3. How did East and West Germans communicate with one another and what types of messages did they transmit? A. East and West Germans communicated by messenger and telephone. They spoke openly about escape plans and hopes for reunification. B. West Germans transmitted personal and political messages over the wall via radio, television, on billboards and sometimes by word of mouth. East Germans sometimes were able to smuggle replies to the West. C. East and West Germans could not communicate with one another during the 28 years that the Berlin Wall was standing. The wall was so massive and threatening that all forms of communication stopped.