Britons back Soviet visit by Queen
NZPA-AP Britain More than four-fifths of Britons believe the Queen should accept an invitation to visit the Soviet Union, according to a new poll. A survey, published in the “Observer,” found 81 per cent of people questioned believed the Queen should make the visit. Only 11 per cent opposed such a visit. The poll was taken after reports that the Prime Minister, Mrs Thatcher, would advise the Queen to turn down any invitation the
Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, might extend during his visit to Britain next month. Mr Gorbachev was admired more than the rest of the world’s leaders put together, the poll showed. Asked which foreign leader they admired most, 44 per cent said Mr Gorbachev, 23 per cent chose President Ronald Reagan, 5 per cent the Indian Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, 4 per cent Chancellor Helmut Kohl of West Germany, and 3 per cent President Francois Mitterrand of France.
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Press, 28 November 1988, Page 8
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