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6.
   “I hope we’re making them realize”: Diary entry for Jan. 30, 1985.

7.
   “I believe we’ll have”: Diary entry for March 4, 1985.

8.
   “Tip surprised me”: Diary entry for March 7, 1985.

1.
   “Awakened at 4 A.M.”: Diary entry for March 11, 1985.

2.
   “We knew a lot about him”: Gates,
Out of the Shadows
, 327–28.

3.
   “If Gorbachev is chosen”: Ibid., 329.

4.
   “I think it was Jim Baker”: George Bush and Brent Scowcroft,
A World Transformed
(1998), 4.

5.
   “Gorbachev started”: Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 529.

6.
   “As you assume your new responsibilities”: Reagan to Gorbachev, March 11, 1985, Reagan Library.

7.
   “President Reagan told me”: Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 531–32.

8.
   “Gorbachev will package”: Bush and Scowcroft,
World Transformed
, 4.

1.
   “I reflected”: Regan,
For the Record
, 236–45. Also Baker,
Work Hard
, 209–10.

2.
   “Possible Secretary of State”: Undated notes, Baker Papers, Princeton.

3.
   “How would we approach”: Regan,
For the Record
, 249; Baker,
Work Hard
, 211.

4.
   “It’s time for a change”: Baker,
Work Hard
, 211.

5.
   “In my innocence”: Regan,
For the Record
, 251.

6.
   “Mr. President, I’ve brought you”: Ibid., 249–56; Baker,
Work Hard
, 211–12.

1.
   “I feel very strongly”: Reagan news conference, March 21, 1985.

2.
   “President Reagan apparently believes”:
New York Times
, March 30, 1985.

3.
   “in a spirit of reconciliation”:
New York Times
, April 12, 1985.

4.
   “All it would do”: Reagan remarks to editors and broadcasters, April 18, 1985.

5.
   “To equate the fate”:
New York Times
, April 19, 1985.

6.
   “But, Mr. President”: Wiesel remarks at White House ceremony, April 19, 1985.

7.
   “The commitment in question”: Regan,
For the Record
, 287–91.

8.
   “The press had a field day”: Diary entry for April 5–14, 1985.

9.
   “Helmut may very well”: Diary entry for April 15, 1985.

10.
   “The press has the bit”: Diary entry for April 16, 1985.

11.
   “quite emotional”: Regan notes, April 19, 1985, Donald Regan Papers, Library of Congress.

12.
   “He told me my remarks”: Diary entry for April 19, 1985.

13.
   “I was very
proud
”: Bush to Reagan, undated, included in Reagan diary entry for April 19, 1985.

14.
   “The uproar about my trip”: Diary entry for April 22, 1985.

15.
   “Every day seems to begin”: Diary entry for April 24, 1985.

16.
   “He said I had won the heart”: Diary entry for May 2, 1985.

17.
   “In all our motoring”: Diary entry for May 3, 1985.

18.
   “You don’t belong there”:
New York Times
, May 6, 1985.

19.
   “For year after year”: Reagan remarks at Bergen-Belsen, May 5, 1985.

1.
   “Few presidents”: Regan,
For the Record
, 295.

2.
   “It was the morally right thing”: Diary entry for May 5, 1985.

3.
   “They were quite emotional”: Diary entry for May 6, 1985.

4.
   “I was furious”: Nancy Reagan,
My Turn
, 63.

5.
   “If, by some miracle”: Ibid., 312.

6.
   “I enjoy this job”: Regan to Michael McCarthy, Nov. 4, 1986, Regan Papers, Library of Congress.

7.
   “Instead, Ronald Reagan”: Regan,
For the Record
, 298–300.

1.
   “Our options were few”:
American Life
, 492.

2.
   “The U.S. at the highest level”: Diary entry for June 17, 1985.

3.
   “You can’t square that circle”: Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 656.

4.
   “Sir, can this be negotiated?”: Reagan exchange with reporters, June 16, 1985.

5.
   “America will never make concessions”: Reagan news conference, June 18, 1985.

6.
   “The Israelis are not”: Diary entry for June 20, 1985.

7.
   “loused things up”: Diary entry for June 21, 1985.

