Title

East Germany blocks refugees’ escape route

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

3 Oct 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:04:10

Description

Margaret Shiels reports on the implementation of restrictions on travel to Czechoslovakia made by the East German Government in an attempt to stem the exodus of its citizens to the West. The restrictions on movement are seen as a blow to the new freedom movement. Includes interviews with Jurgen Chrobog, West German Foreign Ministry spokesman (male interviewer not identified); Joachim Mitdank, East German ambassador to the UK.

Contributors

Margaret Shiels; Jurgen Chrobog; Joachim Mitdank

Keywords

Germany; Refugees; Czechoslovakia; Political refugees; Germany FR; German DR; Freedom of movement

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