Jim Wright and the Baltic rebellion

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

Gorbachev's offer to reduce Russian forces in Afghanistan, rebellions in Estonia and Lithuania, the student protests in Beijing, and the ethics hearing of Jim Wright.

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Fri 26 May 198921:00
BBC Radio 4

The Bush Sr Years (1989-1992)—Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
George Bush’s term, the Panama invasion, the Soviet bloc collapse and the first Iraqi war

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