One, Two, Three

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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.