George H.W. Bush: “I'm going to have to wait and discuss all this with Mr. Bessmertnykh…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 1991

I'm going to have to wait and discuss all this with Mr. Bessmertnykh after he has a chance to discuss it with Secretary Baker. Because, you may recall, this was to be a summit at which we were going to sign an arms control agreement, and I am told that we aren't there yet. So we've got to see. There's a war on in the Persian Gulf. There's a lot of reasons that this should be discussed by Jim Baker. Yes, right back there in the middle. Budget Proposals

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