Masterpieces of History: The Peaceful End of the Cold War in Europe, 1990 (Paperback)

Preface and Acknowledgements

Foreword by Anatoly S. Chernyaev

Foreword by Jack F. Matlock, Jr.

Acronyms

Chronology of Events

"The Logic of 1989: The Soviet Peaceful Withdrawal from Eastern Europe"

by Svetlana Savranskaya

"U.S. Policy and the Revolutions of 1989"

by Thomas Blanton

Dialogue: The Musgrove Conference, May 1-3, 1998

Document No. 1:

Transcript of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Conference with CC CPSU Secretaries, March 15, 1985

Document No. 2:

Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev regarding the "Vladimirov" Article, July 5, 1985

Document No. 3:

Memorandum from Anatoly Chernyaev to Aleksandr Yakovlev on Germany and Eastern Europe, March 10, 1986

Document No. 4:

Speech by Mikhail Gorbachev to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 28, 1986

Document No. 5:

Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, June 13, 1986

Document No. 6:

Memorandum from Mikhail Gorbachev to the CC CPSU Politburo on Topical Questions regarding Collaboration with Socialist Countries, June 26, 1986

Document No. 7:

Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, July 3, 1986

Document No. 8:

Transcript of CC CPSU Politburo Session, November 13, 1986

Document No. 9:

Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, January 29, 1987

Document No. 10:

Proposal from Georgy Shakhnazarov to the CPSU for a Partial Soviet Troop Withdrawal from the ?SSR, March 1987

Document No. 11:

Report on Mikhail Gorbachev’s Visit to Czechoslovakia, April 16, 1987

Document No. 12:

Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, May 8, 1987

Document No. 13:

Report on Mikhail Gorbachev’s Visit to Romania, June 4, 1987

Document No. 14:

Report on Eduard Shevardnadze’s Visits to Bulgaria, Hungary, and Yugoslavia, July 9, 1987

Document No. 15:

State Department Intelligence and Research Report: "Economic Reform in the USSR and Eastern Europe," September 16, 1987

Document No. 16:

Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, November 19, 1987

Document No. 17:

Memorandum from Robert Gates, "Gorbachev’s Gameplan: The Long View," November 24, 1987

Document No. 18:

Telegram from Rozanne Ridgeway to All European Diplomatic Posts, "Eastern Europe: Invitation to the Dance," December 1987

Document No. 19:

Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, March 10, 1988

Document No. 20:

Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Lazar Moisov, March 14, 1988

Document No. 21:

Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, March 24-25, 1988

Document No. 22:

Record of the Main Content of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Gustav Husak, April 12, 1988

Document No. 23:

Record of the Main Content of a Telephone Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Janos Kadar, May 19, 1988

Document No. 24:

Comments from Georgy Shakhnazarov on Viktor Kulikov’s Report at the Warsaw Treaty PCC, May 25, 1988

Document No. 25:

National Intelligence Estimate 11/12-9-88: "Soviet Policy toward Eastern Europe under Gorbachev," May 1988

Document No. 26:

Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, June 20, 1988

Document No. 27:

Speech by Mikhail Gorbachev at a Dinner with Wojciech Jaruzelski, July 11, 1988

Document No. 28:

Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Jozef Czyrek, September 23, 1988

Document No. 29:

Preparatory Notes from Georgy Shakhnazarov for Mikhail Gorbachev for CC CPSU Politburo Meeting, October 6, 1988

Document No. 30:

Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev regarding a Meeting between Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl, October 28, 1988

Document No. 31:

Notes of a Meeting between Mikhail Gorbachev and Foreign Policy Advisers, October 31, 1988

Document No. 32:

Summary of Conversations between Karoly Grosz, Janos Berecz, Miklos Nemeth, Matyas Sz?ros and Aleksandr Yakovlev, November 10-11, 1988

Document No. 33:

CIA Intelligence Assessment, "Gorbachev’s September Housecleaning: An Early Evaluation," December 1988

Document No. 34:

Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev on the Situation in the Baltics, December 10, 1988

Document No. 35:

Transcript of CC CPSU Politburo Session, December 27-28, 1988

Document No. 36:

Record of Conversation between Aleksandr Yakovlev and Henry Kissinger, January 16, 1989

Document No. 37:

Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Henry Kissinger, January 17, 1989

Document No. 38:

Letter from George H.W. Bush to Mikhail Gorbachev, January 17, 1989

Document No. 39:

Report from Mikhail Gorbachev to the CC CPSU Politburo regarding His Meeting with the Trilateral Commission, January 21, 1989

Document No. 40:

Notes of Telephone Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and George H.W. Bush, January 23, 1989

Document No. 41:

Memorandum from the CC CPSU International Department, "On a Strategy for Relations with the European Socialist Countries," February 1989

Document No. 42:

Memorandum from the Bogomolov Institute, "Changes in Eastern Europe and their Impact on the USSR," February 1989

Document No. 43:

Cable from Jack Matlock to State Department, "The Soviet Union over the Next Four Years," February 3, 1989

Document No. 44:

Memorandum from Anatoly Chernyaev to Vadim Zagladin, February 4, 1989

Document No. 45:

Cable from Jack Matlock to State Department, "The Soviet Union over the Next Four Years," February 13, 1989

Document No. 46:

Report on Vadim Medvedev’s Visit to Romania, February 16, 1989

Document No. 47:

Cable from Jack Matlock to State Department, "U.S.-Soviet Relations: Policy Opportunities," February 22, 1989

Document No. 48:

Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Achille Occhetto, February 28, 1989

Document No. 49:

Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, March 3, 1989

Document No. 50:

Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Miklos Nemeth, March 3, 1989

Document No. 51:

Notes of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Meeting with Soviet Ambassadors to Socialist Countries, March 3, 1989

Document No. 52:

Record of Conversations between Mikhail Gorbachev and Karoly Grosz, March 23-24, 1989

Document No. 53:

Transcript of CC CPSU Politburo Session, "Outcome of the USSR People’s Deputies Elections," March 28, 1989

Document No. 54:

CIA Intelligence Assessment, "Rising Political Instability under Gorbachev: Understanding the Problem and Prospects for Resolution," April 1989

Document No. 55:

Report from Vadim Zagladin on Conversation with Jan Pudlak, April 1, 1989

Document No. 56:

Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher, April 6, 1989

Document No. 57:

National Intelligence Estimate 11-4-89, Soviet Policy Toward the West: The Gorbachev Challenge, April 1989

Document No. 58:

Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, April 20, 1989

Document No. 59:

Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev regarding Gorbachev’s State of Mind, May 2, 1989

Document No. 60:

Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, May 11, 1989

Document No. 61:

Transcript of CC PUWP Secretariat Meeting, June 5, 1989

Document No. 62:

Record of Conversation between Erich Honecker and Eduard Shevardnadze, June 9, 1989

Document No. 63:

Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl, June 12, 1989

Document No. 64:

Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Richard von Weizsacker, June 12, 1989

Document No. 65:

Transcript of Opening Full Session of Hungarian National Round Table Negotiations, June 13, 1989

Document No. 66:

Record of Second Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl, June 13, 1989

Document No. 67:

Record of Third Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl, June 14, 1989

Document No. 68:

Memorandum of Telephone Conversation between George H.W. Bush and Helmut Kohl, June 15, 1989

Document No. 69:

Memorandum of Telephone Conversation between George H.W. Bush and Helmut Kohl, June 23, 1989

Document No. 70:

Letter from Helmut Kohl to George H.W. Bush, June 28, 1989

Document No. 71:

Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev, Francois Mitterrand and Their Spouses, July 4, 1989

Document No. 72:

Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Francois Mitterrand, July 5, 1989

Document No. 73:

Address by Mikhail Gorbachev to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, July 6, 1989

Document No. 74:

Record of Concluding Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Francois Mitterrand, July 6, 1989

Document No. 75:

Notes of Meeting of Warsaw Treaty Member-States, July 8, 1989

Document No. 76:

Information Note regarding George H.W. Bush’s Visit to Poland (July 9-11), July 18, 1989

Document No. 77:

Record of Conversation between Aleksandr Yakovlev and Jack Matlock, July 20, 1989

Document No. 78:

Report from Rezs? Nyers and Karoly Grosz on Negotiations with Mikhail Gorbachev, July 24-25, 1989

Document No. 79:

Transcript of SED Politburo Sessions, September 5, 1989

Document No. 80:

