According to the West German magazine Der Spiegel in an August 31 report, 100,000 East Germans visited West Germany in 1984. In 1985 the figure was down to 66,000, but shot up to half a million in 1986. In the wake of this year's visit by Erich Honecker--partly for family reasons it is expected that 1987 visits will reach one million.
根據西德「明鏡週刊」今年八月卅一日的報導，一九八四年東德到西德探親的人數為十萬人，一九八五年為六萬六千人，一九八六年驟增至五十萬人。