The World : East Germany Detains 200
East German authorities have arrested more than 200 people, mainly dissenters or citizens seeking to emigrate, in raids in several cities, West German television reported. The ARD television station in West Berlin, quoting church sources, said security men made the arrests in East Berlin, Leipzig, Wismar, Eichsfeld and Treptow. Earlier, church sources in East Berlin reported that at least 60 would-be emigres had been detained in Leipzig, Halle and Wismar. The arrests appeared to be part of a clampdown following an upsurge in dissident meetings and protests.
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