i was stopped again at brandenburg gate. i went out through brandonburg gate. told i couldn't get out. i said i'm a member of the allied forces. the same rigmarole. the guy went into the little house which you all know next to brandenburg gate. he came out a few minutes later and said, okay, you could go. i went back to the mission and reported to the mission officers. we reported to washington. we prepared a protest. a protest which said this is something that should not be done. we were going to tell the soviets. we did not do anything else because we had no authority to do anything. but there was great disturbance in our mission. in washington, in contrast, everything was calm. kennedy was not in washington. he was in hyannisport. he is known to have said that a wall is not very nice, but it's better than a war. and he went out sailing. his aide, ted clifton, wonderful man, briefed him on what was going on. kennedy said that is all right. he didn't do anything about it. but he got word from a couple of people that he better do something about it. one was mar