More than a thousand refugees a day are pouring into West Berlin from the
East,
two to three times the normal flow.
As tighter restrictions on border
crossings are promulgated by the East
German government.
With Premier Khrushchev demanding that the
West join in signing a peace treaty
with East Germany
and with the West firmly rejecting his
move and calling for free elections,
these people are taking advantage of
what might be a last opportunity to
flee to freedom.
Not since the uprising in East Berlin in
1953 has the number of
refugees been so great.
The only way they can cast a vote for
freedom
is to flee to the West.
