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The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) is a 1987 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on December 8, 1987.
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The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) was signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on December 8, 1987.It completely eliminated Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range tactical (often called battlefield combat weapons) Missiles as well as nuclear landmines and demolitions charges on both sides, but had no effect at all on the stockpiles of the much more powerful and destructive Long-Range strategic Missiles.Action on strategic weapons had to wait for Presidents George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev to sign START I on July 31, 1991.
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"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."
Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, right, stands with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, left, during Gorbachev's arrival ceremony at the White House in Washington, December 8, 1987. The year was 1984.
Reagan and Gorbachev held four summits together.
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, or INF, was signed by the United States and the Soviet Union in 1987.The treaty, formally called The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles was signed by President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on December 8, 1987, ratified by the US Senate on May 27, 1988 and became effective June 1, 1988.Source: Wikipedia
Gorbachev was in the Soviet union, the strategic defense initiative, nicknamed star wars, was an American project. But at treaty talks between the two superpowers, Gorbachev told Reagan he would agree to sign only if Reagan and the U.S. trashed the project. Reagan refused.
I think it is Gorbachev
In a Photo with Gorbachev, George H. Bush, and Ronald Reagan one can gather some insight to Gorbachev's height. George H. Bush towers over both Reagan and Gorbachev, however, Reagan is slightly leaned over, but so is Bush. If George H. Bush is about 6'2" or 6'3" and Reagan is somewhere near the 6' or 6'1" mark, one can comfortably place Mikhail Gorbachev at around 5'9" to 5'10". Mikhail Gorbachev: 5'10" I used this picture to draw my conclusions http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Reagan_Bush_Gorbachev_in_New_York_1988.jpg