Soviet Union, October 1986–January 1989


181. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S Records, Memoranda of Conversations Pertaining to United States and USSR Relations, 1981–1990, Lot 93D188, December 1988 Governor’s Island. Secret. The meeting took place in the Commandant’s Residence at Governor’s Island. Drafted by Ledsky and Simons. Paul Schott Stevens sent the memorandum of conversation to Levitsky under a January 9, 1989, memorandum, indicating that it was a “revised” and “reformatted” draft of the President’s luncheon with Gorbachev, which is the version printed here. (Ibid.)


182. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation

Source: Reagan Library, Ledsky Files, Soviet Union (USSR) [Gorbachev New York Visit 12/07/1988]. Confidential. Drafted by Perina. Reagan spoke on the telephone from the Residence at the White House; Gorbachev was in New York.


183. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S Records, Memoranda of Conversations Pertaining to United States and USSR Relations, 1981–1990, Lot 93D188, Shultz-Shevardnadze Meeting Paris, January 1989. Secret; Sensitive. All brackets are in the original. Drafted by Vershbow; cleared by Simons, Ridgway, Creagan, and Collins. An unknown hand initialed for Creagan and Collins. The meeting took place at the Soviet Ambassador’s Residence. Shultz traveled to Paris January 6–8 to attend the Conference on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.