In 1987, president Reagan, against the advice of nervous US diplomats, stood before the Brandenburg Gate and confronted the Soviets: “Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” In his determination to end Soviet tyranny in Eastern Europe he was backed by Mrs Thatcher, the Polish leader Lech Walesa and pope John Paul II. The popular uprisings against Moscow’s diktat that followed were unstoppable and the Soviet empire disintegrated.
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