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  1. Andrei Sakharov backs glasnost (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    John Alcock reports from Moscow on the decision of Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov to back leader, Mikhail Gorbachev’s campaign of reconstruction or glasnost; includes excerpts from press interview...

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  2. Stanislav Levchenko on his defection (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Former KGB officer Stanislav Levchenko has published his autobiography On the Wrong Side about his defection to the west. He explains how he defected after being a devoted patriotic agent; his early role in...

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  3. Reagan commends changes in USSR (1988)

    Genre
    Speech

    US President Ronald Reagan pre-Moscow summit speech in Helsinki, Finland. Commends the changes in the Soviet Union under Glasnost and Perestroika but urges Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to fulfil the...

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  4. Sakharov to make official press conference (1988)

    Genre
    News report

    John Alcock reports from Moscow back to the studio on news Dr Andrei Sakharov, a Soviet dissident who holds a Nobel Peace Prize for his campaigns against human rights abuses, is to hold a news conference in...

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  5. Soviet art in period of glasnost (1988)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview; Music

    Feature in 2 parts on the arts in the Soviet Union in the period of glasnost. Part 1 reports on visit of UK Arts Minister Richard Luce to the USSR which the presenter went on, they visit various cultural...

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  6. Roy Scheider on Soviet Union documentary (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Actor Roy Scheider talks to Carol Allen about a Turner Network Television (TNT) documentary in which he was involved, entitled Portrait of the Soviet Union, about life for the average Russian. The film was...

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  7. Mikhail Gorbachev’s reign (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Special

    Report following the break up of the Soviet Union on the reign of its President Mikhail Gorbachev who influenced world history through his reforms of glasnost and perestroika and disarmament. Includes...

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  8. Journalists’ views on Moscow summit (1988)

    Genre
    Vox pop

    John Alcock conducts a vox pop of journalists who covered the Moscow superpower summit on its success and their experiences. Audio muffled in places.

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  9. Soviet dissident speaks of harassment (1988)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Sergei Losov(?), an editor of Russia’s only dissident weekly paper the Express Chronicle, meets reporter John Alcock for an interview that may result in his job loss, as the superpower summit in Moscow is...

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  10. Billy Graham in London and USSR (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech

    Mike Percy reports on a service at Westminster’s Methodist Central Hall by evangelist Billy Graham, who called for prayer for Christian awakening under glasnost in the USSR (excerpts of speech heard). He...

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