The U.S. Government has indicated that it will support UN membership for East Germany at the UN General Assembly session opening next month, and has begun talks with the East German government that are expected to lead to formal diplomatic relations.
In a public ceremony in July, two East German border guards were awarded decorations for valor in the defense of the Fatherland. They had thwarted an attempt to escape across the Berlin Wall by five young East Germans. The guards had shot four of the group, killing two of them. No public protest of the killing or of the award was made, officially or unofficially, by any spokesman of the U.S. Government.
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