Document No. 68: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation between George H.W. Bush and Helmut Kohl June 15, 1989
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19 septembre 2018
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Soviet Union, Eastern Europe international relations Cold War diplomacy notes speeches conferences' transcriptions History Political Science Public Admin. & Development HIS010010 POL011010 HBJD JPSDSujets proches
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Svetlana Savranskaya et al., « Document No. 68: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation between George H.W. Bush and Helmut Kohl June 15, 1989 », Central European University Press, ID : 10670/1.f6byzm
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Here we see Kohl in his role as superpower matchmaker, as he debriefs the American president about his discussions with Gorbachev. All the substance in this conversation comes from Kohl while Bush listens and says almost nothing. The chancellor is very positive about Gorbachev, and suggests strongly to Bush that he needs to have direct contact with the Soviet leader and to “signal the President’s confidence, which is a key word for Gorbachev, who places a high premium on ‘personal chemistry.’...