George H.W. Bush: “Well, good news on CFE. We're very pleased, of course. The agreement was achieved under the original limits, which is…”

“Well, good news on CFE. We're very pleased, of course. The agreement was achieved under the original limits, which is good--[inaudible]--under the original limits. And so, I think it's a good thing for world peace, and I think it's very good for U.S.-Soviet relations. The agreement, of course, has to be acquiesced to by a lot of other countries besides ours, but I think we feel that the deal is guaranteed. Others will go along because it is fair. And others were very anxious that we take the lead role and try to work out what heretofore were differences. So, we have that one under control. We're still going to work the START problem. When I asked Moiseyev, General Moiseyev, about it, he held up his fingers like that, and he said, ``That's about the amount of difference.'' Now, Brent can go into detail if he wants to on it, but we're talking about a problem, particular problem, that won't be overly easy to solve. But nevertheless, we're going forward positively. And that, of course, will clear the decks for a Moscow meeting that I want to see very much. So, it's a good day. This is an important step that was taken in Lisbon. And in a sense, it masks another thing--[inaudible]--and that is the peace talks or the meeting resulted after a lot of diplomacy, and some of it on our part--Chester Crocker and Hank Cohen and Secretary Baker-- in bringing these factions in Angola together. That is an important thing that happened and it may get obscured because the arms control announcement came out of Lisbon also. When I saw Cavaco Silva of Portugal--[inaudible]--we ought not to underestimate the importance of that, peace on the continent of Africa after all this time. So, it's a good day.”