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 communique worked out ahead of time by the two foreign ministries. here s what we say at the end, and some gaps to be filled in during the meetings. reagan said we are not doing any communiques. whatever comes from the summit will be what we develop while we re there. after 70 minutes with
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 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 a communique worked out ahead of time by the two foreign ministries. here s what we say at the end, and some gaps to be filled in during the meetings. reagan said we are not doing any communiques. he says, whatever comes out of the summit will be what we develop while we re there. after 70 minutes with advisers, mr. reagan invited gorbachev to stroll the garden to the pool house where they sat alone before a fire. mr. reagan talk without notes, not about arms control but about
didn t meet any soviet leaders. when asked about it, reagan said they keep dying on me. that was true, but he wasn t making much of an effort, and there was a fear that if you don t reach out to the soviets, they re so afraid of us, they ll do something stupid. president reagan 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 sum its had a communique worked out ahead of time by the two foreign ministries. here s what we say at the end, and some gaps to be filled in during the meetings. reagan said we are not doing any communiques. whatever comes from the summit will be what we develop while we re there. after 70 minutes with advisers, mr. reagan invited gorbachev to stroll the garden
like. but it is hard to know right now what that cooperation means. melissa: the defense to this point means when you are elected to office, it is perfectly natural that you would want to start to have relationships, and try to point to people as part of a transition team it. you are an expert in the field, does that fly? or do you need to wait until you are actually present? there is the law, and there is policy. certainly, you prefer to let the current administration and do their job. does that mean that you don t reach out and a talker? of course not. are you asking other countries not to do certain things? that is pretty aggressive, right? so this is harder to know. as a legal matter, it is a much more difficult question. i am not aware of what laws govern that space. there may be lost. i kind of doubt it. we will see going forward. does this lead to something else? and that is the really hard
that was true, but he wasn t making much of an effort, and there was a fear that if you don t reach out to the soviets, they re so afraid of us, they ll do something stupid. president reagan 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 sum its had a communique worked out ahead of time by the two foreign ministries. here s what we say at the end, and some gaps to be filled in during the meetings. reagan said we are not doing any communiques. whatever comes from the summit will be what we develop while we re there. after 70 minutes with advisers, mr. reagan invited gorbachev to stroll the garden to the pool house where they sat alone before a fire. mr. reagan talk without notes, not about arms control but about of his personal feelings about