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Radio 4,19 Apr 1991,15 mins

Gorbachev’s Japanese investment trip

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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Gorbachev's visit to Japan to encourage investment is stalled by Soviet ownership of the Kuril Islands. Plus, a 1958 meeting between Soviet leader Mr. Khrushchev and Richard Nixon.

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