Governors Island Summit
Bush, Reagan and Gorbachev
Host country United States
DateDecember 7, 1988
Venue(s)Governors Island
CitiesNew York City
ParticipantsSoviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev
United States Ronald Reagan
FollowsMoscow Summit (1988)
PrecedesMalta Summit

The Governors Island Summit was a summit meeting between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. It was held on December 7, 1988. U.S. Vice President and President-elect George H. W. Bush was also in attendance.[1][2]

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  1. ^ "Reagan, Gorbachev and Bush at Governor's Island". The National Security Archive. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  2. ^ Dowd, Maureen (1988-12-08). "The Gorbachev Visit; Soviet Star Is a Smash In Broadway Showing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
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