[1]Date : 07/19/96
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[4]JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM
[6]992 (44 USC 2107 Note) Caset: Nw
[7]- Date [4-] 5-20)
[9]IDENTIFICATION FORM
[11]AGENCY
[13]RECORD NUMBER
[14]RECORDS SERIES
[15]AGENCY FILE NUMBER
[17]AGENCY INFORMATION
[19]INSCOM/CSF
[20]194-10012-10400
[22]DOD-AFFILIATED PERSONNEL AND INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS
[24]ZFOOO0003W - PAGES 785-787
[26]ORIGINATOR
[27]FROM
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[31]TITLE
[33]DATE
[35]PAGES
[36]SUBJECTS
[38]DOCUMENT TYPE
[39]CLASSIFICATION
[40]RESTRICTIONS
[41]CURRENT STATUS
[43]DATE OF LAST REVIEW
[44]OPENING CRITERIA
[45]COMMENTS
[47]DOCUMENT INFORMATION
[49]USA
[51]DCST USCOB BERLIN
[53]OPSTI USAREUR HEIDELBERG
[54]MESSAGE
[56]12/02/67
[58]3
[60]SLOVODA, VLADIMIR
[62]POSSIBLE US ARMY DESERTERS
[64]PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
[65]CONFIDENTIAL
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[76]“"GONFIDENTIAL | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE — ee
[78]NATIONAL MIUTARY COMMAND CENTER
[80]MESSAGE CENTER’ 7 a :
[82]BON JCS738/5 & Loe CALL 53337
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[88]FM USCINCEUR as
[89]INFO DIA JACI WASH DC |
[90]p 021238 DEC 67 GP 4
[92]4 DCS! USCOB BERLIN GER .. YEAR INTERVALS
[93]TO DPSI USAREUR HEIDELBERG GER
[94]i | DECLASSIF |
[96]smn 0 - 303-67 FROM: DCI, USCOB
[97]SD CARPENTER an
[98]Ss (Ww
[100]SB JECT : POSSIBLE US oo
[101]1 (C) On OVEMBER 1967, WEST BERLIN POLICE ADVISED
[103]THAT THESFOECOWING PERSONS, DESERTERS FROM THE AMERICAN
[104]ARMY, WERE POSSIBLY IN WEST BERLIN? — “ REG
[106]FETER SIMONS . ON DGF
[107]BORN & MAY.1943-1N GERMANY BY CDR Lon € SCs FOt/PO
[108]ROMAN ARNOLD ; AUTH Para 1-603 DOD 5200.1A
[110]BORN 6 JANUARY 1945, PRESUMABLY IN GERMANY
[111]2, (©) THIS INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE DUS-
[113]| SELOORF POLICE, WHO REQUESTED THAT THE INDIVIDUALS BE
[114]TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND TURNED OVER TO THE AMERICAN MILITARY
[115]POLICE « DURING A VISIT IN OUESSELOORF IN LATE OCTOBER, THE
[116]TWO MENTIONED THAT THEY WANTED TO GO TO BERLIN TO AN
[117]WWIDENTIFIED STUDENT ORGANIZATION. THEY FURTHER STATED
[118]THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO GO TO VIETNAM
[119]3. (C) THIS SAME MESSAGE WAS SENT TO THE FRANKFURT /
[120]MAIN POLICE, INASMUCH AS SIMONS HAS A GIRL FRIENO THERE,
[121]AND HIS FATHER ALSO RESIDES IN THAT CITY. INSTRUCTIONS TO THE
[122]FRANKFURT POLICE WERE THE SAME5 =”
[123]4 (C) ON 1DECEMBER 1967, THE WEST BERLIN POLICE REPORTED
[124]THAT THE TWO MEN HAD BEEN REGISTERED IN THE FRENCH SECTOR SINCE
[125]27 SEPTEMBER 1967 AT.FALKENTHALER STEIG 148, C/O DECHy BERLIN-
[126]HERMSFDORF. POLICE ARE DEFERRING ANY ACTION IN THAT MATTER.
[127]5. (C) CONFIDENT IAL SOURCES HAVE VERIFED THAT THE TWO MEN
[128]HAVE BEEN IN WEST BERLIN ON SEVERAL OCCOASIONS IN OCTOBER AND
[130]ACTION: DIA-15
[131]« CJCS-1 DJS-3 Ji-2 SDEF-7 ASD/ISA-9 ASD/MPR=1 ST-1 CIA-4
[132]“CSA-1 [NO=2.CSAF-1 CMC-7 FILE~1(55) ETO/RA
[134]= Sa
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[142]congas. " DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSL
[143]NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER
[145]MESSAGE CENTER
[147]NOVEMBER , WITH THEIR EXACT WHERE ABOUTS UNKNOWN. THEY HAVE RETAINED —
[148]ATTORNEY HORST MAHLER TO REPRESNT THEIR INTERESTS. IT APPEARS
[149]THAT ARNOLD 1S TRYING TO OBTAIN YUGOSLAVIAN CIT IZENSHIP. THE
[150]Si DENT ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN {OENTIFIED AS THE FREE UNIVERSITY
[151]ASTA, OR GENERAL STUDENTS COMMITTEE, THE STUDENT BODY ORGANIZATION.
