Soviet coup - CBS - 1991-08-20 - 1 of 2

Name: Soviet coup - CBS - 1991-08-20 - 1 of 2
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[0:05] [music]

[0:14] >> This CBS News special report is part of

[0:17] our continuing coverage of the crisis in

[0:20] the Kremlin. From CBS News [music]

[0:22] headquarters in New York, here is Dan

[0:24] Rather.

[0:26] And updating you on the complicated and

[0:29] confusing situation inside the Soviet

[0:31] Union, specifically in Moscow at the

[0:34] moment.

[0:35] Keeping in mind that Boris Yeltsin is

[0:36] the president of the Russian Republic.

[0:39] Yeltsin reports that about 100 tanks

[0:42] seem to be moving toward the Russian

[0:44] Parliament building. Now, that's where

[0:46] tens of thousands of citizens loyal to

[0:48] Boris Yeltsin and opposed to the coup

[0:52] group that took over the Soviet

[0:54] government ousting Mikhail Gorbachev, a

[0:57] group that Yeltsin now calls the junta.

[1:00] It says it's outright a military junta.

[1:03] The Russian Foreign Affairs Minister

[1:05] says democratic reformers may form a

[1:07] government in exile if leaders of the

[1:09] coup remain in power. President Bush is

[1:11] heading back to his vacation

[1:13] headquarters in Kennebunkport, Maine,

[1:15] but this is after sending to Moscow the

[1:18] new US Ambassador to Moscow, Robert

[1:20] Strauss. However, Strauss will not be

[1:22] presenting his credentials to the coup

[1:25] government. Strauss will be on a

[1:27] fact-finding mission of about eight

[1:28] days. Now, on the telephone line live

[1:31] from Moscow now, we have Artyom Borovik,

[1:34] who is a freelance Soviet journalist

[1:36] whom we've known over the years. Borovik

[1:38] is currently working for 60 Minutes. He

[1:40] and Mike Wallace and the 60 Minutes

[1:42] executive producer Don Hewitt are

[1:43] putting together a special program for

[1:45] 60 Minutes this coming Sunday. However