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GORBACHEV AT WESTMINSTER COLLEGE
05/05/1992
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BACKGROUND MATERIAL FOR A CS ON FORMER SOVIET LEADER MIKHAIL GORBACHEV'S ADDRESS AT WESTMINSTER COLLEGE IN FULTON, MISSOURI WHICH WAS THE SITE OF WINSTON CHURCHILL'S 1946 IRON CURTAIN SPEECH. 02:00:10 COVER SHOTS OF A COLLEGE ALUMNUS WHO WITNESSED CHURCHILL'S SPEECH SHOWING MORTON DEAN HIS SCRAP ALBUM ON THE SPEECH. CU OF THE ALUMNUS' HANDS HOLDING A COPY OF THE PROGRAM OF THE SPEECH CEREMONY. CU OF A TRANSCRIPT OF CHURCHILL'S SPEECH. CU OF THE PARAGRAPH CONTAINING THE IRON CURTAIN LINE. 02:08:01 INTV W/ A FULTON RESIDENT WHO ALSO WITNESSED THE SPEECH. SHE EXPLAINS CHURCHILL'S INVENTION OF THE TERM IRON CURTAIN DID NOT SEEM EXTRAORDINARY AT THE TIME AND DISCUSSES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GORBACHEV'S DECISION TO SPEAK AT WESTMINSTER. CI: US RELATIONS: USSR (ABOUT).
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