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...et Embassy in Washington, who read a personal message of condolence from [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]. President Reagan sent his condolences to Samantha Smith's mother, writin

..."He was a stroke of luck for the world. Two years after Reagan called on [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] to tear down the wall, he noted, it fell and 11 months later Germany was ...Soviet Union. In 1984 Thatcher became the first NATO leader to meet with [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] before his ascension to the Soviet presidency. She told the world, "We ca

...itburo Transcript, 13 Nov 1986, in ''CWIHP Bulletin'' 8–9, p. 180.</ref> [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] came to power in 1985 and immediately realised the severe drain caused by

...tions with the Soviet Union improved somewhat, with the rise to power of [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]. "Support" began to include some diplomatic exchanges and economic cooper

The arrival of [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] in 1985 started a slow revolution. The [[Chernobyl]] nuclear accident in

...tive]] (SDI)—labeled "Star Wars" —that the Soviets could not match. When [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] came to power in Moscow, many conservative Republicans were dubious of th

...ion had been the largest contributor of foreign aid to Laos, but in 1989 [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] told Kaisôn that aid would have to be sharply reduced. In fact aid was c