Customs - April Fools Day. These world exclusive pictures are politically explosive-and they will never be shown in the Soviet Union. They reveal the astonishingly intimate relationship between Mrs Thatcher and the Russian leader Mr Mikhail Gorbachov. Mrs Thatcher has had well-publicised, lengthy and sometimes angry discussions with Mr Gorbachov about arms control and Russian reforms. But as April begins, our sensational pictures prove that the two world leaders have developed a friendship that goes far deeper than the official handouts would have the world believe

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Customs - April Fools Day. These world exclusive pictures are politically explosive-and they will never be shown in the Soviet Union. They reveal the astonishingly intimate relationship between Mrs Thatcher and the Russian leader Mr Mikhail Gorbachov. Mrs Thatcher has had well-publicised, lengthy and sometimes angry discussions with Mr Gorbachov about arms control and Russian reforms. But as April begins, our sensational pictures prove that the two world leaders have developed a friendship that goes far deeper than the official handouts would have the world believe. The Springs-like pictures also show why Mrs Thatcher refused to let her husband Denis accompany her on this historic visit. April 1987 P005012