Document No. 6: Memorandum from Mikhail Gorbachev to the CC CPSU Politburo on Topical Questions regarding Collaboration with Socialist Countries, June 26, 1986
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This very rare personal memo from Gorbachev to the Politburo goes much further—and adopts a much more negative tone—than the leadership discussion held only 13 days earlier (see previous document). Drafted by Shakhnazarov and Vadim Medvedev, the document candidly admits that “Moscow was viewed as a kind of conservative power that hindered reforms;” that the Pact’s integration is “sharply behind” that of Western Europe; and that “we continue to be at the commodity exchange stage” in economic r...