From: "Mark Hessey" 


"Phil Payne"  wrote: Forty years ago?
>
> Well, roughly:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3022166.stm

Meanwhile, 24 years later:
http://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan/speeches/wall.asp
"When President Kennedy spoke at the City Hall those 24 years ago,
freedom was encircled, Berlin was under siege. And today, despite all the
pressures upon this city, Berlin stands secure in its liberty."

"General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek
prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek
liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr.
Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

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