Failed Coup in the Soviet Union

President George H.W. Bush, briefed reporters on his phone call with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev which he had just concluded. Preside… read more

President George H.W. Bush, briefed reporters on his phone call with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev which he had just concluded. President Gorbachev planned to return from where he had been held in the Crimea to Moscow in a short time following the collapse of a coup by communist hard-liners in the Soviet Union. President Bush remarked Gorbachev reported the situation in the Soviet Union as under control, and said President Gorbachev sounded buoyant following the failure of the coup. President Bush spoke from his Walker’s Point Estate in Kennebunkport, ME. close

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Program ID:
20779-1
Category:
White House Event
Format:
News Conference
Location:
Kennebunkport, Maine, United States
First Aired:
Aug 21, 1991 | 2:32pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:
Aug 16, 2006 | 8:22pm EDT | C-SPAN 3

Airing Details

  • Aug 21, 1991 | 2:32pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Aug 21, 1991 | 4:29pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Aug 21, 1991 | 6:14pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Aug 21, 1991 | 9:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Aug 24, 1991 | 3:06pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Aug 25, 1991 | 11:57am EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Aug 14, 2006 | 11:24pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Aug 15, 2006 | 3:25am EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Aug 15, 2006 | 8:22am EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Aug 16, 2006 | 11:24am EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Aug 16, 2006 | 3:25pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Aug 16, 2006 | 8:22pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
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