Designing Denuclearization: An Interpretive Encyclopedia by Bruce Larkin

Author:Bruce Larkin [Larkin, Bruce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: International Relations, United States, 20th Century, Political Science, History, General
ISBN: 9781412812009
Google: pNNBmAL0oK0C
Goodreads: 16474894
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2008-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

Anatomy of a Near-Miss

Graphic 6 Gorbachev and Reagan at Hofdi House, Reykjavik, 11 October 1986.

Source: The Reagan Presidential Library.5

What was offered at Reykjavik, and why was it refused? Although the packages advanced do not address every question which a serious agreement to denuclearize would require, Gorbachev said afterwards that it was “elimination of nuclear weapons in a relatively short time” which he and Reagan were discussing. After his return to Washington, Reagan was said to have spoken to the same effect, but U.S. officials quickly insisted there was a misunderstanding.4 Was the United States negotiating an agreement to eliminate nuclear weapons … or only to eliminate intercontinental ballistic missiles? When we compare participants’ remarks after Reykjavik with the notes and transcript of actual exchanges between Reagan and Gorbachev we see that the two were ready to go well beyond both the initial and subsequent revised proposals. The U.S. notetaker’s account and Soviet verbatim transcript of the final sessions are now available.6

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