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0800 hours GMT September 16, 1948

Good morning, this is Leslie Mitchell with the BBC World Service. This Just In - A Soviet 'Yak' fighter aircraft has reportedly crashed into an American C-54 near the town of Helmstedt on the border of the American and Soviet occupied zones in Germany. This is the second such incident in five months following the Gatow disaster in April. American commanders are meeting at this hour to determine future considerations and the Soviet commander is reportedly meeting with both military and party officials in a series of closed meetings. This follows just days after the recent riots in Eastern Berlin and relocation of Western government officials to the British sector.
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