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  • John McCarthy speaks out on his arrival home (1991)

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    Speech

    Freed hostage John McCarthy, who was held in the Lebanon for over 5 years claims the kidnappers want an end to the hostage situation and with the work of the UN - and particularly its Secretary General,...

  • Mikhail Gorbachev deposed (1991)

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    Speech

    A statement read out on Moscow Radio this morning saying Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has been replaced by Vice-President Gennady Yanayev because of health reasons. It turned out to be a coup.

  • Reaction after Mikhail Gorbachev deposed (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech; Press conference

    Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has been deposed, Tim Locke rounds up world reaction. Comment from political commentator Joe Adamov; former KGB officer Stanislav Levchenko on new Soviet leader Gennady...

  • Yanayev defends action after Gorbachev deposed (1991)

    Genre
    Press conference; Speech

    After Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was deposed, new leader and former Vice-President Gennady Yanayev, speaking to press through an interpreter, says the takeover and strict public control measures are...

  • Yanayev on Gorbachev after deposing him (1991)

    Genre
    Press conference; Speech

    After Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was deposed, new leader and former Vice-President Gennady Yanayev, speaking to press through an interpreter, says Gorbachev is just very tired and needs time to...

  • Aid to USSR suspended after Gorbachev deposed (1991)

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    Speech

    US President George H W Bush after Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was deposed saying not only the United States but Europe as well will put aid to the USSR on hold.

  • John Major after Mikhail Gorbachev deposed (1991)

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    Speech

    Prime Minister John Major says, at Downing Street, ousting of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is a good old fashioned coup and the UK will coordinate responses with other Western countries.

  • Claims Gorbachev deposed due to ill-health (1991)

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    Speech

    Moscow Radio reports on words of new Soviet President and former Vice-President Gennady Yanayev who has insisted Mikhail Gorbachev was removed merely because of his ill-health and they will work together...

  • Soviet opposition to coup grows (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference; Speech

    Tim Locke reports on Soviet opposition to the coup that deposed President Mikhail Gorbachev growing, rallying round Russian President Boris Yeltsin, the West removing aid to the USSR, rumours of an open...

  • Look back at USSR coup (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech; Music

    Montage set to music of the coup on the Soviet Government leading to the break up of the Soviet Union. Speakers include people on the streets in the USSR; US President George H W Bush; former Prime Ministers...