What more fitting close to 1989 than a party at the berlin wall . Thousands of people have gathered at the wall, many of them armed with hammers and chisels, to chip away at the remnants of a communist system that seemed to collapse overnight. This enormous celebration which was spontaneous overshadowed the official ceremony attended by the leaders of both east and west germany. President bush sent a signal to Mikhail Gorbachev today, there will be no gloating from the white house over the developments in east germany. I was in the oval office as part of a pool when the wall came down. You dont seem elated and im wondering if youre thinking of the problems. Im not an emotional kind of guy. Bush basically said in effect, im not going to poke gorbachev in the eye. President george h. W. Bush did come into his presidency in the shadow of Ronald Reagan, but maybe we had elected the right man at the right time because he was as internationalist. You had had 50 years of the cold war, two vis
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a column of tanks is reported to be heading toward the russian parliament in moscow where thousands of people have gathered in defiance of the new soviet government. gorbachev s whereabouts tonight are unknown. there are thoughts he is under house arrest. he certainly isn t able to act as he wants to. gorbachev every year liked to holiday on the black sea. and his aides showed up at his dacha, they cut off communications and took away his nuclear codes. the kgb chief, the military commander, the minister of the interior and the prime minister joined forces to mount the coup. nothing threatens mr. gorbachev. he s in a safe place. except he needs some time to feel better. edouard shevardnadze warned today that the right-wing coup would have tragic consequences. it is the beginning of civil war. there seems to be