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Mikhail Gorbachev's Funeral
Ted Koppel witnessed Mikhail Gorbachev's final hours as president of the Soviet Union on Christmas Day 1991. For reasons of his own, Gorbachev has granted an ABC News production team and may exclusive access. We join him in his Kremlin office where he is shown a briefcase holding nuclear launch codes. The American president, George H.W. Bush, is celebrating the Christmas holiday at Camp David.