Strangers in the border area

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Border guards have had a special way of finding out about strangers in the border area.

 

It happened in the middle of the eighties, when we lived near Jaunmuiza. One day, Russian-speaking army officers suddenly arrived, declaring that a very dangerous criminal, a murderer, had drowned. At the same time, they have reassured them that their soldiers will come and "comb" the surroundings. After the incident, the man reassured him that it was only training, but the mentioned officers were "provocateurs". The idea of such a method of intimidation has been "far-reaching" - for any local resident who has seen a stranger in the border area to report the fact immediately to the border guards.

 
Storyteller: Andra Ratkeviča; Wrote down this story: Juris Smaļinskis, Jana kalve

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