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Soviet Union Reagan Library Topic Guide – Soviet Union Reagan Library topic guides are created by the Library staff from textual material currently available for research use. Material cited in the topic guides come from these collections: White House Staff and Office Collections White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Subject Files White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Alphabetical Files. The folders and case files listed on these topic guides may still have withdrawn material due to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) restrictions. Most frequently withdrawn material includes national security classified material, personal privacy issues, protection of the President, etc. SOVIET UNION, 1917-1991 – UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS (USSR) See also: Andropov, Yuri – General Secretary, USSR Arms Control Brandenburg Gate Speech, Berlin, 06/12/1987 Captive Nations Chernenko, Konstantin – General Secretary, USSR “Evil Empire Speech,” 03/08/1983 Geneva Summit, November 1985 Gorbachev, Mikhail – General Secretary, USSR Hammer, Armand Korean Air Lines Flight 007, Shooting Down Of (08/31/1983) Moscow State University Speech, 05/31/1988 Moscow Summit, May 1988 Reykjavik Meeting, October 1986 Shevardnadze, Eduard Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) “Star Wars” Speech, 03/23/1983 US/USSR Summits Washington Summit, December 1987 Scope Note The Library has had numerous requests for information regarding the former Soviet Union. Each Freedom of Information Act request has been unique and sometimes for quite specific material. The material listed here has been opened in response to these various requests. Some of the topics have included single events/topics such as General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev’s call for “reasonable sufficiency” in arms during his visit to Paris in October 1985; a memorandum of conversation for a single meeting between President Reagan and USSR Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, economic relations with the Soviet Union, Secretary Shultz’s paper on the “Next Steps in US/USSR Relations,” and Soviet Jewry. One topic request was regarding the review of US policy towards the Soviet Union initiated by Secretary of State George Shultz, and National Security Advisor Robert “Bud” McFarlane in late 1983 and early 1984. Many of the “reviews” were held in Saturday meetings, thus the group came to be called the “Saturday Review Group.” This review led to the President’s speech on January 16, 1984 on Soviet / US relations. Another topic request was regarding President Reagan’s interactions and meetings with author, Suzanne Massie. Ms. Massie is an expert in Russian culture and language and she has lived in 10/12/2020 2-Soviet Union the Soviet Union at various points of her writing career. She met with the President for luncheons and meetings to familiarize President Reagan about Russian culture outside of the context of politics. We have opened in whole the Executive Secretariat, National Security Council: Head of State File collection for correspondence with Soviet heads of state, and Ambassador Jack Matlock’s and Richard Pipes’ collections. We have listed some relevant folders for both the Matlock and Pipes collections. Please see their collection lists for full contents. The Library still contains a great quantity of records regarding the Soviet Union that are not currently open for research. To find out more about this material we suggest you look at the White House Staff and Office collection inventories for Executive Secretariat, NSC: Country File, Subject File; and the European and Soviet Affairs Directorate, NSC. WHORM ALPHABETICAL FILE Massie, Suzanne WHORM SUBJECT FILE CO165 entire category (Countries – Soviet Union) FG006-01 case files 128191, 128197, 129230, 185551, 185560 FG010-04 case file 545516 FG011 case files 552596, 583755, 598566 FG020 case files 533131, 579989 FO002 case files 444682, 456955 FO003-02 case file 387688 FO005-02 case file 596126 FO006 case file 521044 FO006-03 entire category – Arms Reduction Talks, Strategic [START] FO006-09 entire category - Gorbachev Meeting, November 1985, Geneva FO006-11 case files Begin-535499 GI002 case files 187441, 360846 IT095 entire category (U.S.