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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Table of Contents v
  3. Preface and Acknowledgments xiii
  4. Main Actors xxi
  5. Chronology of Events xxv
  6. Chapter 1 THE MALTA SUMMIT, 1989
  7. Introduction 1
  8. Document No. 1: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 12:33 p.m. – 12:46 p.m. 14
  9. Document No. 2: CIA Intelligence Estimate: “Moscow’s 1989 Agenda for U.S.–Soviet Relations” 17
  10. Document No. 3: Memorandum from Scowcroft for the President: “Getting Ahead of Gorbachev” 22
  11. Document No. 4: Record of Conversation between Gorbachev and Baker, Moscow 26
  12. Document No. 5: Memorandum from Scowcroft for the President: “Scope Paper—Your Visit to Poland” 32
  13. Document No. 6: Letter from Bush to Gorbachev 35
  14. Document No. 7: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Shevardnadze, Washington, 2:00 p.m. – 3:05 p.m. 37
  15. Document No. 8: Letter from Bush to Gorbachev 43
  16. Document No. 9: Memorandum from Baker for the President, “Your December Meeting with Gorbachev” 45
  17. Document No. 10: Record of Conversation between Gorbachev and John Paul II 50
  18. Document No. 11: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, First Expanded Bilateral Meeting, Malta, 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. 53
  19. Document No. 12: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, First Restricted Bilateral Meeting, Malta, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. 63
  20. Document No. 13: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, Luncheon Meeting, Malta, 1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. 68
  21. Document No. 14: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, Second Restricted Bilateral Meeting, Malta, 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. 72
  22. Document No. 15: Memorandum of Conversation: Bush–Gorbachev, Second Expanded Bilateral Meeting, Malta, 4:35 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. 74
  23. Document No. 16: Memorandum from Rice to Scowcroft 87
  24. Document No. 17: Chernyaev Diary 90
  25. Chapter 2 THE WASHINGTON AND CAMP DAVID SUMMIT, 1990
  26. Introduction 95
  27. Document No. 18: Memorandum from Scowcroft for the President: “Objectives for U.S.–Soviet Relations in 1990” 109
  28. Document No. 19: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 7:04 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. 112
  29. Document No. 20: Memorandum of Conversation, Gates–Kryuchkov, KGB Headquarters, Moscow, 3:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. 116
  30. Document No. 21: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Kohl, Camp David, 2:37 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. 123
  31. Document No. 22: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 7:14 a.m. – 7:51 a.m. 130
  32. Document No. 23: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Shevardnadze, Washington, 10:00 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. 134
  33. Document No. 24: Cable from U.S. Embassy Moscow to Department of State: “Gorbachev Confronts Crisis of Power” 141
  34. Document No. 25: Record of Conversation between Gorbachev and Baker (with Delegations), Moscow 148
  35. Document No. 26: Memorandum from Scowcroft for the President: “Scope Paper—The Gorbachev Summit” 175
  36. Document No. 27: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Kohl, 7:34 a.m. – 7:43 a.m. 178
  37. Document No. 28: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, First Private Meeting, Washington, 10:54 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. 180
  38. Document No. 29: Record of Conversation between Gorbachev and Bush, Washington, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. 186
  39. Document No. 30: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, Second Private Meeting, Washington, 11:00 a.m. – 11:48 a.m. 199
  40. Document No. 31: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, Second Plenary Meeting, Washington, 11:50 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 201
  41. Document No. 32: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, Final Private Meeting, Camp David, 11:15 a.m. – 12:59 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. 205
  42. Document No. 33: “Briefing Allies on Washington Summit,” U.S. Department of State Cable 217
  43. Document No. 34: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 9:26 a.m. – 10:06 a.m. 222
  44. Chapter 3 THE HELSINKI SUMMIT, PARIS, AND THE WAR IN THE GULF, 1990
  45. Introduction 229
  46. Document No. 35: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Baker–Shevardnadze, 1:29 p.m. 245
  47. Document No. 36: Letter from Bush to Gorbachev 247
  48. Document No. 37: Letter from Bush to Gorbachev 249
  49. Document No. 38: Memorandum from Scowcroft for the President: “Your Meeting with Gorbachev in Helsinki” 251
  50. Document No. 39: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, Private Meeting, Helsinki 254
  51. Document No. 40: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, Plenary Meeting, Helsinki, 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 270
