Handwritten draft by Ronald Reagan, re the aftermath of the 1985 Geneva Summit.
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Handwritten draft by Ronald Reagan, re the aftermath of the 1985 Geneva Summit.
President Ronald Reagan handwrote this letter on November 28, 1985. In it, he expresses his desire for a more constructive relationship to Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The President had just met with Gorbachev in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 19.
This primary source comes from the Collection RR-EXSEC: Executive Secretariat, National Security Council: Records.
National Archives Identifier: 198162
Full Citation: Letter from Ronald Reagan to Mikhail Gorbachev (English version); 11/28/1985; ID #8591239, Head of State File, Executive Secretariat, NSC; Executive Secretariat, National Security Council: Records: Head of State File, January 20, 1981–January 20, 1989; Collection RR-EXSEC: Executive Secretariat, National Security Council: Records,; Ronald Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/letter-from-ronald-reagan-to-mikhail-gorbachev-english-version/, December 19, 2025]
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