>> yeah. that was 1986. gorbachev wanted to undermine the sdi, the strategic defense initiative that reagan was proposin proposing. that would outmode his whole weapons arsenal. so the soviets were anxious to avoid that. gorbachev made that clear. reagan was trying to push human rights violations by the russians, to put gorbachev at east. reagan wasn't going to eliminate the sdi initiative and not go forward. but they did meet in washington. it was a postponement. they respected reagan. reagan was ae the be very successful. they did eliminate some weapons but ultimately bankrupted the soviet union.