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Mikhail Gorbachev on Soviet split (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech (via an interpreter) by Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, to the Soviet Parliament where he says he’ll resign as President if the USSR breaks apart. Follows 8 of the 15 republics opting out of the...
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...
David Steel on Soviet collapse (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Russell interviews Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman, Sir David Steel, during a visit to the USSR, for talks with parties in opposition to the Communist Party. Steel talks about the...
Albania famine predicted by WHO (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Catherine Field reports from Tirana in Albania, one of the last communist regimes in Europe, where problems are increasing as thousands of citizens continue to try and flee the country while the new elected...
Albania famine predicted by WHO (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Catherine Field interviews Marty Wagner, World Health Organisation (WHO) about the increasing problems in Albania as thousands of citizens continue to try and flee the country while the new elected...
Race riots in Brooklyn, NY (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Discussion
Paul Woodley reports from New York on racial tension between Black and Jewish groups in the Crown Heights area in Brooklyn, with dozens of arrests and injuries as police and civilians came under attack from...
George Blake on possibility of extradition to UK (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Telephone interview from his Moscow apartment with British double agent, George Blake, who is confident the new style KGB won’t agree to deport him to Britain following the implosion of the Soviet Union. A...
Major in Washington for talks with Bush (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Mary Tillotson interviews John Major for the CNN network, during a visit by the UK Prime Minister to Washington DC for talks with US President George H. W. Bush about the implications following the break-up...
Anatoly Lukyanov denies treachery in coup attempt (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Statement (translated via an interpreter) by the disgraced former Speaker of the Soviet parliament, Anatoly Lukyanov, defending his role in the failed coup against President Mikhail Gorbachev. He denies that...
Anatoly Lukyanov denies complicity in coup attempt (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Statement (translated via an interpreter) by the disgraced former Speaker of the Soviet parliament, Anatoly Lukyanov, where he defends his role in the failed coup against President Mikhail Gorbachev. He...