On the recordAugust 12, 1981
The Berlin Wall is a dramatic example of the desperate and cruel extremes to which totalitarian regimes will go to deny their subjects contact with other Europeans.
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presidency.ucsb.eduRonald Reagan: “The Berlin Wall is a dramatic example of the desperate and cruel extremes to which totalitarian regimes will go to deny…”
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Statement on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Berlin Wall
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