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Defector to Soviet Union tires of life there
Wade Roberts 22, a US Army private who fled Giessen Germany to avoid court martial now lives with his West German girlfriend Petra Neumann in a Moscow hotel and later Ashkhabad Turkmenistan. They describe harsh living, food shortages, cultural isolation, a trick marriage, and regret about leaving the United States. Roberts remains classified as a deserter and faces potential charges if he returns.
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Esmington
Uscow
Wade Roberts
West Germany
Moscow
Soviet Union
Roberts
Giessen
East Germany
Petra Neumann
Ashkhabad
Turkmenistan
California
Tass
Neumann
Army
H.Z. Linke
Washington
U.S
Edward Lee Howard
Central Intelligence Agency
Abody
Arnold Lockshin
Texas
Lockshin
South
Fort Carson
Colo
Colorado
Red Crescent Society
Red Cross