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1930- 2017

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1928- 2014

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1918- 1989

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November 21, 1989	Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney. Gorbachev and Mulroney discuss US interference in Eastern Europe and increasing cooperation with Western Europe. They also briefly discuss George Bush's leadership.
November 14, 1989	Record of Telephone Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and President of France Francois Mitterrand Telephone conversation between Gorbachev and Mitterrand about France's position on German unification. Mitterrand expresses that he is against changing the borders at this time.
November 11, 1989	Record of Telephone Conversation between M. S. Gorbachev and Chancellor of the FRG Helmut Kohl. Moscow-Bonn. Gorbachev and Kohl discuss reforms in the GDR to stabilize the situation and to decrease the number of people crossing the border.
October 7, 1989	Record of Conversation between M.S. Gorbachev and Members of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Socialist United Party of Germany Gorbachev speaks about perestroika and the necessity of political reforms in both the Soviet Union and East Germany.
September 23, 1989	Record of Conversation Between Mikhail Gorbachev and Prime Minister of Great Britain Margaret Thatcher Gorbachev and Thatcher discuss reforms in the Soviet Union and issues with inter-ethnic tensions. Thatcher states that she is not in support of German unification.
September 10, 1989	Letter from GDR Ambassador to Hungary, Gerd Vehres, to Foreign Minister Osker Fischer A letter from Gerd Vehres to Oskar Fischer detailing aspects of his conversation with Rezso Nyers in Vehres complains about Hungary opening its border to allow GDR citizens to illegally travel to Austria.
September 5, 1985	Transcript of the SED Politburo Session held on 5 September 1989 A transcript of an SED Politburo Session discussing Hungary's decision to open its western border and allow East German citizens to cross into Austria.
July 5, 1989	Excerpts from the Conversation of M.S. Gorbachev and Francois Mitterrand Excerpts from a dinner conversation between Gorbachev and Mitterrand where they discuss the political situations in Romania, Bulgaria, and Poland, and also comment on the US political system.
June 14, 1989	Conversation between M. S. Gorbachev and FRG Chancellor Helmut Kohl Gorbachev and Kohl discuss relations with the United States, Kohl's upcoming visit to Poland, and the status of reforms in various socialist countries.
June 12, 1989	Record of the First Conversations Between Mikhail Gorbachev and FRG President Richard von Weizsäcker Gorbachev and Weizsäcker discuss Soviet-American relations and the Bush administration.