On the recordAugust 18, 1991
The West is not going to retreat from its principles of reform, openness, commitment to democracy.
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presidency.ucsb.eduThe West is not going to retreat from its principles of reform, openness, commitment to democracy.
Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters in Kennebunkport, Maine, on the Attempted Coup in the Soviet Union
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