By 1988 it was becoming less of an enigma as Gorbachev was
extolling the virtues of glasnost in a period of rapid change in what proved to
be the dying days of the Soviet Union. In this Radio 4 documentary Erik de
Mauny, the BBC's first Moscow correspondent, returned to the country to reflect
on the changes in the intervening years since he first reported on Wynne-Penkovsky
trial in May 1963. And there's a hint of the seismic events that are just
around the corner as he talks about "repressed nationalist sentiments."
Joining Erik (pictured above) on Inside
the Enigma are a number of former BBC Moscow correspondents: Dennis
Blakely, Daniel Counihan, Philip Short, Kevin Ruane, John Osman and Peter Ruff
as well as the then-current incumbents Jeremy Harris, the radio correspondent
and Brian Hanrahan who reported for BBC TV.
Inside the Enigma
was first broadcast on Thursday 28 April 1988 and was produced by Harry
Schneider.
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