HELD AS "HOSTAGES" BY RUSSIANS
Recoi ved Tuesday, 11.2.1 p.m. LONDON, July 10. TI (*1(1 i ti the Russian /.oue for iifteen days, u l'niled .Ktnlos warrant oflicer, Saiuucl llarrison, aud wilo Helen, re1 unicd dirly and dishevelled to Ihe Anierican serlor at 2 a.m., roports Reuter's Bcrliu correspondent . Tliey said tlicy wero licld by Ihe Kus.sians as hostages peiiding 1 1 1 o ro tuni of "several Iitissian olTieers " wliom the Russians alleged the Auieiicans were detaiuing. The Harrisons reported tliey wero "grillcd" two or three liours at. a time. Hiirsting into tears, AIi's. llarrison said: "1 lost all sense of placo and time. J was separated i'roin my linnburn! for the first two days and questioned repeatedly." I'uited States (Jeneral Kealing, wlio obtained Ihe Harrisons' release by a visit to Ilussian headqunrlers, tohi the earrespondont that two Russian oflieers and their soldier driver had been arrested in eivilian elothes. He denico that the Ainericans wero holding nny Russians unless they were Rnown to lie , espionage agents. The correspondont adds that the Harrisons were picked up by the Russians when enroute to buv a dog. 1 hey unwittingly erossed Russian territory. The Russians alleged the Harrisons were not earrying proper pnpers whirli Harrisou denies. Nothiug has been heard of two other missing Anierican oflieers also believecl lo lu; held as hostages.
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 July 1946, Page 5
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222HELD AS "HOSTAGES" BY RUSSIANS Chronicle (Levin), 17 July 1946, Page 5
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