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Next year and that they agreed to accelerate the arms talks. but the soefiest leader was more negative. >> the solving of the most important problem concerning the arms race and increasing hopes of peace, we didn't succeed in reaching at this meeting. so of course there are important disagreements on matters of principle that remain between us. >> the general feeling here is that president reagan deserves credit for starting a dialogue with soviet leader gorbachev, that, in the nuclear age, any lessening of tension must be applauded. but many pronounced the summit only a modest success because...

Good leader, and i like him. >> those first couple of years of the reagan first term, reagan didn't meet any soviet leaders. when asked about it, reagan said well, they keep dying on me. well, that was true, but he wasn't really making much of an effort. and there was a fear that if you don't reach out to the soviets, they are so afraid of us, they will do something stupid. >> president reagan has had a change of heart. he is now much more eager to meet with the new leader of the soviet union, and he has sent mikhail gorbachev a letter suggesting a summit. ♪ >> all previous summits had had a...

>> nobody including reagan could know how close he was to pushing the soviet empire to collapse. >> he did know at that point that he would win the cold war. moscow was still very much a superpower. the equal of theal united state. >> there were whispers, plenty of them that reagan now 77 years old had lost his edge. so, what to expect with his last summit with gorbachev. three days in moscow. great theater, the very least. >> the trip to moscow wrote itself. the great cold warrior and the heart of the evil empire. literally, in red square. you knew this would be very special. >> i distinctly ...

When he came into office. bret: but nobody, including reagan, could know how close he was to pushing the soviet empire to collapse. >> didn't know at that point that he was going to win the cold war. moscow was still very much a superpower and the equal of the united states. bret: there were whispers, plenty of them that reagan, now 77 years old had, lost his edge. so what to expect from his last summit with gorbachev, three days in moscow. great theater, at the very least. >> the trip to moscow wrote itself. the great cold warrior, ronald reagan, in the heart of the evil empire. literally in ...

When he came into office. bret: but nobody, including reagan, could know how close he was to pushing the soviet empire to collapse. >> didn't know at that point that he was going to win the cold war. moscow was still very much a superpower and the equal of the united states. bret: there were whispers, plenty of them that reagan, now 77 years old had, lost his edge. so what to expect from his last summit with gorbachev, three days in moscow. great theater, at the very least. >> the trip to moscow wrote itself. the great cold warrior, ronald reagan, in the heart of the evil empire. literally in ...