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(W. Berlin: Tom Brokaw) E. German officials reported opening borders with W.; details given; scenes shown of Germans crossing border. Berlin Wall noted now obsolete. [During interview with E. German official Guenter SCHABOWSKI - comments on new open border policy and changes in East Germany.] New E. German leader Egon Krenz quoted on democrat elecs.; West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl mentioned. Report introduced.
(Bonn, West Germany: Jim Bittermann) Reaction in West Germany reported; West German parliament members shown singing national anthem. [Soc. Democratic party spokesperson Hans-Joachim VOGEL - comments on situation in East Germany.] [W. German MEN - comment.] Refugee problem for West Germany noted.
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(W. Berlin: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(DC: John Cochran) President Bush's response to East Germany's opening of its borders to West examined. [BUSH - comments.] Bush recalled urging free travel between E. and West last summer. [Vice President Dan QUAYLE, Representative Richard GEPHARDT, Senator Robert DOLE - comment.] Bush noted not wanting to embarrass USSR general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev.
(W. Berlin: Tom Brokaw) USSR foreign minister spokesperson Gennady Gerasimov quoted on developments in East Germany.
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(W. Berlin: Tom Brokaw) E. German government reported also announcing its willingness to recognize other political parties and hold democrat elecs. News of free travel reported welcomed by members of New Forum, a political reform group. [New Forum founder Jens REICH, member Michael GOEBEL - comment.] Report introduced.
(London: Peter Kent) Possibility of reunified Germany discussed; soc., pol., economy international implications of reunification predicted. [Soviet spokesperson Gennady GERASIMOV - comments.] West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl noted reassuring Polish leaders that reunified Germany would not attempt to take land given to Poland after World War II. [French political commentator Olivier TODD - says reunification would not be welcomed by French.] [Former Irish cabinet min. Conor Cruise O'BRIAN - says reunified Germany would evoke images of a Fourth Reich that would dominate economy of Europe.] Response to possible reunification by President Bush and French President Francois Mitterrand noted.
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(W. Berlin: Tom Brokaw) Deng Xiaoping reported resigning a political post and naming Jiang Zemin as his successor; details given, scenes shown.
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(W. Berlin: Tom Brokaw) NBC News-"Wall Street Journal" poll results given with regard to American perceptions of E.-W. relations; conclusions outlined on screen. Public opinions of President Bush, Vice President Dan Quayle, Ronald Reagan and USSR general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev given.
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(W. Berlin: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(NYC: John Chancellor) Problems for West Germany that will result from East Germany's free borders examined; details given. Reunification of Germany noted probable.
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(W. Berlin: Tom Brokaw) Mil. jet reported crashing into apt. complex in Smyrna, Georgia; details given, scenes shown.
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(W. Berlin: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(E. Berlin: Mike Boettcher) Berlin Wall reported now obsolete; details given of East Germany's free borders with West; historic and contemporary scenes shown from Berlin Wall. [In 1987, Ronald REAGAN - urges USSR general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to remove wall.] [PEOPLE - comment on Berlin Wall.]
(W. Berlin: Tom Brokaw) [In 1963, John F. KENNEDY - comments on freedom.]
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