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The Guardian Newspaper reports presence haspolice prevented similar gatherings in Mainland China where state censureship prohibits any the 198 protests. On monday, the council on hosted twoations discussions about the event at Tiananmen Square. Includes theel National Security advisor at the timesd new york nicolas kristoff. H two hours and 15 minutes. Good morning. And welcome to the council on symposium onions the 25th anniversary of Tiananmen Square. Im richard haas, president of the council on Foreign Relations of i would like to thank all you for joining us on this glorious monday morning here in new york. We have two sessions from thepe ....
And we have seen the extraordinary progress since that time. A united germany. Nations in central and Eastern Europe standing tall as proud democracies. A europe that is more integrated, more prosperous and more secure. We must never forget that the spark for so much of this revolutionary change, this blossoming of hope, was lit by you, the people of poland. [applause] history was made here. The victory of 1989 was not inevitable. It was the culmination of centuries of polish struggle, at times in this very square. The generations of poles who rose up and finally won independence. The soldiers who resisted invasion, from the east and the west. The righteous among the nations among them jan karski who risked all to save the innocent from the holocaust. The heroes of the warsaw ghetto who refused to go without a fight. The free poles at normandy and the poles of the home army who even as this city was reduced to rubble waged a heroi ....