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Gorbachev meets Pope in historic Vatican encounter
Gorbachev and Pope John Paul II agreed to give official status to interstate relations and discussed a possible papal visit to the Soviet Union. The landmark meeting ends 72 years of Vatican USSR hostility and signals future diplomatic contacts despite no immediate plan for full relations.
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