*'''December 2-3.''' [[President George H. W. Bush]] invites Soviet leader [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] to summit talks in [[Malta]]; reassures him “the U.S. will not take advantage” of Soviet troubles in Eastern Europe. | *'''December 2-3.''' [[President George H. W. Bush]] invites Soviet leader [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] to summit talks in [[Malta]]; reassures him “the U.S. will not take advantage” of Soviet troubles in Eastern Europe. |