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Gorbachev's perilous experiment

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988) by BBC

Dec 9, 198814:02Society & Culture

Misgivings over Gorbachev's liberalisation proposals as observers fear further splits from satellite nations. This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and l...

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Gorbachev's perilous experiment is an episode from Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988) by BBC. Misgivings over Gorbachev's liberalisation proposals as observers fear further splits from satellite nations. Thi...

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Published Dec 9, 1988, 14:02 long, audio available.

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Misgivings over Gorbachev's liberalisation proposals as observers fear further splits from satellite nations. This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.

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Published Dec 9, 1988 and 14:02 long