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Attempted Soviet coup collapses

Title
Attempted Soviet coup collapses
Genre
Interview; Speech; News bulletin
TX Date
22 Aug 1991
Year of production
1991
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Duration
00:03:13
Description
IRN 06.00 news read by Douglas Cameron focusing on the collapse of the attempted Soviet coup. With Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev speech on victory through an interpreter; comment from Soviet political analyst Joe Adamov and Dr Julian Cooper, Soviet expert from Birmingham University on possible trial for treason of coup leaders. Also on murder of Julie Dart; return of abducted toddler Vida Fenton, found in America with her father; Fortune magazine survey of richest people.
Contributors
Douglas Cameron; Mikhail Gorbachev; Joe Adamov; Julian Cooper
Keywords
USA; Revolutions; Politics; Government; USSR; Homicide; Children (age group); Children (family); Periodicals; Presidents; Wealth; Political leaders; Treason; Moscow; Abduction; Boris Yeltsin; Mikhail Gorbachev; Philadelphia; Crimea; Fortune (periodical); Vida Fenton; Trials (reason); Julie Dart

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