The End of the Cold War. 1985-1991

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538 THE END OF THE COLD WAR



  1. New York Times, 5 February 1985.

  2. Washington Post, 1 February 1985.


11: Mikhail Gorbachëv


  1. Politburo meeting, 11 March 1985, p. 2: Dmitri A. Volkogonov Papers (HIA),
    reel 17.

  2. A. Dobrynin, In Confidence: Moscow’s Ambassador to America’s Cold War
    Presidents, p. 571.

  3. M. Gorbachëv, Naedine s soboi, p. 374.

  4. A. Yakovlev, Omut pamyati, p. 442.

  5. Gorbachëv, Naedine s soboi, p. 382.

  6. Ibid., pp. 383–4.

  7. Ibid., p. 385.

  8. Ibid., pp. 385–6.

  9. Politburo meeting, 11 March 1985, pp. 2–4: Dmitri A. Volkogonov Papers
    (HIA), reel 17.

  10. Yakovlev, Omut pamyati, p. 444.

  11. A. Chernyaev, Sovmestnyi iskhod. Dnevnik dvukh epokh. 1971–1991 gody,
    p. 608 (11 March 1985).

  12. Central Committee plenum, 11 March 1985: RGASPI, f. 2, op. 3, d. 697,
    pp. 5–6; ibid., f. 2, op. 3, d. 700, p. 1.

  13. Central Committee plenum, 21 October 1980: ibid., f. 2, op. 3., d. 543, p. 2.

  14. R. Braithwaite, ‘Moscow Diary’, 17 October 1990.

  15. N. Ryzhkov, Glavnyi svidetel’, p. 63.

  16. G. K. Shakhnazarov, S vozdyami i bez nikh, p. 284.

  17. Chernyaev, Sovmestnyi iskhod, p. 699 (7 December 1986).

  18. T. G. Stepanov-Mamaladze diary, 22 April 1986: T. G. Stepanov-Mamaladze
    Papers (HIA), box 5.

  19. Gorbachëv, Naedine s soboi, pp. 44 and 113.

  20. I. Korchilov, Translating History: Thirty Years on the Front Lines of Diplomacy
    with a Top Russian Interpreter, p. 302.

  21. Ibid., p. 39.

  22. Gorbachëv, Naedine s soboi, p. 226; Chernyaev, Sovmestnyi iskhod, p. 434
    (29 January 1981).

  23. Dinner conversation at Geneva summit meeting between Reagan and Gor-
    bachëv, 19 November 1985: National Security Archive Electronic Briefing
    Book no. 172, doc. 20 (US memorandum), p. 6.

  24. The Reagan Diaries, p. 307 (11 March 1985). Because of the time-zone
    difference, Reagan heard the news at 4 a.m. on 11 March 1985, US Eastern
    time.

  25. Ibid., p. 310 (20 March 1985).

  26. R. Reagan to M. S. Gorbachëv, 11 March 1985: RRPL, Executive Secretariat,
    NSC, Head of State Files: USSR: General Secretary Gorbachev, box 39.

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