6. Information Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Ross) to Secretary of State Baker

Source: Department of State, STARS, Document Number 89075018. Secret; Exdis. Baker wrote a checkmark at the top of the memorandum.

7. Editorial Note

8. Memorandum From Linton Brooks of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft)

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, Richard A. Davis Files, Subject Files, OA/ID CF01590–009, Arms Control PCC [2]. Secret. Sent for action. Sent through Kanter. Brackets are in the original. A stamped notation at the top of the memorandum reads: “Signed.”

9. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to President Bush

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, H-Files, NSR Files, OA/ID 90006–025, NSR–14—April 03, 1989—Review of U.S. Arms Control Policies [1]. Secret. Sent for action. Prepared by Brooks. Copied to Quayle and Sununu. A stamped notation indicates Bush saw the memorandum. Bush wrote in the upper right-hand corner: “signed GB 4–2.”

10. National Security Review 14

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, H-Files, NSR Files, OA/ID 90006–025, NSR–14—April 03, 1989—Review of U.S. Arms Control Policies [1]. Secret.

11. Record of Decisions of an Arms Control Policy Coordinating Committee Meeting

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, Richard A. Davis Files, Subject Files, OA/ID CF01590–009, Arms Control PCC [2]. Secret.

12. Record of Decisions of an Arms Control Policy Coordinating Committee Meeting

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, Richard A. Davis Files, Subject Files, OA/ID CF01590–009, Arms Control PCC [2]. Secret.

13. Record of Decisions of an Arms Control Policy Coordinating Committee Meeting

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, Richard A. Davis Files, Subject Files, OA/ID CF01590–009, Arms Control PCC [2]. Secret.

14. Letter From Secretary of Defense Cheney to Secretary of State Baker

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, STARS, Document Number 198930120-0. Secret. Copied to Scowcroft.

15. Paper Prepared in the Department of State

Source: Department of State, S/S-IRM Records, Lot 93D188, Memorandum of Conversations Pertaining to the United States and USSR Relations, Baker/Shevardnadze in Moscow Copy of May 6, 1989 S/P-Ross to Baker briefing book for Moscow Ministerial. Secret. Ross sent the paper to Baker under cover of a May 6 memorandum (Ibid.). Baker flew to Helsinki on May 9 and spent the night. The following day, he arrived in Moscow, and met with Shevardnadze at the MFA Guest House from 12:10 to 2 p.m. The full memorandum of conversation is is scheduled for publication in Foreign Relations, 1989–1992, vol. III, Soviet Union, Russia, and Post-Soviet States: High-Level Contacts.

16. Paper Prepared in the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S-IRM Records, Lot 93D188, Memorandum of Conversations Pertaining to the United States and USSR Relations, Baker/Shevardnadze in Moscow Copy of May 6, 1989 S/P-Ross to Baker briefing book for Moscow Ministerial. Secret. Ross sent the paper to Baker under cover of a May 6 memorandum. (Ibid.)

17. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S-IRM Records, Lot 93D187, Secretary James A. Baker III’s Classified Papers, JAB Papers May 1989. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Vershbow; cleared by Ridgway, Schifter, Bartholomew, Ross, Zoellick, and Burt. The meeting took place at the MFA Guest House. The full memorandum of conversation is scheduled for publication in Foreign Relations, 1989–1992, vol. III, Soviet Union, Russia, and Post-Soviet States: High-Level Contacts.

18. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S-IRM Records, Lot 93D187, Secretary James A. Baker III’s Classified Papers, JAB Papers May 1989. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Vershbow; cleared by Ridgway, Bartholomew, Ross, Zoellick, and Burt. The meeting took place in the MFA Guest House. The full memorandum of conversation is scheduled for publication in Foreign Relations, 1989–1992, vol. III, Soviet Union, Russia, and Post-Soviet States: High-Level Contacts. Following the meeting, Baker met with Gorbachev and Shevardnadze in the Kremlin alone with their interpreters from 10–10:55 a.m. The memorandum of conversation is scheduled for publication in ibid.

19. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S-IRM Records, Lot 93D187, Secretary James A. Baker III’s Classified Papers, JAB Papers May 1989. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Vershbow and Ridgway; cleared by Ross and Zoellick. The meeting took place in St. Catherine’s Hall, the Kremlin. The full memorandum of conversation is scheduled for publication in Foreign Relations, 1989–1992, vol. III, Soviet Union, Russia, and Post-Soviet States: High-Level Contacts. After this meeting, Baker flew to Brussels to brief NATO Foreign Ministers before returning to Washington the following day.

20. Memorandum From the Head of the Delegation to the Nuclear and Space Talks (Burt) to Secretary of State Baker

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, STARS, Document Number 89170489. Secret; Exdis.

21. Memorandum From Linton Brooks of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Gates)

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, H-Files—NSR Files, OA/ID 90010–006, NSC/DC 027—May 20, 1989—NSC/DC Meeting on Security and Arms Control. Secret. Sent for action. Sent through Kanter. No minutes for the May 20 Deputies Committee meeting were found.

