GERMANY/CZECH REPUBLIC: U.S TROOPS ON NATO BOSNIAN PEACE MISSION ARRIVE IN CZECH REPUBLIC

Record ID: 350327

  • Title: GERMANY/CZECH REPUBLIC: U.S TROOPS ON NATO BOSNIAN PEACE MISSION ARRIVE IN CZECH REPUBLIC
  • Date: 8th December 1995
  • Summary: PILSEN, CZECH REPUBLIC AND MANNHEIM, GERMANY (DECEMBER 8 AND 9, 1995)(RTV - ACCESS ALL) PILSEN (DECEMBER 9, 1995) 1. GV PASSENGER TRAIN PASSING THROUGH PILSEN (PLZEN IN CZECH SPELLING) STATION 0.06 2. SLV POLICE OFFICIAL WITH RADIO BY SIDE OF LINE 0.09 3. SLV/SV UNITED STATES (U.S.) MILITARY TRAIN WITH PASSENGER COAC
  • Embargoed: 23rd December 1995 12:00
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  • Location: PILSEN, CZECH REPUBLIC/ MANNHEIM, GERMANY
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  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVADPDL03J1TGRDUTN2OG9P7HYSG
  • Story Text: The first train from Germany carrying equipment and a small number of United States (U.S.) troops heading for the Bosnia peace implementation mission arrived at the Czech town of Pilsner on Saturday (December 9).

    Two trains carrying equipment from the U.S. army's 72nd Signal Battalion, accompanied by several soldiers to guard them, left a U.S. base in Mannheim in Germany late on Friday.

    The equipment will be used to set up communications networks in Croatia and Bosnia.

    The trains' departure had been delayed as officials sought approval from the Czech government to allow foreign troops on their soil.

    Prague issued a directive on Wednesday to allow U.S. military equipment to pass by rail through the country but it allows only a few soldiers to travel with the equipment trains.


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