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“Berlin was the only place in the world where we could protest against nuclear testing by four nuclear powers at the same time.” Gerd Leipold
In July, the Rainbow Warrior documents illegal whaling in the USSR. Members of the expedition who enter Soviet territory are arrested. The protest draws more international attention than any other Greenpeace action at this point in time.
image 1 Gerd Leipold © Greenpeace / Gavin Parsons image 2 Preparing the Greenpeace hot air balloon, ‘Trinity’ image 3 Gerd Leipold and John Sprange will fly over the Berlin Wall into East Germany, in protest against nuclear testing image 4 German activist and campaigner Gerd Leipold will one day be an Executive Director of Greenpeace International image 5 Trinity will fly across the heavily-guarded Berlin Wall image 6 Preparing the balloon for take off image 7 Leipold and Sprange in the balloon image 8 The balloon was taken into custody by the East German police. Images 2-8 © Greenpeace / Ali Paczensky
In August, Greenpeace activists make a flight in a hot-air balloon to protest against nuclear testing by the four superpowers. Their flight begins in West Berlin and takes them over the Berlin Wall; they land in East Germany.
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