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  New York Times response to November 10th,  1989

Berlin Wall Opens

Berlin Wall Archive

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NYT

Friday, November 10, 1989
Page One

EAST GERMANY OPENS FRONTIER TO THE WEST
FOR EMIGRATION OR VISITS; THOUSANDS CROSS

East Berliners Explore Land Long Forbidden

The Brandenburg Gate

   WEST BERLIN, Friday, Nov.10 - The 28-year-old Berlin wall opened up Thursday and by midnight thousands of East Berliners- of all ages, from every way of life- were walking, biking and driving to crossing points in the wall and entering the western half of the city, a place they could only gaze at just hours before...




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NYT

Sunday, November 12, 1989
Page One

EAST GERMANS FLOOD THE WEST,
MOST TO REJOICE, THEN GO HOME;
KOHL AND KRENZ AGREE TO MEET
TO TALK THIS YEAR

East Berlin's Chief Says Reunification 'Is Not on the Agenda'

Photographing the wall

   WEST BERLIN, Friday, Nov. 11 - A million East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany today on foot and by car, subway and train, many passing through border crossings so new that the paint was not yet dry. More important for East Germany, most were going back.

   In Bonn, Chancellor Helmut Kohl announced after a telephone call to Egon Krenz, the new East German leader, that he would visit East Germany before the year's end. Mr. Kohl also presided ever an emergency meeting of his Cabinet before flying back to Poland to resume the state visit he interrupted after East Germany opened its borders on Thursday night...



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HINDSIGHT DEPARTMENT

Athena

   Sitting back and watching these celestial alignments, we know that we have free will, and yet that certain events are likely to be swept along in the current of celestial events. It is for that reason that we must sit back and watch how humanity chooses to manifest these influences at these times. What should be abundantly clear from these columns is the anticipation that major events were about to transpire, which in turn, they did. The Berlin Wall was a symbol of a period of time, and of a consciousness that went along with it. Athena was able to spot it, identify it for those who were willng to listen, and throw some light on how it fit onto the larger world stage.

   What else can we say?

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