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: US 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)