He was the first Soviet officer to radio-contact , meet , and shake hands with American forces under the command of General Bolling on the Elbe River , which Visaitov later joked about as " we came from Terek river to Elbe river " . Both Bolling and Visaitov exchanged gifts : Visaitov gave Bolling his horse , and in return Bolling gave Visaitov a Willys MB utility vehicle . Visaitov received the Legion of Merit from US President Harry S. Truman . In 1946 Visaitov refused to participate in the plot to execute the Chechen dissident Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov who lived in Europe . He was deported to a prison settlement in the Kyrgyz SSR where many other deported Chechens and Ingush were located since 1944
deported Chechens and Ingush
Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush
Movlid Visaitov