| Title: |
Mikhail Gorbachev
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline
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| Collection: |
Gulf War Oral History
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| Description: |
President of the Soviet Union
Q: What was your initial reaction on hearing Kuwait had been invaded by Iraq?
Gorbachev: A surprise. An absurd decision. That action could have been done only by an adventurer or a person who did not have a sense of reality.
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| URL: |
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/oral/gorbachev/1.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Speaker: |
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 1931-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
2-Mar-1931
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Caucasus; Asia
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Government official; Laborer; President
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Organizations discussed: |
British Broadcasting Corporation, London, England; United Nations
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| Historical events discussed: |
Persian Gulf War, 1991
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; Iraq; Kuwait; North America; Saudi Arabia; Southwest Asia; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Asia; British Broadcasting Corporation, London, England; Command of troops; Iraq; Kuwait; Military occupation; Military service, Voluntary; North America; Oral history; Persian Gulf War, 1991; Saudi Arabia; Southwest Asia; United Nations; United States; United States--Military history
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0028778-31721
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