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Three Days in Moscow

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by Bret Baier


  Jackson, Jesse, 144

  Jelly beans, 102

  Jewish Refuseniks, 243–45

  Jews and the Soviet Union, 5–6, 213, 243–45

  Jim Crow laws, 21

  Johnny Belinda (movie), 28

  John Paul II, Pope, 302–5

  Johnson, Lyndon, 44, 53–54

  Kazan, Elia, 36

  Keflavik Naval Air Station, 190–91

  Kemper Arena (Kansas City), 66–70

  Kennedy, Caroline, 316

  Kennedy, Edward “Ted,” 74–75, 138

  Kennedy, John F., Jr., 50, 145, 316

  Kennedy, Robert F., 54

  KGB, 6–9, 250–51

  Khachigian, Ken, 89–92

  Khrushchev, Nikita, 139, 142, 158, 180, 207, 270

  “Kinder, gentler nation,” 292

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 54

  King’s Row (movie), 28, 30

  Kirkpatrick, Jeane, 99, 129

  Kissinger, Henry, 80, 99

  Knute Rockne, All American (movie), 27

  Kohl, Helmut, 202, 319

  Konzen, Joel, xii–xiii

  Kopechne, Mary Jo, 74–75

  Koppel, Ted, 315

  Korchilov, Igor, 246, 250, 269

  Korean Air Lines Flight 007, 142

  Kornblum, John, 203, 205

  Krauthammer, Charles, 127–28, 150, 231–32

  Krenz, Egon, 297

  Kuhn, James, 163, 164, 189, 190, 285, 286, 290

  Ku Klux Klan, 21

  Labor unions, 31

  Lake, James, 77–78

  Land of the Firebird (Massie), 235–36

  Lardner, Ring, Jr., 34

  Lauer, Matt, 42

  Lawson, John Howard, 34

  Laxalt, Paul, 56–57, 59, 62–63

  League of Finnish-American Societies, 238

  League of Women Voters, 82

  Lenin, Vladimir, xi, 2, 40, 249, 253–54, 261, 271

  Leningrad, 154, 235, 264, 265, 335

  Lenin Hills (Moscow), 254

  LeRoy, Mervyn, 38

  Lessons My Father Taught Me (Reagan), 30

  Lewis, Anthony, 135–36

  Lewis, C. S., 132, 133

  Liberty Island (New York City), 277

  Libya, 177–78

  “Life” (Reagan), 23

  Lifeguarding, 23–24

  Ligachev, Yegor, 230

  Lincoln, Abraham, 103, 136, 227–28

  Little, Rich, 204

  Los Angeles Times, 212

  Lowell Park, 23

  Lyon, James, 65

  McAuliffe, Christa, 176–77

  McCarthy, Joe, 33, 38

  McCarthy, Tim, 108

  McFarlane, Robert “Bud,” 132–33, 164

  Magee, John Gillespie, Jr., 177

  Mailer, Norman, 58

  Maison de Saussure (Geneva), 160–61, 163–64, 169–70

  Malaise Speech (1979), 74

  Malta Summit (1989), 302, 305–10

  Maltz, Albert, 34

  “Man vs. Actor” (TV ad), 49

  Marine One, 292–93

  Marist Blue & Gold, xiii–xiv

  Marist School (Atlanta), xii–xiv

  Martinez, Dennis, 115–16

  Marx, Karl, 2, 40

  Massie, Suzanne, 235–36

  Matheny, John, 110

  Matlock, Jack, 229–30, 307

  Andropov’s funeral, 143–44

  Chernobyl disaster, 179

  Moscow Summit (1988), 1, 216, 241, 244, 252, 268, 270

  Maxim Gorky, 302, 305–6

  MCA Television, 39

  Meacham, Jon, 110, 276

  Medvedev, Vladimir, 311–12

  Meese, Edwin

  assassination attempt of Reagan and, 109

  Attorney General, 151, 160

  California governor’s office, 51

  counselor to the President, 95–97, 101

  presidential election of 1980, 72, 77, 80, 85

  presidential transition of 1980, 94

  Meiklejohn, William, 26

  Memorial Stadium (Baltimore), 115–16

  Merman, Ethel, 88

  Merrill Lynch, 100, 198, 233

  Mexico Border Fence, 240

  Mezhdunarodnaya Hotel (Moscow), 264

  Miami Zoo, 193

  MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 112

  Mondale, Walter, 93, 141, 144–45, 147, 320

  Montgomery, Robert, 32, 33

  Moos, Malcolm, 205

  Mormon Tabernacle Choir, 93

  Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party, 210

  Moscow Portrait Gallery, 265

  Moscow State University, 152, 153

  Moscow State University speech (1988), x–xii, xv, 253–63, 322

  choice of venue, 254

  question-and-answer session, x–xi, 261–62

  reception of, 262–63

  speechwriting, 255–57

  text of, 339–51

  Moscow Summit (1988), x–xi, 1–11, 239–75

  background of, 227–31

  Bolshoi Ballet performance, 270–71

  Danilov Monastery visit, 242–43

  departure statement, 271–72

  final joint statement, 266–70

  final meeting of, 266–67

  goals of, 234–37

  human rights issue, 228–29, 230–31, 237–38, 239–40

  impact of, 272–75

  opening ceremony, 5–6

  Reagan and Jewish refuseniks, 243–45

  Reagan’s Arbat walk, 6–9, 260, 263

  Reagan’s arrival, 1–2, 3, 4–5, 239–40

  Reagan’s four-part plan for, 236–37

  Reagan’s Helsinki stop, 3, 238

  Reagan’s mission for, 228, 231–34

  Red Square walk, 249–52, 263

  second morning of, 247–49

  Spaso House dinner, 264–65

  state dinner, 245–46

  Mudd, Roger, 75

  Muskie, Edmund, 198

  Mutually assured destruction (MAD), 138, 148, 149

  NASA, 176–77

  Nashua Telegraph, 79

  National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) speech (1983), 130–37

