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On the recordOctober 28, 1992
Nice to be back. Fall of Communism Moderator. I want to start with a campaign flap that surfaced today, as far as I know. Your opponent, one of your opponents, Bill Clinton, has waved a copy of New Yorker magazine, which claims that you said to former Soviet Premier Gorbachev, ``Don't worry about what I might say during the campaign about the fall of communism in the Soviet Union; don't worry about that. I'll explain it to you later.'' What exactly did you say to Mr. Gorbachev?
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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