M. S. Gorbachëv’s comments on preparations for his speech in Tolyatti, 20
March 1986: Anatoli Chernyaev Papers (RESCA), box 2, folder 1, pp. 1–2;
‘Zadaniya Gorbachëva pomoshchnikam po mezhdunarodnym voprosam’, 20
March 1986: Anatoli Chernyaev Papers (RESCA), box 1, pp. 8–9.
See above, p. 204.
R. M. Gates, From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider’s Story of Five Presidents
and How They Won the Cold War, p. 381.
Politburo meeting, 20 March 1986: V Politbyuro TsK KPSS. Po zapisyam
Anatoliya Chernyaeva, Vadima Medvedeva, Georgiya Shakhnazarova, 1985–
1991 , p. 29.
M. S. Gorbachëv’s consultation with small group, 24 March 1986, p. 11: Ana-
toli Chernyaev Papers (RESCA), box 1. The group consisted of V. M.
Chebrikov, E. A. Shevardnadze, L. N. Zaikov, A. F. Dobrynin, A. N. Yakovlev
and A. S. Chernyaev.
‘O prakticheskikh vyvodakh iz s”ezda dlya mezhdunarodnoi politiki’, pp. 1–3:
ibid., box 2, folder 6.
Politburo meeting, 3 April 1986, p. 17: ibid., box 1.
Ibid.
M. S. Gorbachëv to R. Reagan, 2 April 1986, pp. 1–3: RRPL, Executive
Secretariat, NSC, Head of State Files: USSR: General Secretary Gorbachev,
box 40.
M. S. Gorbachëv’s instructions to his aides on international questions,
20 March 1986: Anatoli Chernyaev Papers (RESCA), box 1, p. 8.
‘O prakticheskikh vyvodakh iz s”ezda dlya mezhdunarodnoi politiki’, pp. 5–7:
ibid., box 2, folder 6.
Ibid.
Politburo meeting, 28 March 1986, pp. 14–16: Anatoli Chernyaev Papers
(RESCA), box 1.
‘Zadaniya Gorbachëva pomoshchnikam po mezhdunarodnym voprosam’,
20 March 1986: ibid., box 1, p. 8.
A. L. Adamishin Papers (HIA), box 1: Diaries 1986, 9 April 1986.
Politburo meeting, 24 April 1986, pp. 21 and 25: Anatoli Chernyaev Papers
(RESCA), box 1.
Politburo meeting of 24 April 1986, quoted in Grinevsky and Hansen,
Making Peace: Confidence Building, pp. 497–9.
A. L. Adamishin Papers (HIA), box 1: Diaries 1985, 21 April 1986, p. 4;
Grinevsky and Hansen, Making Peace: Confidence Building, pp. 424–5.
A. L. Adamishin Papers (HIA), box 1: Diaries 1986, 25 April 1986; A. S.
Chernyaev (interview), HIGFC (HIA), box 1, folder 12, p. 28.
A. L. Adamishin Papers (HIA), box 1: Diaries 1986, 21 April 1986.
Ibid., Diaries 1986, 25 April 1986.
Ibid., 21 and 22 April 1986.
K. N. Brutents, Nesbyvsheesya. Neravnodushnye zametki o perestroike,
p. 210.
P. Cradock, In Pursuit of British Interests Reflections on Foreign Policy under