  National Organization for Women (NOW), 161

  National Strategy Forum speech (1988), 237

  NATO, 278–79, 307–10

  Nazi Germany, 31, 73, 152, 301, 305–6, 308

  New Hampshire primary of 1980, 79–80

  New Russia, The (Gorbachev), 153

  Newsweek, 61, 78

  New Union Treaty, 311

  New York City meeting (1989), 276–81

  New York Times, 96–97, 110, 135–36, 194, 212, 262, 278, 291, 296, 324–25

  Nicaraguan Contras, 150, 155–56, 159–60, 220, 296

  Nicholas II of Russia, 314

  Nixon, Richard

  Andropov and Reagan, 129–30

  Brezhnev and, 62, 118, 126, 128, 180

  California gubernatorial election of 1962, 45, 50, 53

  California gubernatorial election of 1966, 49

  Gorbachev’s UN speech (1990), 278–79

  Haig recommendation of, 98

  HUAC hearings, 37

  presidential election of 1968, 53–59, 98

  Watergate, 63, 70

  Nofziger, Lyn, 15, 97

  California gubernatorial election of 1966, 46–47, 51

  presidential election of 1968, 55

  presidential election of 1976, 67

  presidential election of 1980, 77–78

  Noonan, Peggy, 176, 287, 291–92

  North Carolina primary of 1976, 64–65

  NSC (National Security Council), 99, 120, 143–44, 204, 205–6, 256

  Obama, Barack, 68, 251

  Oberdorfer, Don, 239

  O’Brien, Pat, 27

  O’Connor, Harry, 61

  October Revolution, 154–55, 253

  Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 101, 112

  Olympic Games, 119, 144

  1000th anniversary of
the Christianization of Russia, 214

  O’Neill, Millie, 105–6

  O’Neill, Thomas Phillip “Tip,” 105–7, 169

  On the Outside Looking In (Reagan), 29

  “Open Skies,” 158

  Orlando speech (1983), 130–37

  Ornitz, Samuel, 34

  Osborne, Kathleen, 103, 146, 197, 216

  Paris Match, 155

  Parr, Jerry, 108

  Pasternak, Boris, 259, 342

  “Peaceful coexistence,” 266–69, 270, 321

  “Peace through strength,” 119–20, 125

  Pearl Harbor attack, 30–31

  Perestroika, 2–3, 153, 154, 200, 210–11, 215, 249, 279–70, 311, 318–19, 321

  Perestroika (Gorbachev), 235

  Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 133

  Phillips, Howard, 211–12

  Phoenix Gazette, 5

  Pitney General Store, 17–18

  Playboy (magazine), 49

  Poindexter, John, 195

  Poland, 155–56, 297, 302–5, 319–20

  Powell, Colin

  Brandenburg Gate speech (1987), 206

  Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 294, 295

  end of Reagan’s presidency, 290

  Moscow Summit (1988), 268, 269

  New York city meeting (1988), 276–77

  Washington Summit (1987), 209

  Pravda, 262, 263

  Pre-emptive nuclear strike, 148

  Presidential elections

  1936, 286–87

  1964, 42–43, 44–45

  1968, 53–59

  1976, 62–71

  1980, 75–86, 119

  1984, 141, 144–47

  1988, 275–76

  Pushkin, Alexander, 245

  Putin, Vladimir, 153, 251

  Quayle, Dan, 275–76, 290, 295

  Quigley, Joan, 233

  Racism, 21

  Reagan, Cameron, 88

  Reagan, Christine, 37

  Reagan, Colleen, 88

  Reagan, Doria, 88

  Reagan, Jack, 17–19, 20–21, 27

  Reagan, Maureen, 28–30, 41, 87–88

  Reagan, Michael, 28–30, 41, 88

  Reagan, Nancy Davis

  assassination attempt of Ronnie and, 109, 111

  Berlin Wall visit (1978), 72–74

  breast cancer of, 216

  British Parliament speech (1982), 122–25

  end of presidency, 285–86, 290–91, 292–93

  on enigma of Ronnie, 16

  Geneva Summit (1985), 161–62, 165, 167–68, 169

  Inauguration of 1981 and, 87, 92, 93–94

  marriage and children, 38–42, 153

  Moscow Summit (1988), 1–9, 239, 242, 246–47, 264–65, 271–72

  My Turn, 1, 17, 195, 233

  NAE speech (1983), 135

  presidential election of 1976, 63–64

  presidential election of 1980, 78, 84–86

  presidential election of 1984, 146–47

  Regan and, 100, 151, 195, 233–34

  relationship with Raisa, 4–5, 161–62, 165, 167–68, 169, 212–13, 216–18, 221–22, 264–65, 271–72, 280–81, 310

  Washington Summit (1987), 209, 212–13, 216–18, 221–22

  White House tours and congress, 105–6

  Reagan, Neil “Moon,” 18, 87–88

  Reagan, Nelle Wilson, 18–23, 27, 92

  Reagan, Patti Davis, 100–101

  Reagan, Ron, 6, 39, 41, 88, 165

  Reagan, Ronald Wilson

  acting career of, 16, 26–29, 38, 39–40

  Address to the Nation and Other Countries on United States–Soviet Relations (1984), 142–43

