Bill Clinton in Eisenach



Clinton, in Berlin, Joins Kohl to Hail '48 Airlift
By Dan Balz


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"I hope both Americans and Germans will always remember the lesson of what happened here 50 years ago," Mr. Clinton said. "We cannot relinquish the responsibilities of leadership, for the struggle for freedom never ends."
Later he and Mr. Kohl left Berlin for Eisenach, a small city in the former East Germany that is suffering economically.
The two leaders toured an Opel car plant that General Motors opened in 1992 to promote foreign investment in eastern Germany and later they spoke to an enthusiastic audience packed into Eisenach's picturesque town square.
Mr. Clinton praised Mr. Kohl, who faces a difficuft re-election fight this year, during an afternoon that had all the appearances of a presidential campaign.
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