Meeting of M. S. Gorbachëv, N. I. Ryzhkov, N. Ceauşescu and C. Dadalescu,
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T. G. Stepanov-Mamaladze diary, 3 January 1990: T. G. Stepanov-Mamaladze
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Ibid., 6 January 1990.
Ibid.
See M. E. Sarotte, 1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War Europe, p. 99.
G. K. Shakhnazarov, S vozdyami i bez nikh, p. 173.
Politburo meeting, 26 January 1990: V Politbyuro TsK KPSS. Po zapisyam
Anatoliya Chernyaeva, Vadima Medvedeva, Georgiya Shakhnazarova, 1985–
1991 , p. 474.
Shakhnazarov, S vozdyami i bez nikh, p. 173.
V. L. Kataev, diary notes on arms reduction and ‘Five’ work, 1988–1990, 29
January 1990: Vitalii Leonidovich Kataev Papers (HIA), box 2, folder 5.
T. G. Stepanov-Mamaladze diary, 1 February 1990: T. G. Stepanov-Mamaladze
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T. G. Stepanov-Mamaladze diary, 11 February 1990: ibid., box 5.
Politburo minute, 9 March 1990: RGASPI, f. 89, op. 8, d. 78, p. 1.
See also M. Kramer, ‘Gorbachev and the Demise of East European Commu-
nism’, in S. Pons and F. Romero (eds), Reinterpreting the End of the Cold War.
Issues, Interpretations, Periodizations, p. 193.
Central Committee plenum, 5 February 1990: RGASPI, f. 3, op. 5, d. 420,
p. 11.
Ibid., f. 3, op. 5, d. 421, pp. 20–1.
Ibid., p. 113.
Ibid., f. 3, op. 5, d. 422, pp. 27–8.
Politburo meeting, 29 January 1990: V Politbyuro TsK KPSS, p. 481.
J. A. Baker to E. A. Shevardnadze, 3 February 1990: Vitalii Leonidovich
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‘O peregovorakh c Dzh. Beikerom, 7–8 fevralya 1990, pp. 1–5: Vitalii
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J. A. Baker to all diplomatic posts, 13 February 1990, pp. 3–4: US Department
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