How Did Kennedy React to the Berlin Wall
In 1961 as a thousand East Germans a day migrated to West Berlin the communist East German regime erected a barrier almost overnight to stem the flow. To show US resolve Kennedy sent General Lucius Clay head of the US military government after the war to Berlin. The Rise And Fall Of The Berlin Wall And Why It Matters Today America Magazine But if you see. . The powerful voice of JFK resounded in the war-torn Berlin -. The US response to the Berlin Wall. Mission Berlin USBER sent the following telegram reporting the reaction of citizens of that city in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. He saw it as a symbol of the division between the Capitalist West and the Communist East. As he paid tribute to the spirit of Berliners and to their quest for freedom the crowd roared with approval upon hearing the the Presidents dramatic pronouncement Ich bin ein Berliner I am a Berliner. Alarmed by the building of the Wall President ...