I support perestroika.
George H.W. Bush: “I support perestroika.”
On the recordSeptember 11, 1989
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presidency.ucsb.eduEditor's note · Context
Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the President's Meeting With Boris Yeltsin of the Soviet Union
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