<P> The speech was also a source of considerable controversy within the Reagan administration itself, with several senior staffers and aides advising against the phrase, saying anything that might cause further East - West tensions or potential embarrassment to Gorbachev, with whom President Reagan had built a good relationship, should be omitted . American officials in West Germany and presidential speechwriters, including Peter Robinson, thought otherwise . Robinson traveled to West Germany to inspect potential speech venues, and gained an overall sense that the majority of West Berliners opposed the wall . Despite getting little support for suggesting Reagan demand the wall's removal, Robinson kept the phrase in the speech text . On May 18, 1987, President Reagan met with his speechwriters and responded to the speech by saying, "I thought it was a good, solid draft ." White House Chief of Staff Howard Baker objected, saying it sounded "extreme" and "unpresidential", and Deputy US National Security Advisor Colin Powell agreed . Nevertheless, Reagan liked the passage, saying, "I think we'll leave it in ." </P> <P> Chief speechwriter Anthony Dolan gives another account of the line's origins, however, attributing it directly to Reagan . In an article published in The Wall Street Journal in November 2009, Dolan gives a detailed account of how in an Oval Office meeting that was prior to Robinson's draft Reagan came up with the line on his own . He records vivid impressions of his own reaction and Robinson's at the time . This led to a friendly exchange of letters between Robinson and Dolan over their differing accounts, which The Wall Street Journal published . </P> <P> Arriving in Berlin on June 12, 1987, President and Mrs. Reagan were taken to the Reichstag, where they viewed the wall from a balcony . Reagan then made his speech at the Brandenburg Gate at 2: 00 pm, in front of two panes of bulletproof glass . Among the spectators were West German president Richard von Weizsäcker, Chancellor Helmut Kohl, and West Berlin mayor Eberhard Diepgen . </P> <P> That afternoon, Reagan said, </P>

Where was the tear down this wall speech given