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Roundup

12-31-69

Khrushchev's Secret Speech: News Analysis by Daniel Schorr [3min]

Fifty years ago, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev gave a speech denouncing his predecessor Joseph Stalin. He set in motion a new era for the Soviet Union, and changed the composition of the Cold War.

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