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Tom Brokaw interviews Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang in a historic first for American television.

NBC News’ Tom Brokaw traveled to Beijing to speak with Zhao Ziyang, premier of China and the acting head of the Chinese Communist Party, in the first interview Zhao had ever given to American television. Watch the full episode from the Meet the Press archive.

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