  52. Document No. 41: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Kohl, 12:36 p.m. – 12:46 p.m. 278
  53. Document No. 42: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Shevardnadze, New York, 1:15 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. 280
  54. Document No. 43: Letter from Bush to Gorbachev 284
  55. Document No. 44: Letter from Gorbachev to Bush 286
  56. Document No. 45: Memorandum from James Baker to the President: “My Day in Moscow, November 8, 1990” 290
  57. Document No. 46: Record of the Main Content of Conversation between Gorbachev and Bush, Paris 295
  58. Document No. 47: Record of the Main Content of Conversation between Gorbachev and Bush, Paris 303
  59. Document No. 48: Letter from Gorbachev to Bush 304
  60. Document No. 49: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, 8:02 a.m. – 8:25 a.m. 306
  61. Document No. 50: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 9:23 a.m. – 10:34 a.m. 309
  62. Document No. 51: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 11:15 a.m. – 11:43 a.m. 314
  63. Chapter 4 THE MOSCOW SUMMIT, 1991
  64. Introduction 321
  65. Document No. 52: Record of Conversation between Gorbachev and Baker, Moscow 336
  66. Document No. 53: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Shevardnadze, Washington, 1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. 342
  67. Document No. 54: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 9:03 a.m. – 9:47 a.m. 347
  68. Document No. 55: Handwritten Memorandum from Hewett for the President: “President Gorbachev’s Remarks on Relations with the U.S.” 352
  69. Document No. 56: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 4:30 p.m. – 4:49 p.m. 355
  70. Document No. 57: Letter from Bush to Gorbachev 358
  71. Document No. 58: Memorandum from Scowcroft for the President: “Meeting on Soviet Economic Issues and the London Economic Summit” 360
  72. Document No. 59: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 10:00 a.m. – 10:38 a.m. 363
  73. Document No. 60: Letter from Bush to Gorbachev 367
  74. Document No. 61: Letter from Gorbachev to Bush 371
  75. Document No. 62: Memorandum of Conversation, Gorbachev–Bush, London 374
  76. Document No. 63: Memorandum of Conversation, G-7 Meeting with President Gorbachev, London, 2:20 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. 377
  77. Document No. 64: Memorandum from Eagleburger for the President: “Your Visit to the USSR” 386
  78. Document No. 65: Record of Main Content of Conversation between Gorbachev and Bush, First Private Meeting, Moscow 390
  79. Document No. 66: Memorandum of Conversation, Gorbachev– Bush, Expanded Bilateral Meeting, Moscow, 12:55 p.m. – 1:22 p.m. 402
  80. Document No. 67: Memorandum of Conversation, Gorbachev–Bush–Nazarbayev, Luncheon Meeting, Moscow, 1:28 p.m. – 2:07 p.m. 405
  81. Document No. 68: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Yeltsin, Moscow, 3:55 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. 408
  82. Document No. 69: Record of the Main Content of Conversation between Bush and Gorbachev, Novo-Ogarevo 411
  83. Document No. 70: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Kravchuk, Kiev, 1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. 425
  84. Chapter 5 MADRID, 1991
  85. Introduction 431
  86. Document No. 71: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–González, 1:51 p.m. – 2:02 p.m. 441
  87. Document No. 72: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Yeltsin, 8:18 a.m. – 8:35 a.m. 443
  88. Document No. 73: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 12:19 p.m. – 12:31 p.m. 445
  89. Document No. 74: Memorandum from Scowcroft for the President: “Developments in the USSR” 448
  90. Document No. 75: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 9:22 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. 452
  91. Document No. 76: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. 455
  92. Document No. 77: Scene Setter for Meeting with President Gorbachev 458
  93. Document No. 78: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, Luncheon Meeting, Madrid, 12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. 460
  94. Document No. 79: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, Private Meeting, Madrid, 1:20 p.m. – 2:35 p.m. 465
  95. Document No. 80: Record of Dinner Conversation between Gorbachev, Bush, González and King Juan Carlos of Spain 471
  96. Document No. 81: Chernyaev Diary 480
  97. Document No. 82: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Yakovlev, Washington, 3:10 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 488
  98. Document No. 83: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 9:01 a.m. – 9:37 a.m. 492
  99. Document No. 84: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Yeltsin, 1:08 p.m. – 1:36 p.m. 496
  100. Document No. 85: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 3:37 p.m. – 4:11 p.m. 499
  101. Document No. 86: Record of Conversation between Gorbachev and Baker 503
  102. Document No. 87: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Gorbachev–Bush, 10:03 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. 513
  103. Selected Bibliography 517
  104. INDEX 523
  105. Pictures 532
https://doi.org/10.1515/9789633863459-043

