Cold War: Scowcroft memorandum for President Bush ("US Diplomacy for the New Europe") ["the Soviet leadership faces a deadly set of circumstances in the coming years - political and economic chaos at home; diminishing influence in Eastern Europe; and the looming prospect of German reunification"] [declassified Aug 2010]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | Bush Library: Robert Blackwil Chronological Files (30547-009) |
| Editorial comments: | Drafting and routing documents follow the memorandum, showing it to have been drafted by Philip Zelikow. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 12pp |
| Themes: | British relations with the US, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, German unification, 1989-90, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), Foreign policy - theory and process, Defence (general), Defence (arms control) |
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