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Ronald Reagan's 'Ash Heap of History' speech in 1982
President Ronald Reagan arrived in London in June 1982. He delivered a speech in Parliament in which he predicted the future course of the Cold War by using the phrase ‘ash heap of history’. The speech was a manifesto of the Reagan Doctrine. Prime Minister Thatcher felt that this speech was a new chapter in the Cold War.
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