Preface and Acknowledgements Foreword by Anatoly S. Chernyaev Foreword by Jack F. Matlock, Jr. Acronyms Chronology of Events “The Logic of 1989: The Soviet Peaceful Withdrawal from Eastern Europe” by Svetlana Savranskaya “U.S. Policy and the Revolutions of 1989” by Thomas Blanton Dialogue: The Musgrove Conference, May 1-3, 1998 Document No. 1: Transcript of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Conference with CC CPSU Secretaries, March 15, 1985 Document No. 2: Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev regarding the “Vladimirov” Article, July 5, 1985 Document No. 3: Memorandum from Anatoly Chernyaev to Aleksandr Yakovlev on Germany and Eastern Europe, March 10, 1986 Document No. 4: Speech by Mikhail Gorbachev to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 28, 1986 Document No. 5: Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, June 13, 1986 Document No. 6: Memorandum from Mikhail Gorbachev to the CC CPSU Politburo on Topical Questions regarding Collaboration with Socialist Countries, June 26, 1986 Document No. 7: Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, July 3, 1986 Document No. 8: Transcript of CC CPSU Politburo Session, November 13, 1986 Document No. 9: Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, January 29, 1987 Document No. 10: Proposal from Georgy Shakhnazarov to the CPSU for a Partial Soviet Troop Withdrawal from the CSSR, March 1987 Document No. 11: Report on Mikhail Gorbachev’s Visit to Czechoslovakia, April 16, 1987 Document No. 12: Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, May 8, 1987 Document No. 13: Report on Mikhail Gorbachev’s Visit to Romania, June 4, 1987 Document No. 14: Report on Eduard Shevardnadze’s Visits to Bulgaria, Hungary, and Yugoslavia, July 9, 1987 Document No. 15: State Department Intelligence and Research Report: “Economic Reform in the USSR and Eastern Europe,” September 16, 1987 Document No. 16: Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, November 19, 1987 Document No. 17: Memorandum from Robert Gates, “Gorbachev’s Gameplan: The Long View,” November 24, 1987 Document No. 18: Telegram from Rozanne Ridgeway to All European Diplomatic Posts, “Eastern Europe: Invitation to the Dance,” December 1987 Document No. 19: Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, March 10, 1988 Document No. 20: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Lazar Moisov, March 14, 1988 Document No. 21: Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, March 24-25, 1988 Document No. 22: Record of the Main Content of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Gustáv Husák, April 12, 1988 Document No. 23: Record of the Main Content of a Telephone Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and János Kádár, May 19, 1988 Document No. 24: Comments from Georgy Shakhnazarov on Viktor Kulikov’s Report at the Warsaw Treaty PCC, May 25, 1988 Document No. 25: National Intelligence Estimate 11/12-9-88: “Soviet Policy toward Eastern Europe under Gorbachev,” May 1988 Document No. 26: Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, June 20, 1988 Document No. 27: Speech by Mikhail Gorbachev at a Dinner with Wojciech Jaruzelski, July 11, 1988 Document No. 28: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Józef Czyrek, September 23, 1988 Document No. 29: Preparatory Notes from Georgy Shakhnazarov for Mikhail Gorbachev for CC CPSU Politburo Meeting, October 6, 1988 Document No. 30: Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev regarding a Meeting between Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl, October 28, 1988 Document No. 31: Notes of a Meeting between Mikhail Gorbachev and Foreign Policy Advisers, October 31, 1988 Document No. 32: Summary of Conversations between Károly Grósz, János Berecz, Miklós Németh, Mátyás Szurös and Aleksandr Yakovlev, November 10-11, 1988 Document No. 33: CIA Intelligence Assessment, “Gorbachev’s September Housecleaning: An Early Evaluation,” December 1988 Document No. 34: Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev on the Situation in the Baltics, December 10, 1988 Document No. 35: Transcript of CC CPSU Politburo Session, December 27-28, 1988 Document No. 36: Record of Conversation between Aleksandr Yakovlev and ....