“Mr Gorbachev, open this gate…”

This famous invitation from US President Ronald Reagan was extended beside the Berlin Wall in June 1987, appealing to the USSR’s first and only president.

“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

Arguably Reagan’s greatest phrase, he forgot it, along with Gorbachev according to the translator of their official talks and conversations Pavel Palazhchenko.

“Surely, it was an appearance designed to dazzle, but Moscow considered it a theatrical gesture.