E. German Flees to West
From Reuters
HANOVER, West Germany —
A uniformed East German border guard scaled frontier fortifications and arrived unharmed in Lower Saxony during the night, West German border police said Sunday. The 26-year-old guard cited dissatisfaction with conditions in his homeland, police said.
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