Big Time 1958

On June 2, the 83-year-old President of the Democratic Republic of Germany, Wilhelm Pique, held a press conference with his seriously ill body and named the riot in West Berlin yesterday as the Children's Day Massacre. Wilhelm Pique last year. There have been very few appearances, and many things are handled by Walter Ulbricht, vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers and secretary of the Central Committee. Today, William Peake appeared again. Facing the reporters present, he could no longer speak as eloquently as in the past. On the contrary, he had to stop and rest every time he said a word. The speech that originally only took ten minutes was stretched to half. Hours.

"The Three Kingdoms occupying forces in West Berlin must explain the bloodshed that happened yesterday!" William Peake stood up tremblingly. At this time, his old body no longer trembled, and his eyes became bright again and said loudly, " The GDR wants to show solidarity with the residents of West Berlin and demand that the occupying forces of the three countries stop suppressing the people!"

Later, Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Soviet Union, also delivered a speech, agreeing with President William Peake's overview of the Children's Day tragedy, expressing strong protest against the **** imperialist repression of the residents of West Berlin, saying, "On June 1, children On this day of the festival, we are full of joy and the future of the country to celebrate the festival that belongs to them. The whole world is immersed in the sea of ​​joy. In Berlin, the capital of the GDR, the children of Germany and the countries that helped build Berlin this time. The children of comrades played together, and on the same day as the International Children's Day in West Berlin, just across the wall, the military and police of the three countries carried out a brutal massacre of the unarmed assembly people, which fully exposed the true face of imperialism!"

Khrushchev's speech was finally published in Pravda, and spread throughout the Soviet Union within a day. The Children's Day tragedy in West Berlin was also made known to the entire Soviet Union through Pravda. Towns, villages, enterprises, institutions, as long as Pravda can cover Wherever I went, the Children's Day tragedy became a hot topic of discussion, and Pravda also became a hot topic of discussion in the building of the People's Commissariat of Education in Kyiv, Ukraine.

"Comrade Valiya, have you heard? Many people died in West Berlin yesterday. Isn't your husband working for the National Security Council? Do you know some inside information?" A woman in her forties has a higher percentage of women in the system of the Ministry of Education than in other departments. But Ukraine's education minister is still a man.

   "Huh? The National Security Council is disciplined, he won't reveal it to me! Alythia..." Valya explained apologetically to this colleague who was more curious about knowledge.

"Oh? Do you think you know something?" Alycia shook her head in disappointment. She was a little disappointed that she didn't satisfy her curiosity this time. She knew that Valya's husband was a KGB, and she could hear it sometimes. Valya talks about KGB stuff, but Valya is careful not to get into important things, which makes Alythea very uncomfortable.

Watching Alicia leave, Valya, who returned to the office, sat down slowly and carefully read Pravda's report, not wanting to drop every word, her suspicious pretty face couldn't help but smiled and said, "It's really you. style?"

  The Soviet Union made a statement after the GDR, and then Bulgaria first followed up, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Albania all reported condemning the Children's Day tragedy. Italy expressed its position on the second day, Italian Prime Minister and Communist Party General Secretary Parimi Rotoriatti said, "The actions of the three occupying forces in Berlin are simply a shame for democracy. Fourteen years have passed since World War II, and West Berlin is still under attack. Controlled by the occupying forces. Let the inhabitants of West Berlin choose their own government to run West Berlin!"

  After Italy's statement, the Communist Party of France, the Communist Party of Greece and other communist parties within NATO expressed their support for the proposition of the Italian Communist Party. The World Youth League for Democracy and the International Federation of Democratic Women jointly issued a statement condemning such fascist behavior by the occupying forces of the three countries on International Children's Day.

   continued to join the ranks of condemnation, various solidarity and protests were continuously placed in the headquarters of West Berlin, and also spread throughout the streets of West Berlin through the loudspeakers of the Berlin Wall.

The occupation forces of the three countries issued a statement later, claiming that this was an organized and premeditated riot in West Berlin, the result of a small group of communists provoking the residents of West Berlin. Where is the enemy, don't be fooled by all the rhetoric. At the same time, the British and French military and police were dispatched to maintain order in the urban area of ​​West Berlin.

But then the United States and Britain experienced the taste of being stabbed in the back. The Charles de Gaulle government, which took office at the beginning of the year, issued a statement, "The incident in West Berlin has nothing to do with France, and the French garrison in West Berlin has not participated in the suppression of the people from beginning to end. During the process, I believe that no one saw the French soldiers confronting the people of Berlin in the streets, because our soldiers did not go out at all!" said a spokesman for the de Gaulle government.

Although Maurice Torres, the general secretary of the French Communist Party, was at odds with de Gaulle, he gave his support to the de Gaulle government this time, "Although I have reservations about some of General de Gaulle's policies, there is no doubt that France has this issue. It is on the side of justice, we do not distinguish between positions, we only ask if it is just!" Maurice Torres' statement was also reported by French national media.

   The French government's resignation made the public opinion of the whole incident take a turn for the worse, and a huge gap was opened up in the public opinion controlled by the United States. The development of this incident caught the United States and Britain by surprise. At the same time, General Charles de Gaulle, who was supported by the whole country in France, announced that French ports would temporarily ban the U.S. fleet from docking, and at the same time took back the command of the French fleet in NATO. These two orders were also supported by the French people. The innate pride of the French made them even They are unwilling to bow their heads in the face of the United States. These two orders are called a symbol of France's restoration of independence.

After France's statement, the American and British media, which pushed the West Berlin incident to the Soviet Union's infiltration, fell silent for a while. Unexpectedly, the newly inaugurated Charles de Gaulle government ruthlessly gave the United States and Britain a knife at this time. Thinking about it, it seems like the French garrison in Berlin. It's true that it hasn't been dispatched. At this time, even the newspapers of the Federal Republic of Germany are turning a little bit, which is not good news.

Soon the two countries adjusted their propaganda strategies. The newspapers facing the domestic people still did not change the trend, and then emphasized that the Soviet Union planned the incident, while facing the foreign pages, they stopped talking about West Berlin and stopped talking about the issue of the socialist camp. The words and writings fell on deaf ears, and the representatives of the three countries in West Berlin were ordered to negotiate with the Soviet Union.

  In a theatre in East Berlin, Serov was dancing gracefully at the ball with a complacent composure. This is a ball jointly organized by the Stasi and the KGB. It is a place for the colleagues of the two countries to communicate. In the long decades or more in the future, the two organizations will fight side by side.