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The president arrives in moscow for a summit with gorbachev in late may, it now appears the soviets will already have begun their pullout from afghanistan. ♪ [ applause ] >> ronald reagan built his career saying communism is evil, and the notion that five years after his evil empire speech ronald reagan lands in moscow and is welcomed and is greeted is mind-blowing. >> just about like every other american tourist who comes to moscow, president reagan today toured red square, which is the historic center of this capital, of course. he had the best possible tour guide, mikhail gorbachev. >> so...

Mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> it was perfect. it was beautiful. he had to insist on keeping it in the speech. and he did it. don't let anybody tell you it was a staffer or anybody else that did that. >> meanwhile, in the soviet union, gorbachev decides to do something bold and he says let's separate sdi from reducing the nuclear stockpile. once he does this, it opens up the possibility for a third summit. >> this week's summit may prove especially important, even historic. for the first time since the onset of the nuclear age, the united states and soviet union will sign a treaty actu...

>> the solving of the most important problem concerning the arms race and increasing hopes of peace, we didn't succeed in reaching at this meeting. so of course there are important disagreements on matters of principle that remain between us. >> the general feeling here is that president reagan deserves credit for starting a dialogue with soviet leader gorbachev, that in the nuclear age any lessening of tension must be applauded. but many here pronounced the summit here only a modest success because it failed to achieve any significant progress on arms control. >> the first word that something...

Thrilled at the idea that when the president arrives in moscow for a summit with gorbachev in late may, it now appears the soviet also have already begun their pullout from afghanistan. ♪ [ applause ] >> ronald reagan built his career saying communism is evil, and the notion that five years after his evil empire speech, ronald reagan lands in moscow and is welcomed and is greeted is mind-blowing. >> just about like every other american tourist who comes to moscow, president reagan today toured red square, which is the historic center of this capital, of course. he had the best possible tour ...

Mr. gorbachev, open this gate. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> it was perfect. it was beautiful. he had to insist on keeping it in the speech. and he did it. don't let anybody tell you it was a staffer or anybody else that did that. >> meanwhile, in the soviet union, gorbachev decides to do something bold. and he says, let's separate sdi from reducing the nuclear stockpile. once he does this, it opens up the possibility for a third summit. >> this week's summit may prove especially important, even historic. for the first time since the onset of the nuclear age, the united states and the...