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Mikhail Gorbachev, 1986

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich

1931- 2022

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Photograph of Gorbachev-Bush summit at Malta, 1989

End of the Cold War

Aerial view of National Mall

North America

United States

Aerial photograph of CIA headquarters

United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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George H.W. Bush and Lech Walesa

CIA Reports on the Collapse of Communism in Europe

The Palace of the Republic (Palast der Republik) in Berlin

Eastern Europe

East Germany

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South Asia

Afghanistan

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Western Europe

West Germany

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Eastern Europe

Poland

Afghan resistance fighters return to a village destroyed by Soviet forces

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

Official portrait for President George H.W. Bush, 1989.

Bush, George H.W.

1924- 2018

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Chernyaev, A. S.

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Photograph of Helmut Kohl, 1982.

Kohl, Helmut

1930- 2017

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Shevardnadze, Eduard Amvrosievich

1928- 2014

Soviet Foreign Policy

German Reunification

President Ronald Reagan, Vice-President Bush, and oviet General Secretary Gorbachev

United States-Soviet Relations

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December 8, 1989	USSR: Lithuanian Decision Will Reverberate Widely An analysis of the Lithuanian Supreme Soviet's decision to legalize a multiparty political system.
November 27, 1989	Western Ukraine: Drive for Independence An analysis of independence movements in Western Ukraine and the role of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.
October 27, 1989	Special Analysis: The Germanys: Reunification -- What Would Have to Happen An analysis of what German unification would look like.
October 6, 1989	East Germany: Troubled 40th Anniversary An analysis of Gorbachev's forthcoming visit to East Germany amidst growing public dissent.
September 23, 1989	USSR: Succession in the Ukraine An analysis of Shcherbitskiy's ousting from the Ukrainian Politburo.
September 14, 1989	USSR: Baltic Parties Pressing Ahead An analysis of the Baltic governments' actions despite Soviet Central Committee condemnation.
May 4, 1988	Excerpt from a Conversation with Member of the CC KWP Politburo and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK Kim Yong-nam, Moscow Kim expresses concern about the Soviet Union's increasing contacts with South Korea.
July 19, 1990	Sucharipa, Austrian Foreign Ministry, 'German Unification, Soviet Position' The document discusses the Soviet position on German unification in six separate parts. The first deals with confusion over Gorbachev's better than expected consent to unification. Second are the potential domestic and foreign policy reasons the USSR consented so readily to unification, followed by the third part which outlines potential Soviet benefits from the process. The fourth section discusses the autonomy of the new German government, which is backed up with the fifth section discussing public sentiment. The final portion discusses the fine line for both the Soviet Union and the West between being overbearing on Germany's new independence and not helping enough.
July 18, 1990	Johann Plattner, Austrian Foreign Ministry, 'German Unity; State of Affairs in mid-July 1990' The report assesses German unity in three parts. The first regards internal factors of integration such as integrating monetary systems and elections. The next portion regards external factors, focusing mainly on the USSR's parameters for reunification regarding NATO and Poland's western border. Finally, the report assesses German reunification and predicts the process will be complete by the end of the year (1990). In addition, it discusses the positive prospects for European Unity and emphasizes Austria's role in binding a newly united Germany to Western Europe.
November 10, 1989	Johann Plattner, Austrian Foreign Ministry, 'Debate on German Reunification; Information and Language Regime' In light of Kohl & Gorbachev's joint statement (June 13, 1989), the Head of the Department for Western and Northern Europe of the Political Section of the Austrian Foreign Ministry discusses German reunification, the Berlin Question, and Detente. The report discusses the resistant attitudes of the West, with the exception of the US, towards German reunification.