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GORBACHEV Speech given at the Phoenix Club October 10th, 2000 Dear Mr. Gorbachev and Ms Gorbachev, Deputy Consul General Beck and Mrs. Beck, president Kunkel and Mrs. Kunkel, ladies and gentlemen: It is my pleasure, and I feel deeply honored to have been asked to say a few words of

FIRST DELIVERED IN SAN FRANCISCO FOLLOWING THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL   When I was accepting the invitation to speak at this Banquet, I began to ponder anew the question What is it like to be German, or German-American? How do I define my Germaneness? In personal terms, I