June 12, 1987: President Reagan says, "Tear down this wall"

If you ask for peace on this wall, we are sending a message from President Reagan tonight to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Mr. Regan talked about the Berlin Wall, but as I mentioned today, I can see that the walled world is very different from the gentleman's world. Reagan national team. Mr. Regan was there, there is no symbol of a strong division between the Soviet and Western Alliance, and ABC Sam Donaldson is also there. When the Air Force entered Berlin, President Reagan was able to see the wall splitting the city since 1961. Welcome to the airport temple. It is provided by the British and French armies that dominated the western part of the city and were completely surrounded by walls. Mr. Reagan then drove to the building of the ancient empire. Before Adolf Hitler closes it, look down the wall from the balcony and east of Berlin, this is the seat of the German Parliament. The Communists saw him in defense, so I thought it was an ugly wound. It expanded the Brandenburg gate near the Empire, once used to be a symbol of pride in the city center, but now it is being used by Lauren within the Communist Party. We will take care of about 40,000 people in selected groups of Berliners and Americans. I am gathering here. Reagan is German, promising that only one Berlin can skip my real memo. As we have he hears a dramatic challenge to the Soviet leader Gorbachev to prove that he truly desires reform and open policy. On the one hand, the Soviets can clarify this. Gorbachev General Secretary Please come to this door. Mr. Gorbachev. Please open this door. Mr. Gorbachev. Please get off this wall. On the other side of the ball, a small group of East Berlin looked back over the gates, but they could neither see nor hear them. Reagan East German television station said tonight that his entire visit was provocative. Last night in the western part of Berlin, the police had to exercise force to expel violent anti - Reygan anti - nuclear demonstrations. But today without promising, I promised to keep the city preserved before leaving the president. Our troops stay here as far as they want, and the people in Berlin need to show each other's strength and coercion. I can not succeed. The President repeatedly said that America would support Berlin's participation in the party celebrating the 750 year. Actually normal events then brought usual couple, but balloons. The central President of the United States will come to this split sourness display banner and maintain the beliefs and actions required by the Western Union leader. Today, Ronald Reagan is like a dramatic discourse and image, this is an act, Bailey has improved his spirit and the spirit of the city. Sam Donaldson ABC News Berlin

Mr. Regan's speech twenty years ago is now remembered as one of his highlights. The video image of the presentation was played and played. On June 12, 1987, Mr. Regan stood in front of the Brandenburg Gate and Berlin Wall and gave Mikhail Gorbachev famous advice. "Gorbachev was dismantled, the walls were dropped" In the historical controversy between Ronald Reagan and his president, the speech of the Berlin Wall was at the center. In the following years two fundamentally different views emerged. One of them, the speech was an event that led to the end of the Cold War. On the other hand, the speech is simply a performance, there is no substance.

US President Ronald Reagan requested Mikhail Gorbachev, then Communist Party Secretary of the Soviet Union in commemoration of the 750th anniversary of Berlin on June 12, 1987. Removal of the wall is necessary as a symbol to increase degrees of freedom. Eastern Group: We believe that freedom and security are consistent and we believe that progress in human freedom can only reinforce the cause of world peace, so we welcome change and openness. The Soviets can make clear and undeniable signs that greatly promote the causes of freedom and peace. General Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, please come to this gate. Gorbachev, please open this door. Gorbachev, please demolish this wall!