RADIO:

East: It's Sunday, Aug. 13, in the early morning hours. East German soldiers quietly seal off the border with barbed wire. Guards are posted. East German radio doesn't say a word.

By Sunday afternoon, East German radio broadcasts reports of citizens who say they are grateful to be protected from the criminals in the West. Border guards are taking "measures" to do that. What the radio doesn't say: the "measures" are orders for East German soldiers to take aim at any citizens trying to flee the republic, and shoot to kill.


West: By 4 a.m., Radio in the American Sector reports that barbed wire fences are sealing off the border, and that Soviet tanks have rolled into East Berlin.