Gorbachev and Bush: The Last Superpower Summits. Conversations That Ended the Cold War (Paperback)

Preface and Acknowledgements
Main Actors
Chronology of Events

Chapter 1: The Malta Summit, 1989

Document No. 71: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, 12:33 p.m. -12:46 p.m., January 23, 1989
Document No. 72: CIA Intelligence Estimate: "Moscow's 1989 Agenda for U.S.-Soviet Relations," February 1989
Document No. 73: Memorandum from Scowcroft for the President: "Getting Ahead of Gorbachev," March 1, 1989
Document No. 74: Record of Conversation between Gorbachev and Baker, Moscow, May 11, 1989
Document No. 75: Memorandum from Scowcroft for the President: "Scope Paper?Your Visit to Poland," June 29, 1989
Document No. 76: Letter from Bush to Gorbachev, July 21, 1989
Document No. 77: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush-Shevardnadze, Washington, 2:00 p.m. - 3:05 p.m., September 21, 1989
Document No. 78: Letter from Bush to Gorbachev, November 22, 1989
Document No. 79: Memorandum from Baker for the President: "Your December Meeting With Gorbachev," November 29, 1989
Document No. 80: Record of Conversation between Gorbachev and John Paul II, December 1, 1989
Document No. 81: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, First Expanded Bilateral Meeting, Malta, 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m., December 2, 1989
Document No. 82: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, First Restricted Bilateral Meeting, Malta, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m., December 2, 1989
Document No. 83: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, Luncheon Meeting, Malta, 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m., December 2, 1989
Document No. 84: Memorandum of Conversation: Bush-Gorbachev, Second Restricted Bilateral Meeting, Malta, 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., December 3, 1989
Document No. 85: Memorandum of Conversation: Bush-Gorbachev, Second Expanded Bilateral Meeting, Malta, 4:35 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., December 3, 1989
Document No. 86: Memorandum from Rice to Scowcroft, December 5, 1989
Document No. 87: Chernyaev Diary, January 2, 1990

Chapter 2: The Washington and Camp David Summit, 1990

Document No. 88: Memorandum from Scowcroft for the President: "Objectives for U.S.-Soviet Relations in 1990," January 1990
Document No. 89: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, 7:04 a.m. - 7:30 a.m., January 31, 1990
Document No. 90: Memorandum of Conversation, Gates-Kryuchkov, KGB Headquarters, Moscow, 3:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m., February 9, 1990
Document No. 91: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush-Kohl, Camp David, 2:37 p.m. - 4:50 p.m., February 24, 1990
Document No. 92: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, 7:14 a.m. - 7:51 a.m., February 28, 1990
Document No. 93: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush-Shevardnadze, Washington, 10:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m., April 6, 1990
Document No. 94: Cable from U.S. Embassy Moscow to Department of State: "Gorbachev Confronts Crisis of Power," May 11, 1990
Document No. 95: Record of Conversation between Gorbachev and Baker (with delegations), Moscow, May 18, 1990
Document No. 96: Memorandum from Scowcroft for the President: "Scope Paper?The Gorbachev Summit," Late May 1990
Document No. 97: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush-Kohl, 7:34 a.m. - 7:43 a.m., May 30, 1990
Document No. 98: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, First Private Meeting, Washington, 10:54 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., May 31, 1990
Document No. 99: Record of Conversation between Gorbachev and Bush, Washington, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., May 31, 1990
Document No. 100: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, Second Private Meeting, Washington, 11:00 a.m. - 11:48 a.m., June 1, 1990
Document No. 101: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, Second Plenary Meeting, Washington, 11:50 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., June 1, 1990
Document No. 102: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, Final Private Meeting, Camp David, 11:15 a.m. - 12:59 p.m., and 3:00 p.m., June 2, 1990
Document No. 103: "Briefing Allies on Washington Summit," U.S. Department of State Cable, June 15, 1990
Document No. 104: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, 9:26 a.m. - 10:06 a.m., July 17, 1990

Chapter 3: The Helsinki Summit, Paris, and the War in the Gulf, 1990

Document No. 105: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Baker-Shevardnadze, 1:29 p.m., August 7, 1990
Document No. 106: Letter from Bush to Gorbachev, August 20, 1990
Document No. 107: Letter from Bush to Gorbachev, August 29, 1990
Document No. 108: Memorandum from Scowcroft for the President: "Your Meeting with Gorbachev in Helsinki," Circa early September, 1990
Document No. 109: Record of Conversation between Bush and Gorbachev, Private Meeting, Helsinki, September 9, 1990
Document No. 110: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, Plenary Meeting, Helsinki, 2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., September 9, 1990
Document No. 111: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush-Kohl, 12:36 p.m. - 12:46 p.m., September 11, 1990
Document No. 112: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush-Shevardnadze, New York, 1:15 p.m. - 1:50 p.m., October 1, 1990
Document No. 113: Letter from Bush to Gorbachev, October 20, 1990
Document No. 114: Letter from Gorbachev to Bush, November 6, 1990
Document No. 115: Memorandum from James Baker to the President: "My Day in Moscow, November 8, 1990," November 9, 1990
Document No. 116: Record of the Main Content of Conversation between Gorbachev and Bush, Paris, November 19, 1990
Document No. 117: Record of the Main Content of Conversation between Gorbachev and Bush, Paris, November 20, 1990
Document No. 118: Letter from Gorbachev to Bush, December 27, 1990
Document No. 119: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, 8:02 a.m. - 8:25 a.m., January 11, 1991
Document No. 120: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, 9:23 a.m. - 10:34 a.m., January 18, 1991
Document No. 121: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, 11:15 a.m. - 11:43 a.m., February 23, 1991

