The first time in history. Five raincoated, dark-suited, somber Soviet journalists showed up at the northwest gate of the White House. They were run through the magnetometer, their briefcases searched, waved on down the drive.
It was Halloween. The goblins of the White House press corps swarmed around, wanting to know how the Soviets felt about going to interview Ronald Reagan. ABC's Sam Donaldson shouted, "Are you going to ask him about 'the evil empire'?" The visitors, looking apprehensive, smiled determinedly, declined to answer and trudged through the horde.
Borovik, Kondrashov, Ovchinnikov, Shishkin, Shalnev--sounded like a backfield. But this was serious...
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