8.
   “It has been the position”: Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 664.

9.
   “It was a nice homecoming”: Diary entry for July 2, 1985.

1.
   “I sat in the waiting room”: Nancy Reagan,
My Turn
, 271–73.

2.
   “Nancy Reagan stammers”: Regan,
For the Record
, 3.

3.
   “I meant, of course”: Nancy Reagan,
My Turn
, 275.

4.
   “I feared two things”: Regan,
For the Record
, 3–5.

5.
   “Rumsfeld’s Rules”:
Undated memo [late 1980], Baker Papers, Princeton.

6.
   “Nobody elected you”: Baker interview with author.

7.
   “President Reagan’s chief of staff”:
New York Times
, July 15, 1985.

8.
   “For the first few months”: Nancy Reagan,
My Turn
, 312–13.

9.
   “The Russians have dropped”: Regan,
For the Record
, 10–15.

1.
   “Let it mature”: Regan notes of meeting with Kissinger, March 13, 1985, Regan Papers, Library of Congress.

2.
   “They will spring a surprise”: Regan notes of meeting with Brzezinski, July 23, 1985, Regan Papers, Library of Congress.

3.
   “Caspar Weinberger was utterly convinced”: Jack F. Matlock Jr.,
Reagan and Gorbachev
(2004), 114–15.

4.
   “While some Soviet officials”: Gates,
From the Shadows
, 331–32.

5.
   “I’m fed up”: Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 564–66.

6.
   “Our guest sang”: Diary entry for May 26, 1985.

7.
   “Bill, I think Gorbachev”: Gates to Casey, Sept. 3, 1985, in Gates,
From the Shadows
, 342.

8.
   “Even before it was decided”: Matlock,
Reagan and Gorbachev
, 132–33.

9.
   “I want the best minds”: McFarlane interview.

10.
   “He would devour them”: Ibid.

11.
   “He was interested mainly”: Jack Matlock interview with author.

12.
   “Very, very quick”: McFarlane interview.

13.
   “In many ways”: Matlock interview.

14.
   “I described for Reagan”: Gates,
From the Shadows
, 343–44.

1.
   “I believe Gorbachev”: Reagan memo, undated [Nov. 1985], in Anderson and Anderson,
Reagan’s Secret War
, 223–27.

2.
   “The Soviet violations”: Weinberger to Reagan, Nov. 13, 1985, in
New York Times
, Nov. 16, 1985.

3.
   “Shultz detested Weinberger”: Gates interview.

4.
   “Weinberger’s letter”: Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 598.

5.
   “I was surprised”: Shultz interview with author.

6.
   “Sure it was”:
Washington Post
, Nov. 17, 1985; Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 598; McFarlane interview.

7.
   “It was written to be leaked”: Matlock interview; Matlock,
Reagan and Gorbachev
, 150.

8.
   “Reagan himself was pretty calm”: Matlock interview.

9.
   “I think Reagan wanted conflict”: Gates interview.

10.
   “Reagan was going to do”: Ken Adelman interview with author.

11.
   “No”:
New York Times
, Nov. 18, 1985.

1.
   “Lord I hope I’m ready”: Diary entry for Nov. 18, 1985.

2.
   “President Reagan began”: Memo of conversation of first private meeting at Geneva, Nov. 19, 1985, Reagan Library.

3.
   “We did an hour”: Diary entry for Nov. 19, 1985.

4.
   “Are you out of your mind?”: Shultz interview, Miller Center.

5.
   “If the two of us”:
Memo of conversation of first plenary meeting at Geneva, Nov. 19, 1985, Reagan Library.

6.
   “Twenty years ago”: Memo of conversation of second plenary meeting, Nov. 19, 1985, Reagan Library.

7.
   Reagan presented a written outline: Matlock,
Reagan and Gorbachev
, 158–59.

8.
   “He’s adamant”: Diary entry for Nov. 19, 1985.

9.
   “You sure are wrong”: Matlock,
Reagan and Gorbachev
, 161–62.

10.
   “The stuff really hit the fan”: Diary entry for Nov. 20, 1985.

11.
   “As we flew home”:
American Life
, 640–41.

1.
   “As I reread the minutes”: Mikhail Gorbachev,
Memoirs
(1996), 405–9.

