A rumor spread that the Russians had ordered railway employees to stand by for reopening of the line from Helmstedt to Berlin. The German supervisor of the line denied it. Another rumor had it that the Russians were beefing up their defenses in front of Germany's western zones. All semblance of four-power control of Berlin had ended on July i; the Russians finished the obsequies last week by hauling down their flag from the Kommandatura building, removing Uncle Joe Stalin's picture and withdrawing their sentry.
TIME'S Berlin Bureau Chief Emmet Hughes cabled: "The notable mark of Russian conduct here is that in...
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