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  • Attempted Soviet coup collapses (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech; News bulletin; Press conference

    IRN 17.00 news read by Katherine Kelly focusing on the collapse of the attempted Soviet coup and reaction around the world. With comment from UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd; US President George H W Bush;...

  • Soviets thank UK for support after coup fails (1991)

    Genre
    Speech; Press conference

    Press statement of thanks to Britain for their support after the failed coup in the Soviet Union. From Soviet ambassador to Britain Leonid Zamyatin who has been to the Foreign Office to pass on a personal...

  • Soviet coup failure aftermath (1991)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Press conference with Soviet Ambassador to Great Britain Leonid Zamyatin outside the Foreign Office where he was delivering a personal message of thanks to Britain from Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for...

  • Major on talking to Gorbachev after coup fails (1991)

    Genre
    Press conference

    British Prime Minister John Major describes to press his conversation with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev after the failed Soviet coup with political reform in the USSR now likely to accelerate. They are...

  • Mikhail Gorbachev on attempted coup (1991)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Excerpts from a statement at a news conference being broadcast live on television and radio in the USSR (via an interpreter) by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, where he speaks about his ordeal when...

  • US reaction to Soviet collapse (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Paul Woodley reports from the United States on reaction to the news the Soviet Communist Party which has dominated the USSR for seven decades, is virtually dead as a political force. Includes excerpts from a...

  • Bush on Soviet collapse (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Paul Woodley reports from the United States on reaction to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the unique position of the US as the last remaining superpower. President George H. W. Bush expresses his views...

  • Bush and Major on Soviet crisis (1991)

    Genre
    Press conference; Speech

    Press conference from US President George H W Bush and British Prime Minister John Major in Kennebunkport, Maine. The two leaders discuss their relationship, the problems in the Soviet Union including...

  • UK and US discuss Soviet needs (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Press conference

    Report on talks between British Prime Minister John Major and US President George H W Bush in the USA on the problems facing the Soviet Union, and possible assistance with conditions including a cut in...

  • John Major on Hong Kong problems (1991)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Press conference from Prime Minister John Major during his visit to Hong Kong in which he outlines his objectives in the country, including tackling poverty and the return to Vietnam of the boat people....