HOW RUSSIANS DISTORT NEWS
Received Friday, 8.15 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 29. Calling attention to the reproduc- : tion in three German newspapers j puhlished under Russian licence of a0 Pravda article complaining of the , continued existence of ' ' German milif tary formations' ' in the British zone, the Times's Berlin correspondent i says: "This old stoty keeps cropping ! . up, hut this time Pravda has given , it a new twist hy quoting in support i a letter from an unnamed German ■ officer. The facts are," the correspondent says, "that there are 98,332 i German undischarged war prisoners i serving in service companies in the j whole British zone, mostly employed S by the Army in driving and maintain1 ing vehicles and on mine clearance and other work. None of them re"- [ ceive any military training and they ! are under eonstant British supervision. Their employment is necessary owing to the shortage of British manpower and because their organisation in service companies is the easiest and most satisfactory way of controlling them. "All this," the correspondent adds, "is known to the Russian , authorities in Berlin, but it is a commonplace of inter-allied relations that what is known to the Russians in Berlin is often not known or disregarded in Moscow. ' '
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Chronicle (Levin), 30 November 1946, Page 5
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