Chapter 4: The Moscow Summit, 1991

Document No. 122: Record of Conversation between Gorbachev and Baker, Moscow, March 15, 1991
Document No. 123: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush-Shevardnadze, Washington, 1:40 p.m. - 2:25 p.m., May 6, 1991
Document No. 124: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, 9:03 a.m. - 9:47 a.m., May 11, 1991
Document No. 125: Handwritten Memorandum from Hewett for the President: "President Gorbachev's Remarks on Relations with the U.S.," Circa May 25, 1991
Document No. 126: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, 4:30 p.m. - 4:49 p.m., May 27, 1991
Document No. 127: Letter from Bush to Gorbachev, June 19, 1991
Document No. 128: Memorandum from Scowcroft for the President: "Meeting on Soviet Economic Issues and the London Economic Summit," June 20, 1991
Document No. 129: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, 10:00 a.m. - 10:38 a.m., June 21, 1991
Document No. 130: Letter from Bush to Gorbachev, Circa Early July 1991
Document No. 131: Letter from Gorbachev to Bush, July 14, 1991
Document No. 132: Memorandum of Conversation, Gorbachev-Bush, London, July 17, 1991
Document No. 133: Memorandum of Conversation, G-7 Meeting with President Gorbachev, London, 2:20 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., July 17, 1991
Document No. 134: Memorandum from Eagleburger for the President: "Your Visit to the USSR," July 25, 1991
Document No. 135: Record of Main Content of Conversation between Gorbachev and Bush, First Private Meeting, Moscow, July 30, 1991
Document No. 136: Memorandum of Conversation, Gorbachev-Bush, Expanded Bilateral Meeting, Moscow, 12:55 p.m. - 1:22 p.m., July 30, 1991
Document No. 137: Memorandum of Conversation, Gorbachev-Bush-Nazarbayev, Luncheon Meeting, Moscow, 1:28 p.m. - 2:07 p.m., July 30, 1991
Document No. 138: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush-Yeltsin, Moscow, 3:55 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., July 30, 1991
Document No. 139: Record of the Main Content of Conversation between Bush and Gorbachev, Novo-Ogarevo, July 31, 1991
Document No. 140: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush-Kravchuk, Kiev, 1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m., August 1, 1991

Epilogue: Madrid, 1991

Document No. 141: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush-Gonzalez, 1:51 p.m. - 2:02 p.m., August 19, 1991
Document No. 142: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush-Yeltsin, 8:18 a.m. - 8:35 a.m., August 20, 1991
Document No. 143: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, 12:19 p.m. - 12:31 p.m., August 21, 1991
Document No. 144: Memorandum from Scowcroft for the President: "Developments in the USSR," September 5, 1991
Document No. 145: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, 9:22 a.m. - 9:50 a.m., September 27, 1991
Document No. 146: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, 1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., October 5, 1991
Document No. 147: Scene Setter for Meeting with President Gorbachev, Circa late October 1991
Document No. 148: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, Luncheon Meeting, Madrid, 12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m., October 29, 1991
Document No. 149: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, Private Meeting, Madrid, 1:20 p.m. - 2:35 p.m., October 29, 1991
Document No. 150: Record of Dinner Conversation between Gorbachev, Bush, Gonzalez and King Juan Carlos of Spain, October 29, 1991
Document No. 151: Chernyaev Diary, November 2, 1991
Document No. 152: Memorandum of Conversation, Bush-Yakovlev, Washington, 3:10 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., November 19, 1991
Document No. 153: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush- Gorbachev, 9:01 a.m. - 9:37 a.m., November 30, 1991
Document No. 154: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush-Yeltsin, 1:08 p.m. - 1:36 p.m., December 8, 1991
Document No. 155: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Bush-Gorbachev, 3:37 p.m. - 4:11 p.m., December 13, 1991
Document No. 156: Record of Conversation between Gorbachev and Baker, December 16, 1991
Document No. 157: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Gorbachev-Bush, 10:03 a.m. - 10:25 a.m., December 25, 1991

Selected Bibliography
Index
Photo Gallery