I believed that I could not open our country while dictating to others. Indeed, from my first appearance as General Secretary of the USSR, at the funeral of my predecessor, Constantine Chernyenko, I said that every country should be responsible for its own politics.
我对自己身为苏联总统的职责理解使我没有干预。我相信我们不能自己开放，却要求别人服从命令。实际上，从我在前任总统Chernyenko的葬礼上作为苏共总书记首次露面起，就曾说过每个国家都对自己的政治负有责任。