On the other hand. West Berlin. emerging from a mass of war ruins. prosperous and genuinely democratic. contrasted markedly with the dismal failures of the Soviets in the East Sector. Mass riotings in 1953 and the constant stream of refugees. pouring from East to West. attested to the high degree of uncertainty of life in the Communist Zone and underscored dramatically the powerful influence emanating from West Berlin. West Berlin was a monument of freedom and democracy along the outer periphery of the Soviet Empire. it was a rebuke to communism and all its works. it was a defiant reminder to the Soviet Union of our pledged word to our allies and of our determination to oppose communism. The situation in Berlin has been fairly tranquil during the period from the harassments of 1955 to last autumn.
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