The Communist leaders have apparently decided that this process of attrition must be stopped. To accomplish this. a quadruple operation will be necessary. First. surgery must be performed on West Berlin to eliminate it as a showcase of democracy in the heartland of Communist Germany and as the No. 1 escape route for East German refugees. Berlin is in the words of Nikita Khrushchev. "a malignant tumor which must be cut out." Second. the satellite regime in East Germany must be bolstered internationally. and domestic opposition to it must be discouraged. by compelling the Western Powers to grant it recognition. Third. since the proximity of Western troopseven in the absence of an active liberation policymust be considered a potential stimulus to the liberation movement.
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