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The Geneva Summit (how ti came about :warning: (change in Reagans attitude…
The Geneva Summit
how ti came about :warning:
change in Reagans attitude towards The Soviet Union
able archer in 11/1983 -> several members in the Soviet Union though that this was a ruse of war
approach
Reagan invited Gorbachev to Washington and he eventually accepts Geneva (invitation in March 1985)
preliminary work
Shevardnadze and Shultz met up several time , the first time being in Helsinki in July 1985 and then again in Moscow in November the same year. Shultz did a lot to keep Weinberger from the summit.
intentions of the two going into the summit
expectations of bother were very low.
Gorbachevs intentions
Gorbachev was hoping to convince Reagan to reaffirm Washington's commitment to the SALT II treaty, which had never been ratified, and to return to the traditional interpretation of the ABM treaty, which in essence would have meant abandoning SDI.
He succeeded in neither of those efforts, but he did obtain a joint statement in which both sides pledged that they would not seek strategic superiority, and most importantly, stated that "nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought
Reagan
Reagan, upon returning to the United States, presented the summit as his victory, in which he did not give in to Gorbachev's pressure to abandon SDI, but in turn was able to pressure the Soviet leader on human rights.
significance of Geneva
fudamental learning experience for both sides
the talks
1st private
Reagan stating that they have more in common than people think