Subscriber dialling from West Germany to the GDR is extended to 1,106 local telephone networks.
3 March
1986
Members of GDR church-run peace groups, including the East Berlin pastor Rainer Eppelmann, publish an article, written in January 1986, in the West German news magazine "Spiegel". It calls for new travel regulations, democratic co-determination, the creation of a community-service option as an alternative to military service and the abolition of the penal code for political crimes.
RIAS report on the publication of an article by GDR church-run peace groups in the Western press, 3 March 1986 (in German) (Source: Archiv Deutschlandradio, Broadcast: Rundschau am Mittag, Moderator/Reporter: Peter Schulz, Hartwig Heber)
7 March
1986
"DT 64", a radio station for young people in the GDR, goes on the air.
