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===1989===

==1989==

====November 1989====

===November 1989===

*'''9 November.''' '''Fall of the Wall.'''

*'''9 November.''' '''Fall of the Wall.'''

:{{Main article|Berlin Wall}}

:{{Main article|Berlin Wall}}

====December 1989====

===December 1989===

*'''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.

===1990===

==1990==

====February 1990====

===February 1990===

*'''February 7-10.''' Secretary of State [[James A. Baker III]] negotiates a quid pro quo; Soviet acceptance of the bitter pill of a reunited Germany (inside NATO), in return for an oral U.S. promise not to enlarge NATO “one inch more” to the East.

*'''February 7-10.''' Secretary of State [[James A. Baker III]] negotiates a quid pro quo; Soviet acceptance of the bitter pill of a reunited Germany (inside NATO), in return for an oral U.S. promise not to enlarge NATO “one inch more” to the East.

===1996===

==1996==

====October 1996====

===October 1996===

*'''October.''' During the last weeks of [[President Bill Clinton]]’s re-election campaign when he said he would welcome [[Poland]],[[ Hungary]] and the [[Czech Republic]] into NATO — the earlier promise to Moscow notwithstanding. Former U.S. Ambassador to the USSR Jack Matlock, who took part in both the Bush-Gorbachev early-December 1989 summit in Malta and the Baker-Gorbachev discussions in early February 1990, has said, “The language used was absolute, including no ‘taking advantage’ by the U.S. … I don’t see how anybody could view the subsequent expansion of NATO as anything but ‘taking advantage,’ particularly since, by then, Russia was hardly a credible threat.” (From 16 members in 1990, NATO has grown to 29 member states — the additional 13 all lie east of [[Germany]].)

*'''October.''' During the last weeks of [[President Bill Clinton]]’s re-election campaign when he said he would welcome [[Poland]],[[ Hungary]] and the [[Czech Republic]] into NATO — the earlier promise to Moscow notwithstanding. Former U.S. Ambassador to the USSR Jack Matlock, who took part in both the Bush-Gorbachev early-December 1989 summit in Malta and the Baker-Gorbachev discussions in early February 1990, has said, “The language used was absolute, including no ‘taking advantage’ by the U.S. … I don’t see how anybody could view the subsequent expansion of NATO as anything but ‘taking advantage,’ particularly since, by then, Russia was hardly a credible threat.” (From 16 members in 1990, NATO has grown to 29 member states — the additional 13 all lie east of [[Germany]].)

===1999===

==1999==

====November 1999====

===November 1999===

*'''10 November.''' U.S.- Ukraine Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters.<ref>http://www.dickmorris.com/us-ukraine-treaty-authorized-everything-trump-did-lunch-alert/</ref><ref>https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/120230.pdf</ref>

*'''10 November.''' U.S.- Ukraine Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters.<ref>http://www.dickmorris.com/us-ukraine-treaty-authorized-everything-trump-did-lunch-alert/</ref><ref>https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/120230.pdf</ref>

===2008===

 

==2008==

===February 2008===

===February 2008===

*'''1 February.'''. Amid rumors of NATO planning to offer membership to Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister [[Sergei Lavrov]] warns U.S. Ambassador William Burns that “Nyet Means Nyet.” Russia will react strongly to any move to bring Ukraine or the [[Republic of Georgia]] into NATO. Thanks to WikiLeaks, we have Burns’s original cable from embassy in Moscow.

*'''1 February.'''. Amid rumors of NATO planning to offer membership to Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister [[Sergei Lavrov]] warns U.S. Ambassador William Burns that “Nyet Means Nyet.” Russia will react strongly to any move to bring Ukraine or the [[Republic of Georgia]] into NATO. Thanks to WikiLeaks, we have Burns’s original cable from embassy in Moscow.