On August 19 ​ — just five days before our convention was to begin — ​ Mikhail Gorbachev, then president of the USSR, was arrested while on vacation near Yalta, not far from where we were.
Pada 19 Agustus, lima hari sebelum kebaktian diadakan, Mikhail Gorbachev, presiden Uni Soviet kala itu, ditangkap saat sedang berlibur di dekat Yalta, tak jauh dari tempat kami.