On the recordMay 23, 1991
My only reservations are, will it help? Will it be true--will it encourage reform? I'll tell you, there is something that's positive there, and that is that Yeltsin and Gorbachev appear to be in communication. Gorbachev has reiterated to me, which he didn't have to do, his continuing commitment to reform. And you see these agreements that are worked out between the Republics--I think it's called the ``nine-and-one'' agreement. And these are positive things. So, I want to look at it positively. But we also have to look at it realistically. And President Gorbachev knows this. This is the last--this is the final question, the very final one, right over here. Fast Track Legislation
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