Watch U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan appeal to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to dismantle the Berlin Wall, June 12, 1987

Name: Watch U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan appeal to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to dismantle the Berlin Wall, June 12, 1987
Uploaded: 2023-01-24T18:06:03Z
Duration: 37 s
Description: U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan speaking at the Berlin Wall, June 12, 1987.

U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan speaking at the Berlin Wall, June 12, 1987.

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Watch U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan appeal to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to dismantle the Berlin Wall, June 12, 1987
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Transcript

PRESIDENT RONALD W. REAGAN: General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate.

[Cheering/applause]

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

[Cheering/applause]