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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