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No heightening of tensions over West German airspace attack
Washington officials downplayed the incident near Freyung in West Germany saying the jet attack on a U S Army helicopter did not signal higher tensions with Soviet bloc forces It was a warning move rather than a broader campaign and no one was injured The State Department summoned the Czech ambassador and the Pentagon confirmed the helicopter carried two crewmen during a routine surveillance mission near the German border.
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