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...backed by 167,000 soldiers and security forces. Not since the riots of 1953 has he been forced to cope with a major disturbance. To be sure, there are some signs of disquiet. Some 1,135 East Germans last year managed to flee over the wall to the West. At one point during last week's celebrations, 200 restless young East Berliners paraded down Unter den Linden chanting: "Eins, zwei, drei, Sex!" But they knew better than to shout anything more defiant-such as demands for political reforms. Culturally, Ulbricht maintains such a tight rein that most of Evgeny...
Squeeze Play. In the midst of last week's celebrations, East Germany's leaders were preoccupied with the problem that has been uppermost since the regime was born-how to deal with West Germany. Ulbricht has always feared that closer ties with Bonn would weaken his grip on East Germany. Now Socialist Willy Brandt, who is scheduled to be installed as the West's new Chancellor next week, is calling for reduced tensions in Central Europe and for closer links between the two Germanys, just short of formal diplomatic recognition. Speaking in his high-pitched Saxon twang...
Ulbricht is unlikely to dismantle the Wall or allow closer contact with West Germany until he feels that East Germans will no longer be tempted by better jobs and living conditions across the border. Now 76, Ulbricht might not be on the scene much longer, but the two men most likely to succeed him, Premier Willi Stoph, 55, and Deputy Party Chief Erich Honecker, 57, are likely to follow the same course. Yet neither Ulbricht nor his heirs can overlook the fact that some day perhaps the Soviets and other East Bloc comrades may become weary of allowing East Germany...
Divorced. Brigitte Bardot, 35, durable cinema sex kitten; from Günter Sachs, 36, wealthy West German playboy; on grounds of incompatibility; in Lenzerheide, Switzerland...
Died. Diane Linkletter, 20, youngest of TV Star Art Linkletter's five children and herself a budding TV actress; after leaping from her sixth-floor apartment while on an LSD trip; in West Hollywood. Depressed by a series of minor problems, Diane began taking LSD six months ago, and her father could not persuade her to stop. "It wasn't suicide," said Linkletter, "because she wasn't herself. It was murder. She was murdered by the people who manufacture and sell...