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George H.W. Bush: “Well, it depends a lot on what we do today and then on how those ideas are received by Mr. Bessmertnykh and on what they…”

On the recordJune 6, 1991
Well, it depends a lot on what we do today and then on how those ideas are received by Mr. Bessmertnykh and on what they bring to the table. I mean, it's a two-way street here, and both sides are dealing in very good faith at this point. And both sides want to have a summit, and both sides obviously want to get a strategic arms agreement. So, that's a given at this point. That hasn't always been the case necessarily, but we'd like to have that--I mean, if we start with that spirit, and then we'd like to have the meeting. Civil Rights Legislation
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George H.W. Bush
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