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• The former US President George Bush explains his at first subdued reaction shortly after the Wall came down: "I didn’t want to overplay the hand of the United States of America."

• For the former US President George Bush, the Wall was "an obscene symbol, not only of the division of Germany, but of the prevention of freedom."

• James Baker, US Secretary of State, on his visit to Hungary in July 1989: "It was clearly a time of forecasting more dramatic changes to come."

• Sir Charles Powell, political adviser to the British prime minister: "It was a time of tremendous excitement but also some feeling of concern."

• Tom Brokaw, NBC reporter, on the press conference given by Günter Schabowski on 9 November 1989 and the announcement of the new travel regulations.

• Tom Brokaw, NBC reporter, on his live report from the Brandenburg Gate in November 1989: "The moment as it came down was thrilling to me."