22. Information Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Ross) to Secretary of State Baker

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, STARS, Document Number 89170489. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Einhorn; cleared by Burt and Timbie.

23. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to President Bush

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, H-Files, NSC Meetings Files, OA/ID 90001–005, NSC0020—May 25, 1989—Counter Narcotics in Peru, Review of National Security Review 12—Section IV Regarding Arms Control Implications of Defense Strategy [2]. Secret. Prepared by Davis. Copied to Quayle and Sununu. According to the President’s Daily Diary, on May 25 Bush presided over a meeting of the National Security Council in the Cabinet Room lasting from 9:39—11:04 a.m. No minutes were found.

24. Memorandum From Richard Davis and William Tobey of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Gates)

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, H-Files, NSC/DC Meetings Files, OA/ID 90010–007, NSC/DC 028—May 31, 1989—NSC/DC Meeting on NSR–14/Defense and Space/Start Fundamental Limits. Secret. Sent for action. Sent through Kanter. A stamped notation indicates Gates saw the memorandum.

25. Memorandum From Richard Davis and William Tobey of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft)

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, H-Files, NSC Meetings Files, OA/ID 90001–006, NSC0021—June 07, 1989—Strategic Arms Reduction Talks, Defense Policy, Space Issues. Secret. Sent for action. Sent through Kanter.

26. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to President Bush

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, H-Files, NSC Meetings Files, OA/ID 90001–006, NSC0021—June 07, 1989—Strategic Arms Reduction Talks, Defense Policy, Space Issues. Secret. Copied to Quayle and Sununu. A stamped notation indicates Bush saw the memorandum on June 7. According to the President’s Daily Diary, Bush presided over a meeting of the National Security Council in the Cabinet Room on June 7, lasting from 10:51–11:50 a.m. No minutes were found.

27. Memorandum From Richard Davis of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Gates)

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, H-Files, NSC/DC Meetings Files, NSC/DC 032—June 7, 1989—NSC/DC Meeting on NSR–14 re: U.S. Start Position on Air Breathing Systems and Non-Deployed Missiles. Secret. Sent for action. Sent through Kanter. A stamped notation indicates Gates saw the memorandum.

28. Summary of Conclusions of a National Security Council Deputies Committee Meeting

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, H-Files, NSC/DC Meetings Files, OA/ID 90010–011, NSC/DC 032—June 7, 1989—NSC/DC Meeting on NSR-14 re: U.S. START Position on Air Breathing Systems and Non-Deployed Missiles. Secret. The meeting took place in the Situation Room.

29. Memorandum From Richard Davis of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Gates)

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, H-Files, NSC/DC Meetings Files, OA/ID 90010–012, NSC/DC 033—June 9, 1989—NSC/DC Meeting on NSR-14 re: U.S. START Position on Mobile ICBMs, Mobile ICBM Verification and New Initiatives. Secret. Sent for action. Sent through Kanter.

30. Summary of Conclusions for a Meeting of the Deputies Committee

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, H-Files, NSC/DC Meetings Files, OA/ID 90010–012, NSC/DC 033—June 9, 1989—NSC/DC Meeting on NSR-14 re: U.S. START Position on Mobile ICBMs, Mobile ICBM Verification and New Initiatives. Secret. The meeting took place in the Situation Room.

31. Summary of Conclusions for a Deputies Committee Meeting

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, H-Files, NSC/DC Meetings Files, OA/ID 90010–013, NSC/DC 034—June 12, 1989—NSC/DC Meeting on NSR-14 re: U.S. START Positions on New Initiatives. Secret. The meeting took place in the Situation Room.

32. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to President Bush

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, H-Files, NSC Meeting Files, OA/ID 90001–007, NSC0022—June 15, 1989—Strategic Arms Reduction Talks, Arms Control. Secret. Drafted by Davis. Copied to Quayle and Sununu. Gates initialed for Scowcroft. A stamped notation indicates Bush saw the memorandum. Bush wrote at the top of the memorandum: “PATTY—A must: weekend reading for 6–16. GB.” Bush drew two slashes and wrote below it: “GB 6–30.” Gates sent the memorandum to Bush under cover of a June 14 note: “Attached is your briefing paper for the NSC on START issues on Thursday afternoon. Attached to it is a 17 page single space analysis of the issues. You should consider this long paper your equivalent of Dick Cheney’s 100 hour short course on strategic arms control. Brent assures you that you need not feel compelled to read the long paper before the meeting.” Bush initialed Gates’s note. (Ibid.) (no classification marking) According the President’s Daily Diary on June 15, Bush convened a meeting of the National Security Council from 3:05–4:09 p.m. in the Oval Office. No minutes were found.

33. Note From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to President Bush

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, H-Files, NSR Files, OA/ID 90006–029, NSR-14—April 03, 1989—Review of U.S. Arms Control Policies [5]. Secret. Copied to Quayle and Sununu. A stamped notation indicates Bush saw the memorandum; an unknown hand wrote “6/20/89” beneath the notation.