“We gave Gorbachev categorical assurances that NATO would not move eastward if a united Germany could remain in NATO. It was a geopolitical deal!” — Jack Matlock, US Ambassador to Moscow during the negotiations on German reunification.

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“We gave Gorbachev categorical assurances that NATO would not move eastward if a united Germany could remain in NATO. It was a geopolitical deal!” — Jack Matlock, US Ambassador to Moscow during the negotiations on German reunification.

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