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To: Brumar89 who wrote (55087)	5/31/2009 2:36:57 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

GOrbachev did not need anyone to push him. He was an intellectual and he embraced perestroika on his own accord. And he had the Russian masses supporting him. fsmitha.com This URL says that some believe it was Reagan's pressure. But it also says that it was pressure from within. This pressure from within had grown to a large proportion never before seen in the Russian Communist history. Every US President tried to tear down the Soviets but were unsuccessful because the internal pressure was not that intense.