Following up on our conversation of Gorbachev the other day, Iast night Charlie Rose interviewed him and George Schultz.  Unfortunately the video is not up yet.  A few interesting tidbits:  I don't remember if it was at Geneva or Reykjavik, but Reagan apparently asked Gorby what Russia would do if America were attacked from outerspace, by aliens. Sounds apocryphal until you remember Reagan.  The two countries agreed that if such a thing were to occur, they would defend each other.  This was a turning point in their negotiations.  LOL.  Also, Gorby talked about the need to expand freedom of the press, freedom of information in the Soviet Union, not because of US pressure to do so, not as a human rights measure, but because there was a lot of resistance to Gorby's reforms, and he felt the only way he get wide support was if people actually knew the facts.  Only then would they understand why he felt it was necessary to make these changes.  And the only way to ensure people had the facts was to open up the press and allow a public dialogue.  Interesting.

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