17469oam 22008534a 450 991028640810332120170918194955.0978-615-5211-88-19786155211881978-6-15521-188-1615-5211-88-4615-5053-40-51-283-24841-797866132484111-4416-7705-410.1515/9786155211881(CKB)2560000000052610(EBL)3137302(OCoLC)922997979(SSID)ssj0000422780(PQKBManifestationID)11304999(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422780(PQKBWorkID)10432030(PQKB)11056071(MiAaPQ)EBC3137302(OCoLC)694145280(MdBmJHUP)muse21322(DE-B1597)633536(DE-B1597)9786155211881(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/52844(PPN)230683002(EXLCZ)99256000000005261020100312d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMasterpieces of HistoryThe Peaceful End of the Cold War in Europe, 1989 /edited by Svetlana Savranskaya, Thomas Blanton, and Vladislav ZubokCentral European University Press2010New York :Central European University Press,2010.Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE, 2013©2010.1 online resource (783 p.)National Security Archive Cold War readersDescription based upon print version of record.615-5053-40-5 963-9776-77-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Acronyms -- Chronology of Events -- The Logic of 1989: The Soviet Peaceful Withdrawal from Eastern Europe -- U.S. Policy and the Revolutions of 1989 -- Dialogue: The Musgrove Conference, May 1–3, 1998 -- Documents -- 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 ČSSR, March 1987 -- Document No. 11: Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session. 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 Gustáv Husák, April 12, 1988 -- Document No. 23: Record of the Main Content of a Telephone Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and János Kádár, 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 Józef 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 Károly Grósz, János Berecz, Miklós Németh, Mátyás Szűrös 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 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 Miklós Németh, 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 Károly Grósz, 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 Pudlák, 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: Session of the CC CPSU Politburo, April 20, 1989 -- Document No. 59: Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev regarding Gorbachev’s State of Mind, May 2, 1989 -- Document No. 60: Session of the CC CPSU Politburo, 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 Weizsäcker, June 12, 1989 -- Document No. 65: Transcript of Opening Full Session of Hungarian National Roundtable 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, François Mitterrand and Their Spouses, July 4, 1989 -- Document No. 72: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and François 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 François 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 Rezső Nyers and Károly Grósz 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: Session of the CC CPSU Politburo, 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, 198976 -- Document No. 93: Memorandum from Georgy Shakhnazarov to Mikhail Gorbachev regarding Military Détente 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 State Department, “The Nov 10 CC Party Plenum: Little Prospect for Major Changes”, November 9, 1989 -- Document No. 99: Session of the CC CPSU Politburo, November 9, 1989 -- Document No. 100: Record of Conversation between Helmut Kohl and Lech Wałęsa, November 9, 1989 -- Document No. 101: Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev regarding the Fall 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 François 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 François 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 -- IndexTwenty years in the making, this collection presents 122 top-level Soviet, European and American records on the superpowers' role in the annus mirabilis of 1989. Consisting of Politburo minutes; diary entries from Gorbachev's senior aide, Anatoly Chernyaev; meeting notes and private communications of Gorbachev with George H.W. Bush, Margaret Thatcher, Helmut Kohl and François Mitterrand; and high-level CIA analyses, this volume offers a rare insider's look at the historic, world-transforming events that culminated in the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the end of the Cold War. Most of these records have never been published before.National Security Archive Cold War readers.World politics1985-1995SourcesCold WarSourcesUnited StatesForeign relations1945-1989SourcesSoviet UnionForeign relations1945-1991SourcesEurope, EasternPolitics and government1945-1989SourcesEurope, EasternHistory1945-1989SourcesElectronic books. Cold War, Diplomacy, Foreign relations, Political studies, Sources, Soviet Union, United States.World politicsCold War947.0009/048Thomas Blantonauth1356525Zubok V. 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