  administration cabinet of, 94–101, 111–12, 151, 193–99

  age and stamina concerns about, 144–46, 162–63, 170

  Alzheimer’s disease of, 228, 323–24

  Andropov and, 128–30, 133, 141–44

  appearance of, 26–27

  assassination attempt, 107–11, 197–98

  authenticity of, 47, 49, 104

  author’s meeting, xii–xiii

  Baltimore Orioles ceremonial first pitch, 115–16

  Berlin Wall visit (1978), 72–74, 204–5

  birth of, 17–18

  Brandenburg Gate speech (1987), 201–8, 322

  British Parliament speech (1982), 115, 116–18, 120–28, 131–32

  California governorship of, 51–52, 59–61, 94

  California gubernatorial election of 1966, 45–51

  Carter compared with, 103

  Challenger disaster, 176–77

  childhood of, 15, 18–23

  Cold War theory of, 71–72, 255–56

  congressional relations, 105–7

  death of, 323–25

  early influences on, 20–21

  economic policy of, 59, 100–101

  education of, 23–25

  Eisenhower compared with, xv–xvi, 17, 43–44, 96–97, 152

  emotional intelligence of, 103

  end of presidency, 275–81, 285–93

  enigma of, 15–17

  Farewell Address to the Nation (1989), 287–89

  FDR and, 17, 237–38, 286–87

  General Electric tours, 39–40, 42

  Geneva Summit (1985), 158, 172–73, 181, 233, 272–73, 278

  Gorbachev and. See Gorbachev-Reagan relationship

  governing style of, 51, 59–60, 94–97, 102–3, 158–59

  Gromyko and, 146–47

  Hollywood and communism, 31–38

  Inauguration of (1981), 87–94

  Inauguration of (1985), 148–49

  Iran-Contra and, 159–60, 194, 198–99

  Lincoln compared with, 227–28

  marriages and children of, 28–30, 38–39, 41–42

  Meese-Baker-Deaver combination and, 95–97, 102

  Moscow State University speech (1988), 253–63

  NAE speech (1983), 130–37

  National Strategy Forum speech (1988), 237

  negotiating skills of, 32, 60, 107, 184–85, 227–28

  nickname of “Dutch,” 18

  personality of, 15–16, 19, 103–5, 107

  poetic tendencies of, 22–23

  political ideology of, 21, 40, 43–44, 59–60

  political persuasion skills of, 24–25

  poll numbers, 65, 78, 196–97, 208–9

  presidential election of 1964, 42–43, 44–45

  presidential election of 1968, 55–59

  presidential election of 1976, 62–70

  presidential election of 1980, 72, 75–86

  presidential election of 1984, 141, 144–47

  Presidential Library and Museum, ix–x, xiv–xv, 316

  radio work of, 25–26, 61–62

  Screen Actors Guild presidency, 30–31, 34–35, 37–38, 42, 60

  SDI and. See Strategic Defense Initiative

  sense of humor, 46, 47, 103, 118, 146, 164, 165, 178–79, 215–16

  Springfield speech (1988), 237

  State of the Union (1984), 145, 149–50

  State of the Union (1986), 176–77

  terrorism and, 177–78

  unconventional conservatism of, 59–60

  winning of Cold War “without firing a shot,” 318–22

  during World War II, 30–31

  Reagan, Ruth Elizabeth “Bess,” 87–88

  Reagan Doctrine, 150–51, 232, 255

  Reaganomics, 59, 100–101

  Red Square (Moscow), 249–52, 263, 271

  Regan, Donald, 193–96

