Governors Island Summit

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Governors Island Summit
President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush meet with Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on Governor's Island New York.jpg
Bush, Reagan and Gorbachev
Host country United States
DateDecember 7, 1988
Venue(s)Governors Island
CitiesNew York City
ParticipantsSoviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev
United States Ronald Reagan
FollowsMoscow Summit (1988)
PrecedesMalta Summit

The Governors Island Summit was a summit meeting between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. It was held on December 7, 1988. U.S. Vice President and President-elect George H. W. Bush was also in attendance.[1][2]

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  1. ^ "Reagan, Gorbachev and Bush at Governor's Island". The National Security Archive. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  2. ^ Dowd, Maureen (1988-12-08). "The Gorbachev Visit; Soviet Star Is a Smash In Broadway Showing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
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