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Reagan commends changes in USSR

Title
Reagan commends changes in USSR
Genre
Speech
TX Date
27 May 1988
Year of production
1988
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Duration
00:03:28
Description
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 commitment to human rights signed in 1975 known as Helsinki Final Act including the right to emigrate and to practice religious beliefs.
Contributors
Ronald Reagan
Keywords
USA; Political prisoners; Human rights; USSR; International relations; Political reform; Europe; Religious discrimination; Ronald Reagan; Religious belief; Emigration; Political dissenters; Mikhail Gorbachev; Glasnost; Helsinki; Freedom of religion

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