  chief of staff, 151, 193–95

  firing of, 195–96, 198

  Geneva Summit (1985), 161, 164, 168

  For the Record, 233–34

  Treasury Secretary, 100–101

  Reis, Daniel Aarão, 3

  Religious faith, 18, 22, 134

  Religious freedom, 5–6, 134, 243–45, 303–4

  Republican National Conventions

  1968, 54, 57–58

  1976, 65–70

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sp; 1980, 80–81

  Revell, Dennis, 88

  Revolutions of 1989, 297–301

  Reykjavík Summit (1986), 185–92, 199–200

  background, 182

  SDI discussions, 185–88, 190–91

  Rice, Condoleezza, 311

  Richmond Times-Dispatch, 136

  Robbins, Patricia, 87

  Robbins, Richard, 87

  Robinson, Peter, 145–46, 202–5, 208

  Rocha, Peter, 102

  Rockefeller, Nelson, 55, 65

  Rock River, 19–20, 23

  Rodman, Peter, 206

  “Rodney Dangerfield effect,” 235

  Rollback strategy, 127–28

  Romania, 297

  Romney, George, 54–55

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 17, 21, 237–38, 286–87

  Roosevelt, Theodore “Teddy,” 74, 137

  Rover Boys, 20

  Rowny, Edward, 138, 265

  Royal Gallery (London), 122–23

  Russian Orthodox Church, 242–43

  Russian Revolution, 154–55, 253

  Ryan, Frederick, 205

  Sabato, Larry, 44–45

  Safire, William, 110

  St. Basil’s Cathedral (Moscow), 271

  SALT I Treaty, 180

  Salvatori, Henry, 51

  Sandinistas, 150, 155–56

  Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 94–95, 136

  Schlesinger, James, 62

  Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 60

  Schweiker, Richard, 65–66

  Scott, Adrian, 34

  Scowcroft, Brent, 198, 279, 294–95, 296, 298, 302, 320–21

  Screen Actors Guild (SAG), 31–32, 34–35, 42, 60

  Screwtape Letters (Lewis), 132, 133

  SDI. See Strategic Defense Initiative

  Sears, John, 63–64, 65, 72, 100

  presidential election of 1980, 77–78, 79

  Secret Service

  assassination attempt of Reagan and, 107–11

  Reagan’s Moscow Arbat walk, 6–7

  Segregation, 21

  Senate Judiciary Committee, xiii

  Sevareid, Eric, 61

  Shaddick, Ray, 6–7

  Shevardnadze, Eduard, 157, 304

  Geneva Summit (1985), 168

  Moscow Summit (1988), 244, 266, 271

  Reykjavík Summit (1986), 186, 189

  Washington Summit (1987), 178, 181, 182, 209

  Shirley, Craig, 79

  Shultz, George P.

  Andropov’s funeral and, 144

  Chernenko’s funeral and, 152

  Geneva Summit (1985), 164, 167, 168, 169

  governing style of Reagan, 158–59

  Moscow Summit (1988), 230–31, 238, 244, 249–50, 266, 267–68, 271, 276

  Reykjavík Summit (1986), 183, 185–92, 200

  SDI and, 138, 218

  Secretary of State, 112, 119

  Soviet Union and, 119, 126

  Treasury Secretary, 126

  Washington Summit (1987), 178, 209, 211–12, 218, 221, 222

  Sinatra, Frank, 88

  Smeal, Eleanor, 161

  Smith, Hedrick, 96–97

  Smith, William French, 49, 104–5

  Soderberg, Sydney, ix

  Solidarity (Polish trade union), 155–56, 302–5, 319–20

 

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