March, 2022
Berlin — One ray of hope in the Ukraine war appeared a few days ago: American and Russian militaries have set up a communications hotline to avoid going to war by accident. The U.S. European Command in Stuttgart operates one end of it, as that is also the location of the NATO supreme allied commander.
The Stuttgart site is actually in the suburb of Vaihingen and was once the German Kurmärker Kaserne, built in 1936. It became an American post in 1952. I worked there a half century ago.
And traveled from there, including to Ukraine. These are photos from an April, 1971, trip to Kyiv. The red banner, if I'm reading it correctly, says Glory to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The National Opera House presented Aida.
