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15th November 1989
Chancellor John Major gives his first Autumn Statement - City analysts predict gloom for the 90s; Lech Walesa, leader of Poland's Solidarity party, lobbies the US Senate for aid.
Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news in 1989.
Chancellor John Major gives his first Autumn Statement - City analysts predict gloom for the 90s; Lech Walesa, leader of Poland's reformist Solidarity party, lobbies the US Senate for financial aid; Mikhail Gorbachev warns the West not to try exporting capitalism to the East.
A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
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