Memorandum of Conversation between Oskar Fischer and Vyacheslav Kochemassov, September 7, 1989

Document No. 81:

Letter from Gerd Vehres to Oskar Fischer, September 10, 1989

Document No. 82:

Record of Conversation between Evgeny Primakov and Margaret Thatcher, September 18, 1989

Document No. 83:

CIA Intelligence Assessment, "Gorbachev’s Domestic Gambles and Instability in the USSR," September 1989

Document No. 84:

National Security Directive (NSD) 23, "United States Relations with the Soviet Union," September 22, 1989

Document No. 85:

Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher, September 23, 1989

Document No. 86:

Protocol No. 166 of CC CPSU Politburo Session, September 28, 1989

Document No. 87:

Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev regarding Mikhail Gorbachev’s Visit to the GDR, October 5, 1989

Document No. 88:

Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Members of the CC SED Politburo, October 7, 1989

Document No. 89:

Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev regarding German Reunification, October 9, 1989

Document No. 90:

Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev regarding Erich Honecker, October 11, 1989

Document No. 91:

Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, Discussion of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Talk with Mieczysław Rakowski, October 12, 1989

Document No. 92:

Record of Conversation between Vadim Medvedev and Kurt Hager, October 13, 1989

Document No. 93:

Memorandum from Georgy Shakhnazarov to Mikhail Gorbachev regarding Military Detente in Europe, October 14, 1989

Document No. 94:

Record of Telephone Conversation between George H.W. Bush and Helmut Kohl, October 23, 1989

Document No. 95:

Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Mauno Koivisto, October 25, 1989

Document No. 96:

Record of Conversation between Aleksandr Yakovlev and Zbigniew Brzezinski, October 31, 1989

Document No. 97:

Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Egon Krenz, November 1, 1989

Document No. 98:

Cable from U.S. Embassy in Sofia to the State Department, "The Nov 10 CC Party Plenum: Little Prospect for Major Changes," November 9, 1989

Document No. 99:

Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, November 9, 1989

Document No. 100:

Record of Conversation between Helmut Kohl and Lech Wał?sa, November 9, 1989

Document No. 101:

Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev regarding the Collapse of the Berlin Wall, November 10, 1989

Document No. 102:

Record of Telephone Conversation between George H.W. Bush and Helmut Kohl, November 10, 1989

Document No. 103:

Record of Telephone Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl, November 11, 1989

Document No. 104:

Record of Telephone Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Francois Mitterrand, November 14, 1989

Document No. 105:

Record of Telephone Conversation between George H.W. Bush and Helmut Kohl, November 17, 1989

Document No. 106:

Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Brian Mulroney, November 21, 1989

Document No. 107:

Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Tadeusz Mazowiecki, November 24, 1989

Document No. 108:

Speech by Ladislav Adamec at CC CPCz Extraordinary Session, November 24, 1989

Document No. 109:

Letter from Helmut Kohl to George H.W. Bush, November 28, 1989

Document No. 110:

Soviet Transcript of the Malta Summit, December 2-3, 1989

Document No. 111:

Memorandum of Conversation of George H.W. Bush, John Sununu, Brent Scowcroft, and Helmut Kohl, December 3, 1989

Document No. 112:

Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Petar Mladenov, December 5, 1989

Document No. 113:

Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Hans Dietrich Genscher, December 5, 1989

Document No. 114:

Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Francois Mitterrand, December 6, 1989

Document No. 115:

Cable from James Baker to U.S. Embassy Sofia, December 19, 1989

Document No. 116:

Four Soviet Foreign Ministry Documents regarding the Situation in Romania, December 20-25, 1989

Document No. 117:

Memorandum from the CC CPSU International Department, "Towards a New Concept of Relations between the USSR and the States of Central and Eastern Europe," January 5, 1990

Document No. 118:

Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev regarding German Reunification, January 28, 1990

Document No. 119:

Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and James Baker, February 9, 1990

Document No. 120:

Letter from James Baker to Helmut Kohl, February 10, 1990

Document No. 121:

National Intelligence Estimate 12-90: The Future of Eastern Europe (Key Judgments Only), April 1990

Document No. 122:

Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Wojciech Jaruzelski, April 13, 1990

Main Actors

Selected Bibliography

Index