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- 1987 Dec (Creation)
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Typescript transcript of interview with Gennadi Ivanovich Gerasimov, Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1953-1978, relating to the reformist policies of Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR, 1985-1991, and President of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, 1988-1991; the administration of US President Ronald (Wilson) Reagan, 1981-1989; the Soviet deployment of the SS-20 'Saber' Mobile Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM), 1974-1977; the rejection by the USSR of US President Ronald (Wilson) Reagan's 'zero option', whereby the US would not deploy General Dynamics BGM-109G Gryphon Ground Launched Cruise Missiles (GLCM) and MGM-31C Pershing II Short Range Battlefield Support Missiles if the USSR withdrew SS-4 'Sandal' Medium Range Ballistic Missiles (MRBM), SS-5 'Skean' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBM) and SS-20 'Saber' Mobile Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBM), from west of the Ural mountains, 1981; the Iran-Iraq War and the US and Soviet naval presence in the Persian Gulf, 1980-1988; the summit meetings between US President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev, Reykjavik, Iceland, Nov 1986, and Washington DC, USA, Dec 1987; speculation on the forthcoming signing of the INF (Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces) Treaty, Jun 1988; the US Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), 1983-[1989]; the supply of arms by the USA to Contra guerrillas in Nicaragua, 1981-1989.
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