Word: traveling
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...literal destruction of the Wall would, in many respects, be redundant. Honecker's successor, Egon Krenz, has promised that most East German travel restrictions will be lifted, making it possible for citizens to travel freely to the West. The thousands who jammed the West German embassy in Prague last week seeking asylum testify to the futility of mere stones to bar the exodus. Johannes Chemnitzer, a member of the East German Communist Party's Central Committee, admitted last week that with the borders open, the Wall's "meaning becomes limited and illusory...
...More Flee As East Germany Vows East Travel...
Also yesterday, a day after the governmentintroduced a proposed law promising up to 30 daysof travel to the West, a parliamentary committeerejected the measure and urged the legalization ofunrestricted stays abroad...
Krusche, the Lutheran leader, spoke during afrank program on state-run television on theexodus of tens of thousands of East Germans, whichwas described by a television commentator as asubject "burning under our nails." The exodus'latest surge is through Czechoslovakia, the onlycountry to which East Germans can travel freely...
...escape route opened Saturday created thefirst free passage to the West since the BerlinWall went up in 1961. Authorities have said theroute will remain open until a new travel lawtakes effect, possibly before Christmas