diff --git a/Products/zms/_cachemanager.py b/Products/zms/_cachemanager.py
index b4ff0f6e0..e580015a4 100644
--- a/Products/zms/_cachemanager.py
+++ b/Products/zms/_cachemanager.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def clearReqBuff(self, prefix='', REQUEST=None):
     def fetchReqBuff(self, key=None, REQUEST=None):
       request = getattr(self, 'REQUEST', getRequest())
       if key is None: # For debugging purposes, return whole buffer.
-        return None   # request.get('__buff__',{})
+        return request.get('__buff__',{})
       buff = request['__buff__']
       reqBuffId = self.getReqBuffId(key)
       return getattr(buff, reqBuffId)
diff --git a/Products/zms/_zreferableitem.py b/Products/zms/_zreferableitem.py
index b21784476..c4fadf056 100644
--- a/Products/zms/_zreferableitem.py
+++ b/Products/zms/_zreferableitem.py
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 # Product Imports.
 from Products.zms import standard
 from zope.globalrequest import getRequest
-
+# FOR DEBUGGING PURPOSES ONLY: import traceback to log the call stack of getLinkObj calls
+import traceback
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  isMailLink:
@@ -497,6 +498,7 @@ def findObject(self, url):
   # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   def getLinkObj(self, url, REQUEST=None):
     request = getattr(self, 'REQUEST', getRequest())
+    was_buffered = True
     ob = None
     if isInternalLink(url):
       # Params.
@@ -516,6 +518,7 @@ def getLinkObj(self, url, REQUEST=None):
         try:
           ob = self.getDocumentElement().fetchReqBuff(reqBuffId)
         except:
+          was_buffered = False
           if url.find('id:') >= 0:
             catalog = self.getZMSIndex().get_catalog()
             q = catalog({'get_uid':url})
@@ -543,6 +546,29 @@ def getLinkObj(self, url, REQUEST=None):
         ids = self.getPhysicalPath()
         if ob.id not in ids:
           ob.set_request_context(request, ref_params)
+      # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+      # DEBUG: logging/counting getLinkObj calls
+      # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+      request.set('getLinkObj_counter', request.get('getLinkObj_counter', 0) + 1)
+      # show traceback in debugging output to identify which function is  calling getLinkObj and causing multiple calls
+      traceback_stack = []
+      for frame in reversed(traceback.extract_stack()[-5:-2]):
+        traceback_stack.append('%s:%s:%s' % (str(frame.filename).split('/')[-1], frame.lineno, frame.name))
+      request.set('count_buffered_getLinkObj_calls', request.get('count_buffered_getLinkObj_calls', 0) + int(was_buffered))
+      standard.writeStdout(self, '%d. [%s:getLinkObj] %s, Target-ID=%s (%s), URL=%s, was_buffered=%s (%s), ref_params=%s\n...was called from:\n\t%s\n'%(
+        request.get('getLinkObj_counter', 0),
+        self.meta_id,
+        url, 
+        ob.id if ob is not None else None,
+        ob.meta_id if ob is not None else None,
+        ob.absolute_url(relative=1) if ob is not None else None,
+        was_buffered,
+        request.get('count_buffered_getLinkObj_calls', 0),
+        ref_params,
+        '\n\t'.join(traceback_stack)
+        )
+      )
+      # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     return ob