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Svetlana Savranskaya et al., « Chapter 3. The Washington summit, 1987 », Central European University Press, ID : 10670/1.3m49ck
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The Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Washington in December 1987 produced the substantive high point of all their meetings—the signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty eliminating a whole class of nuclear weapons. The ceremony took place at the exact time determined by Nancy Reagan’s astrologer, and the senior diplomatic correspondent Don Oberdorfer described the signing as “a spectacular public performance broadcast live around the world.” Yet the declassified documents behind...