west germany west belin. you. moved. me back at the east german interior ministry not because i remember very clearly it was at 6 minutes to 7 the ministry of justice called to suggest the wording and i was able to convince him that our wording made more sense at 3 minutes to 7 i was still on the phone to him and hadn't realized that at 6 minutes to 7 going to have presented the document to the world the government hadn't even taken a final decision which was. a few minutes later i left his office in the firm belief that his news and bargo was being maintained. that says that. i had failed the truth or give in the meantime the press conference had come to acclaim its end there. but none of us really knew what to do and nobody drew the real conclusion that this was it was cause for us to think of. the american and british reporters were confused they suspected the interpreters had made an error in translation coverage via a shop on thursday asked for the english text to be read out in case there was a problem fixed as it was a life of a game for us but god what did this mean with the war be opened how would the border police react these were all important questions one alice comes with you 5. seconds before all of a gun made an urgent phone call to his superior it was all. your watching schabowski been talking about the top off because it was a star not always a lot of the real he said to me. you're calling me because of that rubbish i said yes that's exactly why i'm calling he said you know the orders east german citizens are only allowed to leave under the current conditions meaning they need a passport and a proper visa otherwise they're to be turned back. into torture for. the east german leadership heard nothing about any of this because the politburo the ministers and all the top party officials was still at the central committee meeting none of them had seen schabowski press conference. at the same time in warsaw helmut kohl was also in the dark about the events in east berlin the west german chancellor was the guest at a banquet. the room was a bugs and ensure basket full of paper put it back as walking and left the stage i want out ran up stairs with my camera crew and were a small room with mr ross who was completely cormack or could you know i. used to have a piece of paper he said i do i said will read it again but it took it out put on his glasses read it again and i said that that means citizens from the east can go out of the war any way that they want to. further forced to leave judea. by a. transit. through another country it is possible for them to go through the war some point but it is possible for them to go through the border. i ran downstairs there was a course of american newspaper correspondents who are friends of mine and i looked at them and i said it's true the war is down. a few minutes later the news programs on both east and west german television reportage what had happened. according to police bureau membership of east german citizens wanti