarters in Berlin. U.S. Commander Major General James H. Polk, immediately fired off a message advising the Russians that "it is the allies who determine under what circumstances they will order troop passengers to dismount." Snapped Spiridonov: "It is the Soviets and not the allied authorities who determine convoy processing procedures...
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