2.
   “Our people”: Reagan to Gorbachev, Nov. 28, 1985, Reagan Library.

3.
   “I would like”: Gorbachev to Reagan, Dec. 24, 1985 (translation by State Department), Reagan Library.

4.
   “We can have a real reduction”: Diary entry for March 24, 1986.

5.
   “Given this situation”: Reagan statement, May 27, 1986.

6.
   “It’s a hell of a propaganda move”: Diary entry for Jan. 15, 1986.

7.
   “My feeling is”: Diary entry for April 8, 1986.

8.
   “mountain of lies”: Matlock,
Reagan and Gorbachev
, 189.

9.
   “The tragedy of Chernobyl”: Gorbachev,
Memoirs
, 412.

10.
   “The Americans continued”: Ibid., 412–13.

1.
   “It was just a very traumatic experience”: Peggy Noonan,
What I Saw at the Revolution
(1990), 254–55.

2.
   “Today is a day”: Reagan remarks, Jan. 28, 1986.

3.
   “When the president finished”: Noonan,
What I Saw
, 257–58.

1.
   “He’s a madman”: Diary entry for June 1, 1981.

2.
   “There’s been a lot of talk”: Reagan remarks and question-and-answer session, Aug. 20, 1981.

3.
   “It’s a strange feeling”: Diary entry for Aug. 6–Sept. 3, 1981.

4.
   “In other words”: Diary entry for Oct. 6, 1981.

5.
   “Terror is Libya’s second largest industry”: Minutes of NSC meeting, Dec. 8, 1981, Reagan Library.

6.
   “The press is beginning to charge”: Diary entry for Dec. 8, 1981.

7.
   “If Mr. Q. decides”: Diary entry for Jan. 7, 1986.

8.
   “U.S. forces will continue”: Reagan to speaker of the House and president pro tem of the Senate, March 26, 1986.

9.
   “We learned that in response”: Gates,
From the Shadows
, 353.

10.
   “On March 25th”: Reagan address, April 14, 1986.

1.
   “immoral, evil and totally un-Christian”:
New York Times
, Dec. 5, 1984.

2.
   “It’s a nostalgic occasion”: Reagan toast, Sept. 16, 1982.

3.
   “I know there are things”: Reagan-Mondale debate, Oct. 21, 1984.

4.
   “I went through all of these matters”: Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 613.

5.
   “I suspect an element”:
Diary entry for Oct. 22, 1985.

6.
   “This was a complete graveyard trip”: Laxalt interview.

7.
   “He was telling me”: Ibid.

8.
   “It’s a touchy mess”: Diary entry for Nov. 14, 1985.

9.
   “This election”: Reagan statement, Jan. 30, 1986.

10.
   “Mr. President, will the U.S.”: Reagan exchange with reporters, Feb. 7, 1986.

11.
   “You called for”: Reagan interview, Feb. 10, 1986.

12.
   “The determination of the government”: Reagan news conference, Feb. 11, 1986.

13.
   “Although our observation delegation”: Reagan statement, Feb. 15, 1986.

14.
   “The dominant view”: Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 630–31.

15.
   “He called in panic”: Laxalt interview.

16.
   “There were long silences”: Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 637; Laxalt interview.

17.
   “I phoned President Marcos”: Diary entry for April 26, 1986.

18.
   “She’s quite something”:
New York Times
, Nov. 16, 1988.

1.
   “His daily schedule”: Regan,
For the Record
, 303–5, 309–12.

2.
   “When you open up the whole code”: Ibid., 14.

3.
   “We have made one great dramatic step”: Reagan address, May 28, 1985.

4.
   “Here the arguments”: Reagan remarks in Williamsburg, May 30, 1985.

5.
   “Do the people of Oshkosh”: Reagan remarks, May 30, 1985.

6.
   “Someone might say”: Reagan remarks at Northside High School, Atlanta, June 6, 1985.

7.
   “His indecisiveness”: Baker interview with author.

8.
   “The president
was
humiliated”: Baker,
Work Hard
, 229.

9.
   “Tax reform”: Baker to Reagan, Dec. 2, 1985, Baker Papers, Princeton.