Twenty 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.
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Table of contents
- 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
- Documents
- Document No. 1: Transcript of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Conference
with CC CPSU Secretaries
March 15, 1985
- Document No. 3: Memorandum from Anatoly Chernyaev
to Aleksandr Yakovlev on Germany and Eastern Europe
March 10, 1986
- Document No. 2: Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev regarding
the “Vladimirov” Article
July 5, 1985
- 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
- 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, 198971
- 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 enscher
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
- Index
- Photographs
- back cover
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