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In 1988, one American visiting the Soviet Union said this: "We may hope that the marvelous sound of a new openness will keep ringing through, leading to a new world of reconciliation, friendship, and peace." THREAD 1/
His name was Ronald Reagan. 2/
On his 1988 trip to Moscow, Reagan seemed to forge very friendly relations with the biggest communist of them all, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. 3/
Reagan rightly also hosted a lunch for dissidents and refuseniks during his visit to Moscow in 1988. I hope Sanders also met with those people on his trip. 4/ END THREAD
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