In the majestic setting of the Palais de Chaillot, NATO foreign ministers sign the 1954 Paris Agreements inviting Germany to join the Alliance. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev lets his temper flare at the UN General Assembly in September 1960. Two tiny friends reach across the divide as the Berlin Wall is built in August 1961. It is more than a showcase of liberty, a symbol, an island of freedom in a Communist sea.
West Berlin is all of that.