Controversy, security and a proposed Superpower summit when Gorbachev visited Clare
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THE fall of the Berlin Wall and the dilution of Soviet influence over much of Eastern Europe was closer than people realised, when Mikhail Gorbachev, who died this week, visited Clare, in April of 1989. The previous week’s Clare Champion’s lead story had the headline ‘Council sees Red on Gorbachev visit plans’. “Wednesday’s adjourned Council …
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