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Table of Contents v
  3. Preface and Acknowledgments xiii
  4. Main Actors xxi
  5. Chronology of Events xxv
  6. Chapter 1 THE MALTA SUMMIT, 1989
  7. Introduction 1
  8. Document No. 1: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 12:33 p.m. – 12:46 p.m. 14
  9. Document No. 2: CIA Intelligence Estimate: “Moscow’s 1989 Agenda for U.S.–Soviet Relations” 17
  10. Document No. 3: Memorandum from Scowcroft for the President: “Getting Ahead of Gorbachev” 22
  11. Document No. 4: Record of Conversation between Gorbachev and Baker, Moscow 26
  12. Document No. 5: Memorandum from Scowcroft for the President: “Scope Paper—Your Visit to Poland” 32
  13. Document No. 6: Letter from Bush to Gorbachev 35
  14. Document No. 7: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Shevardnadze, Washington, 2:00 p.m. – 3:05 p.m. 37
  15. Document No. 8: Letter from Bush to Gorbachev 43
  16. Document No. 9: Memorandum from Baker for the President, “Your December Meeting with Gorbachev” 45
  17. Document No. 10: Record of Conversation between Gorbachev and John Paul II 50
  18. Document No. 11: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, First Expanded Bilateral Meeting, Malta, 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. 53
  19. Document No. 12: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, First Restricted Bilateral Meeting, Malta, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. 63
  20. Document No. 13: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, Luncheon Meeting, Malta, 1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. 68
  21. Document No. 14: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, Second Restricted Bilateral Meeting, Malta, 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. 72
  22. Document No. 15: Memorandum of Conversation: Bush–Gorbachev, Second Expanded Bilateral Meeting, Malta, 4:35 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. 74
  23. Document No. 16: Memorandum from Rice to Scowcroft 87
  24. Document No. 17: Chernyaev Diary 90
  25. Chapter 2 THE WASHINGTON AND CAMP DAVID SUMMIT, 1990
  26. Introduction 95
  27. Document No. 18: Memorandum from Scowcroft for the President: “Objectives for U.S.–Soviet Relations in 1990” 109
  28. Document No. 19: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 7:04 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. 112
  29. Document No. 20: Memorandum of Conversation, Gates–Kryuchkov, KGB Headquarters, Moscow, 3:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. 116
  30. Document No. 21: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Kohl, Camp David, 2:37 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. 123
  31. Document No. 22: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 7:14 a.m. – 7:51 a.m. 130
  32. Document No. 23: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Shevardnadze, Washington, 10:00 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. 134
  33. Document No. 24: Cable from U.S. Embassy Moscow to Department of State: “Gorbachev Confronts Crisis of Power” 141
  34. Document No. 25: Record of Conversation between Gorbachev and Baker (with Delegations), Moscow 148
  35. Document No. 26: Memorandum from Scowcroft for the President: “Scope Paper—The Gorbachev Summit” 175
  36. Document No. 27: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Kohl, 7:34 a.m. – 7:43 a.m. 178
  37. Document No. 28: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, First Private Meeting, Washington, 10:54 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. 180
  38. Document No. 29: Record of Conversation between Gorbachev and Bush, Washington, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. 186
  39. Document No. 30: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, Second Private Meeting, Washington, 11:00 a.m. – 11:48 a.m. 199
  40. Document No. 31: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, Second Plenary Meeting, Washington, 11:50 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 201
  41. Document No. 32: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, Final Private Meeting, Camp David, 11:15 a.m. – 12:59 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. 205
  42. Document No. 33: “Briefing Allies on Washington Summit,” U.S. Department of State Cable 217
  43. Document No. 34: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 9:26 a.m. – 10:06 a.m. 222
  44. Chapter 3 THE HELSINKI SUMMIT, PARIS, AND THE WAR IN THE GULF, 1990
  45. Introduction 229
  46. Document No. 35: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Baker–Shevardnadze, 1:29 p.m. 245
  47. Document No. 36: Letter from Bush to Gorbachev 247
  48. Document No. 37: Letter from Bush to Gorbachev 249
  49. Document No. 38: Memorandum from Scowcroft for the President: “Your Meeting with Gorbachev in Helsinki” 251
  50. Document No. 39: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, Private Meeting, Helsinki 254
  51. Document No. 40: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, Plenary Meeting, Helsinki, 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 270
  52. Document No. 41: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Kohl, 12:36 p.m. – 12:46 p.m. 278
