Category: Soviet Union
June 15, 1973 – Brezhnev Holds A Press Conference (Of Sorts) – Nixon Goes To Pekin (Illinois) – Your Gas Hog Lifestyle Is About To Change
June 15, 1973 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 15, 1973 -Busy news day – Starting with President Nixon going to Pekin Illinois to visit the birthplace of the late Everett Dirksen. Nixon and Everrett Dirksen’s widow unveiled the cornerstone of a new research center
Relief And Recovery: A question Of Food – Coming Cold War: A Question Of Meddling – 1946 – UNRRA And The Russia-Iranian Dispute
Cedric Foster – News And Comment – April 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1946 signified one year since the end of World War 2. In that year, the world went from a sigh of relief to an uneasy holding of breath, to glimpses of an uncertain future. In
Konrad Adenauer And Cold-War Germany – 1960 – Past Daily Reference Room
Konrad Adenauer – Meet The Press – March 20, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, oldest elected Statesman ever to function in office (according to British historian Roy Jenkins) was in Washington ahead of the much-anticipated Summit between President Eisenhower and Chairman Khruschev of
March 27, 1940 – Hungary Joins The Axis – Paris Expels Russians – Labor Gets Indicted.
March 27, 1940 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 27, 1940 -As the war in Europe gained momentum, allegiances and reminders of friendship pacts were declared throughout the continent. Latest to pledge mutual assistance was Hungary. Prime Minister Teleki paid a visit to Rome
March 1, 1950 – The Clock Is Ticking-Ticking – The Atomic Bomb And World Peace
March 1, 1950 – Edward R. Murrow and The News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 1, 1950 – World Peace, the Atomic Bomb, the Soviet Union – the Cold War. These were the issues at hand, this first day of March 68 years ago. On Capitol Hill, Senator
Paul-Henri Spaak – Father Of The EU – Talks About Berlin And Moscow – 1959 – Past Daily Reference Room –
Paul-Henri Spaak – Meet The Press – April 5, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Berlin in the middle of the Cold War. It was often said, during these uncertain times, that if World War 3 was to break out, Berlin would be ground zero. A city divided since
February 8, 1986 – Deposing A Dictator – Rigging An Election
February 8, 1986 – News via National Public Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 8, 1986 – A day of anger and upheaval on opposite ends of the globe. First with news that Haitian Dictator Jean-Claude (Baby Doc) Duvalier had been deposed by a coup and sent packing.
February 7, 1990 – A Day Of Triumph For Mikhail Gorbachev –
– February 7, 1990 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 7, 1990 – A day of triumph for Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and a day the course of Soviet history took a dramatic turn. It was the day the Soviet Union repudiated
January 31, 1980 – “A Move On The Gulf Means War” – Jitters And Puffery
January 31, 1980 – CBS News – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 31, 1980 – A day of diplomacy, arm-twisting, posturing, proclaiming and finger-pointing. Jimmy Carter’s Special Envoy, Clark Clifford paid a visit to India’s Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to assure here the weapons the