Letter from Ronald Reagan to Mikhail Gorbachev (English version)
11/28/1985
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Handwritten draft by Ronald Reagan, re the aftermath of the 1985 Geneva Summit.
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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 Executive Secretariat, National Security Council: Records.
National Archives Identifier: 198162
Full Citation: Letter from Ronald Reagan to Mikhail Gorbachev (English version); 11/28/1985; Executive Secretariat, National Security Council: Records. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/letter-from-ronald-reagan-to-mikhail-gorbachev-english-version, April 18, 2024]Activities that use this document
- President Reagan and the Cold War: Vision and Diplomacy
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