  53. Document No. 42: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Shevardnadze, New York, 1:15 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. 280
  54. Document No. 43: Letter from Bush to Gorbachev 284
  55. Document No. 44: Letter from Gorbachev to Bush 286
  56. Document No. 45: Memorandum from James Baker to the President: “My Day in Moscow, November 8, 1990” 290
  57. Document No. 46: Record of the Main Content of Conversation between Gorbachev and Bush, Paris 295
  58. Document No. 47: Record of the Main Content of Conversation between Gorbachev and Bush, Paris 303
  59. Document No. 48: Letter from Gorbachev to Bush 304
  60. Document No. 49: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, 8:02 a.m. – 8:25 a.m. 306
  61. Document No. 50: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 9:23 a.m. – 10:34 a.m. 309
  62. Document No. 51: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 11:15 a.m. – 11:43 a.m. 314
  63. Chapter 4 THE MOSCOW SUMMIT, 1991
  64. Introduction 321
  65. Document No. 52: Record of Conversation between Gorbachev and Baker, Moscow 336
  66. Document No. 53: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Shevardnadze, Washington, 1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. 342
  67. Document No. 54: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 9:03 a.m. – 9:47 a.m. 347
  68. Document No. 55: Handwritten Memorandum from Hewett for the President: “President Gorbachev’s Remarks on Relations with the U.S.” 352
  69. Document No. 56: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 4:30 p.m. – 4:49 p.m. 355
  70. Document No. 57: Letter from Bush to Gorbachev 358
  71. Document No. 58: Memorandum from Scowcroft for the President: “Meeting on Soviet Economic Issues and the London Economic Summit” 360
  72. Document No. 59: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 10:00 a.m. – 10:38 a.m. 363
  73. Document No. 60: Letter from Bush to Gorbachev 367
  74. Document No. 61: Letter from Gorbachev to Bush 371
  75. Document No. 62: Memorandum of Conversation, Gorbachev–Bush, London 374
  76. Document No. 63: Memorandum of Conversation, G-7 Meeting with President Gorbachev, London, 2:20 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. 377
  77. Document No. 64: Memorandum from Eagleburger for the President: “Your Visit to the USSR” 386
  78. Document No. 65: Record of Main Content of Conversation between Gorbachev and Bush, First Private Meeting, Moscow 390
  79. Document No. 66: Memorandum of Conversation, Gorbachev– Bush, Expanded Bilateral Meeting, Moscow, 12:55 p.m. – 1:22 p.m. 402
  80. Document No. 67: Memorandum of Conversation, Gorbachev–Bush–Nazarbayev, Luncheon Meeting, Moscow, 1:28 p.m. – 2:07 p.m. 405
  81. Document No. 68: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Yeltsin, Moscow, 3:55 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. 408
  82. Document No. 69: Record of the Main Content of Conversation between Bush and Gorbachev, Novo-Ogarevo 411
  83. Document No. 70: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Kravchuk, Kiev, 1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. 425
  84. Chapter 5 MADRID, 1991
  85. Introduction 431
  86. Document No. 71: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–González, 1:51 p.m. – 2:02 p.m. 441
  87. Document No. 72: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Yeltsin, 8:18 a.m. – 8:35 a.m. 443
  88. Document No. 73: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 12:19 p.m. – 12:31 p.m. 445
  89. Document No. 74: Memorandum from Scowcroft for the President: “Developments in the USSR” 448
  90. Document No. 75: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 9:22 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. 452
  91. Document No. 76: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. 455
  92. Document No. 77: Scene Setter for Meeting with President Gorbachev 458
  93. Document No. 78: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, Luncheon Meeting, Madrid, 12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. 460
  94. Document No. 79: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, Private Meeting, Madrid, 1:20 p.m. – 2:35 p.m. 465
  95. Document No. 80: Record of Dinner Conversation between Gorbachev, Bush, González and King Juan Carlos of Spain 471
  96. Document No. 81: Chernyaev Diary 480
  97. Document No. 82: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush–Yakovlev, Washington, 3:10 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 488
  98. Document No. 83: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 9:01 a.m. – 9:37 a.m. 492
  99. Document No. 84: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Yeltsin, 1:08 p.m. – 1:36 p.m. 496
  100. Document No. 85: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush–Gorbachev, 3:37 p.m. – 4:11 p.m. 499
  101. Document No. 86: Record of Conversation between Gorbachev and Baker 503
  102. Document No. 87: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Gorbachev–Bush, 10:03 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. 513
  103. Selected Bibliography 517
  104. INDEX 523
  105. Pictures 532
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