Vaclav Havel and George Bush
PRA99111601 - 16 NOVEMBER 1999 - PRAGUE, THE CZECH REPUBLIC: Czech President Vaclav Havel (R) chats with former U.S. President George Bush at Prague Castle November 16, 1999. The Bushes, along with other world leaders from the late 1980s, are in Prague to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution that ended communist rule in what was then Czechoslovakia. cs/sg/Sean Gallup UPI
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