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What is the purpose of the speech? Does Reagan want the audience to consider a specific perspective or idea? Could he have more than one intention for giving this speech?

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Reagan's speech, emphasizing freedom and reunification, deliberately asked for more than Gorbachev would stretch to, which The Times saw as an effort to undercut Europe's perception of the Russian as a leader of peace. (The Soviet press agency Tass called it an “openly provocative, warmongering speech.”

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