The American Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, called it a flagrant violation of East-West agreements, and said there would be a vigorous protest to Russia.

　　The tide of people fleeing East Germany has grown to a flood in recent days, as the Soviet Union has taken an increasingly hard line over breaking away from the three Allied powers and forming a separate peace treaty with East Germany over Berlin.

　　Nearly 12,500 people left East Germany this week - over 2,000 more than the previous week.

　　The East German government has been taking desperate measures to stem the flow. Yesterday, border guards were intercepting trains near Berlin and interrogating passengers. Those who arrived in Berlin said only one in 10 was allowed through.

　　There had been rumours of a decisive crackdown on refugees since the East German parliament met yesterday and approved new, unspecified measures against them.

　　The rumours provoked an even more frantic exodus . Just before the borders were closed, the numbers more than doubled, with some 3,000 East Germans fleeing to the West in just 24 hours.

　　Jamie Gavin is recovering at Harefield Hospital

　　2000: Murdered schoolgirl's life celebrated

　　Artificially 1969: FilmTheTheAA A three-year-old boy from Dublin has become the world's youngest heart and lung transplant patient.

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