The fact that citizens in East Germany are now demonstrating openly and demanding reform. and that the new authorities in East Germany are trying to appear favorable toward such reforms. is remarkable. Indeed. just 3 or 4 months ago. they would have seemed unimaginable. even to the most optimistic observers of the changing scene in Eastern Europe. Just as remarkable as the possible pace of reform and renewal in East Germany. however. has been the equally compelling spectacle of the massive emigration of East Germans to the West. Yesterday. an additional 10.000 East Germans arrived In West Germany. the largest total for any single day this year. That thousands of citizens. many of them in the prime of life and seeking economic as well as political opportunity. are willing to leave their homes taking only what they can carry in order to start a new life in the West is the most eloquent testimony imaginable to the bankruptcy of communism and the failure of the Government of East Germany.
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