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- 1994 Jun 8 (Creation)
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Typescript transcript of translated interview 26 May 1994, with Miklós Németh, Hungarian Prime Minister 1988-1990, discussing the emergence of multi-party democracy in Hungary; his first meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party, USSR 1985-1991 and first President 1990-1991, Mar 1989; plans for the rehabilitation and reburial of Imre Nagy (former Hungarian prime minister executed by the Soviets in 1958); plan for dismantling Austrian – Hungarian border fence; Hungary's signing of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees 28 July 1951, Mar 1989 and its implications for East German refugees; relationship with East German government; visit of US President George Bush to Hungary, Jul 1989; meeting with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl 25 Aug 1989; decision to open Hungarian borders and response of East German government; and the influence of Eduard Shevardnadze, USSR Foreign Minister, on Soviet foreign policy. 95pp
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