-U.S.S.R. Joint Commercial Commission) IT100 entire category (United States-USSR Trade and Economics Council) JL003-03 case file 500989 10/12/2020 3-Soviet Union ME001 case file 509807 ME001-02 case file 372553 PE002 case file 404941 PU case file 252674 RA003 case file 607434 SO002 case file 571210 SO003 case files 400612, 575129, 588091, 588964 SP case file 199730 SP729 entire category (National Association of Evangelicals, Orlando, FL, 03/08/1983) SP833 entire category (Soviet/US Relations, WH, 01/16/1984) SP930-42 entire category (Saturday Radio Speech, 11/9/1985 [Geneva Summit]) SP930-44 entire category (Saturday Radio Speech, 11/23/1985 [Geneva Summit]) SP1010 entire category (Pre-Geneva Summit Speech, White House, 11/14/1985) SP1011 entire category (Geneva Summit, US-USSR Speeches) SP1013 entire category (Joint Session of the Congress, Geneva Report, 11/21/1985) SP1150 entire category (Brandenburg Gate, West Berlin, 06/12/1987) SP 1263 entire category (Moscow State University and Q&A – Moscow, 03/31/1988) TA case files 492932, 501091, 521881, 529756, 558921, 561673, 561735, 565599, 567926, 580491, 599574 TA003 case files 447208CA, 447468, 463468, 484699, 490110, 501272, 509193, 512393, 521862, 543421, 543707, 553841, 555305, 555313, 575318, 604715, 613741 TR137 entire category (Switzerland/Belgium, Gorbachev Meeting, 11/16/1985- 11/21/1985) TR137-01 entire category (Switzerland, Geneva 11/16/1985-11/1/1985) 10/12/2020 4-Soviet Union TR211-01 case files 576344, 579065, 579739 WHITE HOUSE STAFF AND OFFICE FILES Material is listed alphabetically by: Office » Staff Member » Box » Folder Title. National Security Council staff and office collections are listed at the end. ADVANCE, OFFICE OF PRESIDENTIAL Hooley, James: Files OA 19290 Gorbachev [Reagan-Gorbachev Summit, 1987] (1) Gorbachev [Reagan-Gorbachev Summit, 1987] (2) Gorbachev [Reagan-Gorbachev Summit, 1987] (3) Gorbachev [Reagan-Gorbachev Summit, 1987] (4) Gorbachev [Reagan-Gorbachev Summit, 1987] (5) Gorbachev [Reagan-Gorbachev Summit, 1987] (6) Gorbachev [Reagan-Gorbachev Summit, 1987] (7) Gorbachev [Reagan-Gorbachev Summit, 1987] (8) Gorbachev [Reagan-Gorbachev Summit, 1987] (9) Gorbachev [Reagan-Gorbachev Summit, 1987] (10) Gorbachev [Reagan-Gorbachev Summit, 1987] (11) [Correspondence 1987] (1) [Correspondence 1987] (2) [Correspondence 1987] (3) [Correspondence 1987] (4) [Correspondence 1987] (5) OA 19374 [1987 Reagan-Gorbachev Summit – Reagan Speeches re: Zero Option Proposal] (1) [1987 Reagan-Gorbachev Summit – Reagan Speeches re: Zero Option Proposal] (2) Advance, Office of Presidential: Records OA 8495 11/13/1982 Embassy of the Soviet Union – Brezhnev Memorial OA 18375 11/21/1985 Geneva Joint Session CABINET AFFAIRS, OFFICE OF Fuller, Craig L.: Files OA 10593 OCA Miscellaneous File, 1984: [Soviet Union Paper] Stucky, Edward: Files Box 12 US/Soviet Union Space Race – AIAA Media Briefing CABINET SECRETARY, OFFICE OF 10/12/2020 5-Soviet Union Risque, Nancy: Files – Cabinet Secretary OA 18382 Long Term Grains Agreement / Wheat Sales to the Soviet Union OA 18383 [Moscow Summit] OA 19395 [U.S.-Soviet Isssues] CHIEF OF STAFF, OFFICE OF THE Baker, Howard: Files Box 1 Arbatov Meeting, Notes on – 01/14/1988 Box 2 Gorbachev Visit [Washington Summit] (1) Gorbachev Visit [Washington Summit] (2) Gorbachev Visit [Washington Summit] (3) Gorbachev Visit [Washington Summit] (4) Gorbachev Visit [Washington Summit] (5) ICBMs (Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles), Mobile – in START (Strategic Arms Reduction Talks INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Agreement Materials (1) INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Agreement Materials (2) INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Agreement Materials (3) Box 3 Limited Ground Based Strategic Defenses Anatoly Michelson Moscow [US-Soviet Meetings] George Murphy [US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency] Box 4 Shevardnadze [Foreign Minister, USSR] Soviet Space Station Program Crippen, Dan L.: Files Box 10 [Soviet Union: Moscow Summit] [Soviet Union: Trade and Economics] (1) [Soviet Union: Trade and Economics] (2) [Soviet Union: Trade and Economics] (3) Box 15 Economic Policy Council Meeting: 02/05/1988 re: Mexico, Long Term Grain Agreement with the Soviet Union Duberstein, Kenneth: Files: Office of the Chief of Staff 10/12/2020 6-Soviet Union Box 1 Gorbachev Meetings (1) Box 2 Gorbachev Meetings (2) [Moscow Summit: Background Book for the Meetings of President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev, Moscow, 05/29/1988-06/02/1988] (1) [Moscow Summit: Background Book for the Meetings of President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev, Moscow, 05/29/1988-06/02/1988] (2) Box 3 [Moscow Summit: Background Book for the Meetings of President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev, Moscow, 05/29/1988-06/02/1988] (3) Box 4 [Washington Summit:] Background Book for Meeting between President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev, Washington, DC, 12/08/1987-12/10/1987 (1) [Washington Summit:] Background Book for Meeting between President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev, Washington, DC, 12/08/1987-12/10/1987 (2) [Washington Summit:] Background Book for Meeting between President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev, Washington, DC, 12/08/1987-12/10/1987 (3) [Washington Summit:] Background Book for Meeting between President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev, Washington, DC, 12/08/1987-12/10/1987 (4) [Washington Summit Briefing
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