E. German Swims to West
Associated Press
WEST BERLIN —
A 29-year-old East German man escaped to West Berlin by slipping past Communist border guards and swimming across a river, police said Thursday. The man asked for asylum at a nearby police station immediately after arriving Wednesday, police said.
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