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U.S. Military Liaison Mission (USMLM)
Deactivation 1 October 1990

The US Military Liaison Mission was established on 7 April 1947, subsequent to the signing of the US/Soviet Huebner-Malinin Agreement in March 1947. The unit took down its colors on October 1, 1990, in Potsdam, Germany, as directed by the JCS in Headquarters USAREUR Permanent Orders 132-13, dated 21 Sept 90, and as a consequence of the end of the Cold War. Various Allied luminaries and media, including CNN, attended the unit closure ceremony. A Joint Meritorius Unit Award (JMUA), 1st oak leave cluster, was bestowed on the unit.

Key ceremony attendees:

LTG Shalikashvili, DCINC USAREUR

LTG Reese, USAFE

MG Burleson, USAREUR

MG Pfister, USAREUR

MG O'Lear, USAFE

MG Haddock, USCOB

BG Lajoie, Director, OSIA

BG Schachnow, Berlin BDE Cdr

Soviet

Gen-Lt Kuznetsov, C/S, Western Group of Forces (WGF)

Gen-Maj Konovalenko, WGF

Gen-Maj Urmanoff, WGF

Gen-Maj Alexandrov, SMLM-Frankfurt

Other Allies

Chief, British Mission (BRIXMIS)

Chief, French Military Liaison Mission (FMLM)

Chief, Soviet External Relations Branch (SERB)

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U.S. Military Liaison Mission (USMLM) Deactivation 1 October 1990

U.S. Military Liaison Mission (USMLM)
Deactivation 1 October 1990