Title

Bush televised address after Mikhail Gorbachev resignation

Genre

Speech

TX Date

26 Dec 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:00:27

Description

Extract from US President George H. W. Bush’s televised address from the White House today following Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev’s resignation. Bush pledges US support for Russia and the other former republics of the dismantled Soviet Union.

Contributors

George H. W. Bush

Keywords

USA; Russia; USSR; International relations; Political reform; Heads of state; Presidents; Resignation (political); Mikhail Gorbachev; East West relations; CIS countries

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