[152]Fi) STUDENTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ACTIVE IN THE AREA OF OFFERING
[153]TO ASSIST LOCAL MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO WISH TO AVOID SERVICE IN
[154]VIETNAM BY GOING TO A NEUTRAL COUNTRY. ,
[155]6 (CU) INFORMATION ON DD FORM 553 RECEIVED BY TELEPHONE FROM
[156]_ POLICE DUSSELDORF INDICATES FOLLOWING DATA:
[157]ARNOLD, ROMAN, SP4& £4
[158]RA 16 858 1835
[159]SSN 3 395-36 1583
[160]SPECTAL PROCESSING DET, HQ USAG TROOPS
[161]fT HOOD, TEXAS , .
[162]DATE AND LOCATION OF ENTRY INTO ACTIVE DUTY s, yp OCT 67,
[163]AF EES, CHICAGO, ILL. yo ; ,
[164]_ ABSENT AS OF 3.21 SEP 67, 8515 HRS =
[165]CARRIED AS DESERTER AS OF s 10 0CT 67
[166]MS: 36C 28
[167]MB: 6 JAN 45, POB: GERMANY
[168]SIMONS, PETERKe, SP4 E4
[169]RA 19 841 799
[170]SSN 2 59 0-66-6254
[171]SAME UNIT
[172]DATE ANDO LOCATION OF ENTRY INTO ACTIVE DUTY 28 APR. 65,
[173]pS US ARMY RMS, LOS ANGELES, CA :
[174]|. ABSENT AS OF 8 21 SEP 67, 0515 HRS
[175]CARRIED AS DESERTER AS OF 3 18 0CT 67
[176]#OS2 31M 20 (RADIO RELAY OPERATOR)
[177]DOB: 5 MAY 43N PCBs COTTBUS, GERMANY ;
[178]7 (C) ATTEMPTS BEING MADE TO ASCERTAIN IF SIMONS AND ARNOLD
[179]ARE IN BERLIN AND TO DEVELOP INFORMATION ON THE PERSONS AND
[180](RGANIZATIONS RENDERING ASSISTANCE TO THESE US ARMY DESERTERS. IT
[181]IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME WHETHER SUBJECTS ARE US CITIZENS OR
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[186]AUTH Para 1-663 DOD 5200.1R
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[192]— DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
[193]. | . NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER
[195]MESSAGE CENTER
[197](ERMAN NATIONALS.» WEST BERLIN POLICE RECORDS INDICATE SIMONS IN
[198]POSSESSION OF FRG PASSPORT NR 2616712 AND THAT ARNOLD WAS UNABLE TO
[199]PRODUCE ANY IDENTITY DOCUMENTS. GPa
[201]& ¢f) ADVERSE PLBLICITY ANO STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS MAY RESULT
[202]WHEN SIBJECTS ARE APPREHENDED. THERE ARE NO LEGAL PROBLEMS SEEN
[203]EITHER BY THE SJA, USCOB OR BY USBER. MINISTER HAS BEEN BRIEFED
[204]AND USBER 1S PROVIDING DETAILS TO U. S. EMBASSY, BONN.
[205]Q (C) UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY USAREUR OR US EMBASSY BONN
[206]THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS WILL BE TAKEN IF SUBJECTS ARE DETERMINED TO
[207]fF IN BERLIN. | .
[208]A. WEST BERLIN POLICE WILL BE ASKED 70 APPREHEND
[210]SUBJECTS. US MILITARY POLICE WILL ACCOMPANY THE WEST BERLIN
[212]Be SUBJECTS WILL BE APPREHENDED AS QUIETLY AS POS-
[214]SIBLE AND TAKEN TO BERLIN BRIGADE STOCKADE AND PLACED IN
[215]SEPARATE ROOMS. l
[217]Ce SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN COORDINATED
[219]FOR C47 AIRCRAFT STATIONED AT EMPLEHOF TO FLY SUBJECTS
[221]TO RHEIN MAIN IMMEDIATELY AFTER APPREHENSION OUE TO
[223]POSSIBLE ADVERSE PUBLICITY AND STWENT REACTIONS.
[224]40. (C) DIRECT COORDINATION WITH MILITARY POLICE AT RHEIN
[226]MAIN WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY PM BERLIN BRIGADE. HOWEVER, RecoM-
[227]VEND USAREUR COORDINATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ONWARD MOVEMENT FROM
[229]. RHEIN MAIN. GP=4 ; .
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[237]ACTION: DIA(ARMY ACSI) ;
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[241]AUTH Para 1-663 DOD §200.1R
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