Wortgleich habe er Snetkow zweimal nur den Satz mitteilen lassen - das zweite Mal auf einem Briefbogen des Oberbefehlshabers der amerikanischen Streitkräfte in Europa, General Crosby Saint -, "die amerikanischen Streitkräfte hielten engen und ständigen Kontakt zu den gewählten Repräsentanten von Berlin" ("The U.S. military is in close and continuous contact with the elected representatives of Berlin").
Haddock: "What I wanted to convey to
Boris Snetkov, who was looking for some military action, was that from our
side, the people coming aeross the border did not constitute a threat that
required us to take action. We were working with the governing mayor and with
the police but we did not see at any time the necessity for allied soldiers to
intervene. From his side, he may have seen it differently."[...] Hertle, Seite
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Nov. 10th and 11th: Reactions
by the Western Group of the Red Army
There is not much proof of Soviet
reactions to the fall of the Wall. One source is the US-Commander of
Berlin, General Raymond E. Haddock: „What I wanted to convey to Boris
Snetkov, who was looking for some military action, was that from our side,
the people coming aeross the border did not constitute a threat that required us
to take action. We were working with the governing mayor and with the police but
we did not see at any time the necessity for allied soldiers to intervene. From
his side, he may have seen it differently.“ [...]