victory will not be readily conceded by the Germans. or by the British. or by American officials. But it is grimly in the making. I am not referring only to the Red militia. who have turned their guns on their own people to halt the refugees. I am not referring only to the tanks. and tear gas and water hoses. or the 6foot wall of concrete. with which East Germans Herr Ulbricht is now lining the whole 25mile border. so that East Berlin will be as hard to escape from as Alcatraz. But the true. the symbol. the forecast of the shape of things to come are contained in the less publicized fact that the three Western powers took the most tactful. elab6rate. letsnotprovokeanybody precautions at the Brandenburg Gate to make sure that the West Berliners did not gather to hurl even an unkind word at the Communist troops. or even an encouraging cheer to an East German who might still break through to freedom.
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