GERMANY: WEST BERLIN. NEW BORDER WALL BUILT - BONN. NORSTAD VISITS PRESIDENT LUEBKE.

Record ID: 230628

  • Title: GERMANY: WEST BERLIN. NEW BORDER WALL BUILT - BONN. NORSTAD VISITS PRESIDENT LUEBKE.
  • Date: 12th July 1962
  • Summary: 1. SV PAN... WALL 0.08 2. LV WORKMEN WITH CRANE PULL SCREEN ALONG WALL. 0.16 3. SV EAST GERMAN TAKES PICTURE. 0.17 4. LV WORKMEN WITH CRANE, SCREEN PULLED ALONG WALL. 0.25 5. TV WORKMEN WITH CEMENT MIXTURE. 0.30 6. TV ARMED GUARDS (2 SHOTS). 0.38 7. LV WALLS WITH SCREEN ON TOP, CU SCREEN. 0.44 8. SV PAN... WALL. 0.49 OPTICAL 9. GV VILLA HAMMERSCHMITT. 0.53 10. SV CAR ARRIVES. 0.57 11. SCU NORSTAD GREETED BY OFFICER. 1.03 12. LV NORSTAD AND PARTY ENTER HOUSE. 1.05 13. LV SPEIDEL, LUEBKE, NORSTAD, STRAUSS ENTER ROOM. 1.12 14. CU DITTO. 1.17 15. SV LUEBKE AND NORSTAD SHAKE HANDS. 1.21 Initials PGR/V/WH/LW Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 27th July 1962 13:00
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  • Location: WEST BERLIN-EAST GERMAN BORDER. BONN, (WEST) GERMANY (EAST) GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVAE3BRQG1ZJKY4C29U9ZAO2JGR6
  • Story Text: EAST GERMAN WORKMEN ARE PUTTING FINAL TOUCHES TO THE NEW WALL BEING BUILT ALONG THE BORDER BETWEEN WEST BERLIN AND EAST GERMANY PROPER. EAST SECTOR POLICE MOVED HIGH SCREENS ON ROLLERS ALONG THE WALL JULY 12 TO PREVENT WESTERN CAMERAMEN FROM FILMING THE CONSTRUCTION WORK.

    THE BOUNDARY, MARKED FOR YEARS BY A FENCE, RUNS IN AN ARC FOR ABOUT 69 MILES. THE NEW WALL IS NOT EXPECTED TO EXTEND THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE PERIMETER WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN FORTIFIED WITH BARBED-WIRE, MINES, AND WATCH TOWERS.

    MEANWHILE, IN BONN, WEST GERMANY, GENERAL LAURIS NORSTAD, SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER (EUROPE) OF NATO, FLEW IN FROM PARIS JULY 12 TO PAY A BRIEF COURTESY VISIT ON PRESIDENT LUEBKE OF WEST GERMANY.

    GENERAL NORSTAD WAS ACCOMPANIED BY GENERAL HANS SPEIDEL, COMMANDER OF NATO's CENTRAL EUROPEAN LAND FORCES. THE MEETING TOOK PLACE AT PRESIDENT LUEBKE'S RESIDENCE, VILLA HAMMERSCHMITT. ALSO PRESENT: WEST GERMAN DEFENCE MINISTER HERR STRAUSS.
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