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Historic breakthrough arms reduction arrangement. but in the end, the soviets insisted that president reagan must drop his "star wars" program to get the deal. president reagan wouldnt do that. >> the soviets feared that sdi was a lot more real than it was that the strategic defense nsht initiative could really protect the united states. it wasnt mutually assured destruction at that point, it was assured destruction of the soviet union but assured protection of the united states. so they went cr...

Superpowers, but we have moral superiority because democracy is inherently good and sovietism is inherently bad. >> the only morality they recognize is what will further their cause, meaning they reserve unto themselves the right to commit any crime, to lie, to cheat. i think when you do business with them, even at a detente, you keep that in mind. >> and everybody was like, oh, this cowboy is shooting from the hip, actor, doesnt he understand thats not diplomat? boy did he get the soviets atten...

Here was a soviet leader who was not going by the script. here was a guy that wanted to do business. >> the first indication that some progress may have been made at todays talks at reykjavik came at a white house briefing a few minutes ago. theres no prediction yet on the outcome of the talks, but they give rise to some optimism. >> i was up there as the clock was ticking down. they had worked and worked and worked on an arms control agreement and at the last minute it fell apart. >> mr. presid...

Said to be in a government guest house, not under arrest, but dozens of polish activists and dissidents were locked up along with former leaders of the communist government. >> have you said anything to the russians, mr. president? >> weve made it plain how seriously we would view any interference by them. >> there was concern the soviets were going to invade and that the poles in their drive for self-determination were going to go beyond whatever mental threshold the soviet leadership had. >> a...

>> a reagan administration move to sign an arms deal with the soviets was criticized today by former president nixon and former secretary of state henry kissinger. they said it would be a profound mistake to allow medium range missiles in europe. >> many conservatives thought that reagan had been charmed by gorbachev, and reagan actually had more problem dealing with his hard-right than he did the left. so reagan had to constantly let the right know, i know what im doing. >> reagan was being acc...

Communiques. whatever comes from the summit will be what we develop while were there. >> after 70 minutes with advisers, mr. reagan invited gorbachev to stroll the garden to the pool house where they sat alone before a fire. mr. reagan talked without notes, not about arms control but about of his personal feelings about reducing the level of fear and misunderstanding between the two nations. >> the main thing is they met each other as human beings, reagan, in particular, had concentrated his att...

They sat alone before a fire. mr. reagan talk without notes, not about arms control but of his personal feelings about reducing the level of fear and misunderstanding between the two nations. >> the main thing was they met each other as human beings, reagan, in particular, had concentrated his attention on gorbachev as a person. he spent more time studying gorbachev than he did the esoteric things having to do with arms control. >> it is understood the president tried to dispel gorbachevs negati...

Giant misunderstanding and thereby remove yourself from the struggle between right and wrong and good and evil. >> reagan delegitimized the soviet union. now the trouble is youre both poised with these weapons at each other, which is a terrible way to live. mutually assured destruction. so reagan said why dont we do something and put a protective shield between us so i can have some other option. and that was the birth of the strategic defense initiative, called sdi, or unkindly called star wars...

Banning nuclear weapons. >> a reagan administration move to sign an arms deal with the soviets was criticized today by former president nixon and kissinger. the two men said it would be a "profound mistake" to eliminate medium-range missiles in europe. >> many conservatives thought reagan had been charmed by gorbachev, and reagan actually had more problem dealing with his hard right than he did the left. so reagan had to constantly let the right know, i know what im doing. >> reagan was being ac...

Breakthrough arms reduction arrangement. but in the end, the soviets insisted that president reagan must drop his "star wars" program to get the deal. president reagan wouldnt do that. >> the soviets feared that sdi was a lot more real than it was that the strategic defense program would really protect the united states. it wasnt mutually assured destruction at that point, it was assured destruction of the soviet union but assured protection of the united states. so they went crazy about the sdi...