WEST GERMANY: FIRST OF 12,000 U.S. TROOPS ARRIVE IN FRANKFURT FOR EXERCISE NEAR CZECH BORDER.

Record ID: 635681

  • Title: WEST GERMANY: FIRST OF 12,000 U.S. TROOPS ARRIVE IN FRANKFURT FOR EXERCISE NEAR CZECH BORDER.
  • Date: 6th January 1969
  • Summary: OFFICERS ON DAIS AS TROOPS MARCH OUT OF AIRCRAFT; MARCHING PAST FLAGS; SUPPLIES BROUGHT OUT OF AIRCRAFT; TROOPS MARCHING BESIDE AIRCRAFT AND AWAY. Initials RM/V/CCT/OS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 21st January 1969 13:00
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  • Location: FRANKFURT, WEST GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVA7B19FAVUUA4DIVY7YPHEBCIWR
  • Story Text: THE FIRST 12,000 AMERICAN TROOPS ARRIVED IN FRANKFURT, WEST GERMANY TODAY (MONDAY) FOR A MAJOR MILITARY EXERCISE WHICH HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD FOLLOWING THE SOVIET INTERVENTION IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA. THE EXERCISE, ORIGINALLY EXPECTED TO BE HELD NEXT SUMMER OR AUTUMN, IS SEEN AS A DEMONSTRATION OF UNITED STATES BACKING FOR EUROPEAN DEFENCE IN THE FACE OF WHAT IS REGARDED AS THE INCREASE THREAT PRESENTED BY THE PRESENCE OF SOVIET AND OTHER WARSAW PACT FORCES IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, ON WEST GERMANY'S SOUTH-EASTERN BORDER.

    THE 250 MEN WHO FLEW IN TODAY ABOARD A GIANT C-141 JET TRANSPORT ARE THE FIRST OF AN ADVANCE PARTY. A TOTAL OF 12,000 TROOPS AND 3,500 AIRMEN ARE BEING FLOWN TO FRANKFURT FROM FORBES AIR FORCE BASE, KANSAS, AND FOUR SQUADRONS OF PHANTOM JET FIGHTERS ARE ALSO DUE TO ARRIVE. THE MAIN FORCE WILL BE FLOWN IN ON JANUARY 20 AND 21 FOR THE WEEK-LONG EXERCISE STARTING ON JANUARY 29 AT THE GRAFENWOEHR TRAINING AREA ONLY 30 MILES (50 KMS) FROM THE CZECHOSLOVAK BORDER.
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