Chapter 4, February–April 1990


98. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Bureau of European Affairs, Office of Russian Affairs, Russia Desk Files, Lot 99D344, Baker-Shevardnadze Washington 4/4–6/90. Secret; Nodis. Drafted on April 11 by Vershbow; cleared by Seitz, Ross, and Timbie. The meeting took place in the Franklin Room at the Department of State. The complete memorandum of conversation is scheduled for publication in Foreign Relations, 1989–1992, vol. III, Soviet Union, Russia, and Post-Soviet States: High-Level Contacts.


99. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Office of the Under Secretary for Arms Control, International Security Affairs, Lot 01D127, 1969–1990 Subject Record of James P. Timbie, START Meetings (Bartholomew) April 1990. Secret. Drafted on April 15. The meeting took place in the Deputy Secretary’s Conference Room.


100. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Office of the Under Secretary for Arms Control, International Security Affairs, Lot 01D127, 1969–1990 Subject Record of James P. Timbie, START Meetings (Bartholomew) April 1990. Drafted on April 11. The meeting took place in the T Conference Room.


101. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Bureau of European Affairs, Office of Russian Affairs, Russia Desk Files, Lot 99D344, Baker-Shevardnadze Washington 4/4–6/90. Secret; Nodis. Drafted on April 10 by Pifer; cleared by Vershbow, Bartholomew, Seitz, and Burns. The meeting took place in the Franklin Room of the Department of State.


102. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Office of the Under Secretary for Arms Control, International Security Affairs, Lot 01D127, 1969–1990 Subject Record of James P. Timbie, START Meetings (Bartholomew) April 1990. Secret. Drafted on April 9. The meeting took place in the T Conference Room.


103. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Bureau of European Affairs, Office of Russian Affairs, Russia Desk Files, Lot 99D344, Baker-Shevardnadze Washington 4/4–6/90. Secret. The meeting took place in the Secretary’s Office at the Department of State.


104. Draft Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Verification, Compliance and Implementation, Lot 06D436, Verification, Compliance and Implementation Subject Files, 1983–2005, Box 25, Ministerials: Washington April 4–6 1990. No classification marking. The meeting took place in the EUR Conference Room.


105. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Verification, Compliance and Implementation, Lot 06D436, Verification, Compliance and Implementation Subject Files, 1983–2005, Ministerials: Washington April 4–6 1990. Secret. Drafted on April 20. The meeting took place in Room 7511 of the Department of State.


106. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Office of the Under Secretary for Arms Control, International Security Affairs, Lot 01D127, 1969–1990 Subject Record of James P. Timbie, START Meetings (Bartholomew) April 1990. Secret. Drafted on April 14. The meeting took place in the T Conference Room.


107. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Policy Planning Staff, Lot 03D012, Dennis Ross Files, US/Soviet Memos of Conversation—1989/1990. Secret.


108. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Bureau of European Affairs, Office of Russian Affairs, Russia Desk Files, Lot 99D344, Baker-Shevardnadze Washington 4/4-6/90. Secret; Nodis. Drafted on April 11; cleared by Seitz, Ross, and Timbie. The meeting took place in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the Department of State.


109. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to Secretary of State Baker, Secretary of Defense Cheney, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Powell)

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, Brent Scowcroft Collection, USSR Chronological Files, OA/ID 91122–001, START Files, Soviet Power Collapse in Eastern Europe—Strategic Arms Control (October 1989–April 1990). Secret. Sent to Scowcroft for his signature under cover of an April 9 memorandum from Davis. (Ibid.)


110. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Office of the Under Secretary for Arms Control, International Security Affairs, Lot 01D127, 1969–1990 Subject Record of James P. Timbie, START Meetings (Bartholomew) April 1990. Secret. Drafted on April 20. The meeting took place in Bartholomew’s Office.


111. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Office of the Under Secretary for Arms Control, International Security Affairs, Lot 01D127, 1969–1990 Subject Record of James P. Timbie, START Meetings (Bartholomew) April 1990. Secret. Drafted on April 20. The meeting took place in Bartholomew’s office.