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Allies fly supplies to West Berlin; Britain demands Reds lift Berlin blockade
BERLIN, June 26, 1948 (UP) - Lieut. Gen. Sir Brian Robertson, British military governor, formally protested today to Marshal Vassily D. Sokolovsky against the Soviet blockade of Berlin and asked that normal traffic be restored at once.
British barges, Allied airlift bring supplies through Red blockade
BERLIN, June 28, 1948 (UP) - A crack appeared in the Russian blockade of Berlin today as British authorities announced that 10 barges carrying food and freight from western Germany had reached the German capital.
Dulles pledges cooperation with Russia as end to blockade sought
PARIS, Oct. 21, 1948 (UP) - The three western powers, who have decided to withdraw their condemnation of Russia as a threat to peace if the Berlin blockade is lifted, accepted a small-nation formula today as a "hopeful basis" for solving the Berlin crisis.
By FRANK H. BARTHOLOMEW
SONOMA, Cal., Oct. 26, 1948 (UP) - Russia is attempting a gigantic bluff against the United States and the Western Allies but is "not ready to fight, doesn't want to fight and won't fight" if her bluff is called, Gen. H.H. (Hap) Arnold told the United Press today.
Berlin blockade lifted, but planes keep flying
FRANKFURT, May 12, 1949 (UP) -- With 1,583,721 tons and 194,531 flights behind them, the airlift boys kept them flying today.
Russia claims west violates Berlin pact
BERLIN, May 13, 1949 (UP) - The Russians accused the western powers today of violating the four-power agreement on lifting the Berlin blockade by failing to raise completely their counter-blockade of the Soviet Zone.
Soviets allow four trains into Berlin
BERLIN, May 26, 1949 (UP) - The Russians yielded to urgent Allied representations today and hauled four Americans and British passenger and mail trains into Berlin after they had been stalled in the Soviet zone for 43 hours.
West Berlin again relying on Allied airlift
BERLIN, May 28, 1949 (UP) - Western Berlin fell back upon the Anglo-American airlift for sustenance today in the face of a Soviet-inspired rail blockade intended to smash the eight-day strike of 16,000 west Berlin rail workers.
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