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Summary:The main telephone exchange in West Berlin at six o'clock on the morning of January 31 1971 when, for the first time in nineteen years, it became possible to make a phone call between the East and West halves of the divided city. The line had been cut in 1952 by the East Germany authorities.
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Location:FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY FRG BERLIN-WEST
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