When searching for information on this topic, potentially useful keywords to use include :

• Berliner Mauer
• Berlin Crisis of 1961
• Berlin Contingency or BERCON Plans
• Brandenburg Gate
• Iron Curtain
• Maritime Contingency (MARCON) Plans
• LIVE OAK
• ‘Stacheldrahtsonntag’ (or "Barbed wire Sunday" - 13 August 1961)
• 'Antifaschistischer Schutzwall' (or "Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart")
• "Todesstreifen" (or "Death Strip” as referred to the border strip, by the West people)

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