1.
GV INDIAN REMOVES CANOE FROM MINI BUS
0.12

2.
CV INDIAN & ANOTHER
0.16

3.
MV INDIAN HOLDING PLACARD PAN DOWN TO PLACARD IN CANOE
0.21

4.
GV CANOE CARRIED TO WATER EDGE TWO SHOTS
0.35

5.
GV CROWD WAVING
0.38

6.
GV INDIAN PADDLES DOWN RIVER
0.42

7.
GV PAN ACROSS RIVER SHOWING EAST BERLIN
0.51

8.
MV EAST BERLIN GUARDS
0.56

9.
GV INDIAN IN MIDDLE OF RIVER
1.00

10.
LV DITTO
1.06



Initials JNT/S/CR/SGM



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Background: AN INDIAN PACIFIST IN A KAYAK TODAY (SATURDAY) PLAYED TAG WITH AN ARMY LAUNCH FROM THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ON A BORDER CANAL.SCORES OF ARMED POLICE AND BORDER GUARDS LOOKED ON.

THE INDIAN, TAPESHWAR NATH ZUTSHI, AN ENGINEER, 36, PADDLED HIS CANOE ON THE EASTERN PART OF THE TELTOW CANAL DIVIDING EAST AND WEST BERLIN.

THE CANOE CARRIED A YELLOW POSTER CALLING FOR FREEDOM FOR "POLITICAL PRISONERS IN THE SOVIET ZONE".AN ARMY LAUNCH WITH ARMED BORDER GUARDS ABOARD FINALLY GAVE UP AN ATTEMPT TO FORCE THE PACIFIST AND HIS CANOE BACK TO WEST BERLIN.MR.ZUTSHI WHO HAS LIVED IN WEST BERLIN FOR FOUR YEARS HAS FREQUENTLY FASTED AND DEMONSTRATED ON THE BORDER TO HELP WEST BERLIN'S CAUSE.