k.g.b. gorbachev's vice president and the defense minister they were terrified that gorbachev's democratic reforms and the union treaty due to be signed on the twentieth of august would give so much power away from the center to the soviet republics it would destroy the soviet union. but it was an act of treason on the part of gorbachev a new sin and this circle out right treason they were going to ruin our country left. in a press conference later that day they said that gorbachev was ill and that they would take over in his absence but their show wasn't convincing on the nineteenth of august vice president kennedy and naive on the other members of the emergency committee sat in this very spot in water since become my offices as he delivered his statement the assembled journalists noticed that his hands were shaking then one twenty four year old journalist blew his official words right out of the water . got a bottle of the tell me do you realize that you've conducted a credit they look pretty. very convincing and. just got mad meanwhile on the streets the russian supremes soviet building the whi

gorbachev's first visit here. the crimean residence was code named terra trees in k.g.b. documentation the interior design of the main building reflected the wishes of race ago but over the president's wife she was with mikhail gorbachev throughout the force or deal. with us or you we built what i would describe as internal defenses their men carrying guns with live ammunition were posted all over the place they were under strict orders not to allow provocations or coffee. soviet president study was on the second floor close to the hole it was here that mikhail gorbachev learned about his complete isolation from the outside world. trick of new york gorbachev study looks just like it was back then for this is his desk we were aboard and that telephone was meant for communicating with government officials go up or up work for the lying was shut down or pm on august eighteenth. gorbachev remained in his residence moreover measures to isolate him were reinforced still further valarie shah was the one who caught at the gate to the residence during two k.g.b. officers from mosco