Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Great escapes? How the Kennedy administration tried to suppress media coverage of Berlin tunnel diggers.

Great escapes? How the Kennedy administration tried to suppress media coverage of Berlin tunnel diggers.

In his famous 1963 speech, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed to the world “Ich bin ein Berliner,” showing solidarity with a divided city at the center of the Cold War. But new revelations suggest that he was far more circumspect about those fleeing East Berlin's brutal communist regime. The new book “The Tunnels: Escapes Under the […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/10/19/great-escapes-how-the-kennedy-administration-tried-to-suppress-media-coverage-of-berlin-tunnel-diggers/

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