The main leaders of the RAF terrorists are arrested: Andreas Baader, Holger Meins and Jan-Carl Raspe on 1 June, Gudrun Ensslin on 7 June and Ulrike Meinhof on 15 June. The hunt for other RAF members is in full swing.
RIAS, original recordings of the arrest of the RAF terrorist Andreas Baader, 1 June 1972 (in German) (Source: Archiv Deutschlandradio, Broadcast: Rundschau am Abend, Moderator/Reporter: Jürgen Koar, Elmar Gunsch)
3 June
1972
The foreign ministers of the Four Powers sign the final protocol on the "Four-Power Agreement". The "Transit Agreement" and the new travel and visiting regulations of 1971 can now come into force as agreed. From 3 October, West Berliners can visit the GDR including East Berlin once or several times for up to thirty days a year for "humanitarian, family, religious, cultural or tourist reasons".
RIAS report on the signing of the final protocol on the Four-Power Agreement in Berlin, 3 June 1972 (in German) (Source: Archiv Deutschlandradio)
24 June
1972
Direct dialling on the telephone is once more allowed between West Berlin and 32 local networks in the GDR.
