The Other Germany: A Power in Its Own Right - John A Halford - January 1984

John A Halford

INTERNATIONAL DESK - The FIRST impression most people get of the German Democratic Republic (to give East Germany its proper name) isn't usually a good one. At the border, barbed wire fences, machine gun towers, searchlights, tank traps- or if crossing from West Berlin, the wall- all get a visitor's imagination working overtime. Armed police-making little attempt to make friends or influence people-check your passport, your vehicle-and you. They ask: Where are you going? Why are you going there? - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library