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On Sunday, August 13, 1961...
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the eyes of America
were on the nation's capital...
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where Roger Maris was hitting
home runs number 44 and 45...
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against the Senators.
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On that same day,
without any warning...
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the East German Communists
sealed off the border...
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between East and West Berlin.
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I only mention this...
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to show the kind of people
we're dealing with...
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real shifty.
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Having been stationed in Berlin
and having dealt with them...
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I know what I'm talking about.
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Let's go back to last June.
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Considering the abnormal
situation of a divided city...
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life in Berlin
was more or less normal.
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Traffic flowed freely
through the Brandenburg Gate...
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and it wasn't really
too much trouble...
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to pass from one side
of the Iron Curtain...
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to the other.
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Some of the East German police
were rude and suspicious.
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Others were suspicious and rude.
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The eastern sector,
under Communist domination...
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was still in rubble...
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but the people went about
their daily business...
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parading.