President Reagan Meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev in Oval Office on December 8, 1987

Full Title: US/Soviet Summit. President Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev enter oval office and Gorbachev signs VIP guest Book, Photo Op with General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev in Oval Office, General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev Departs at C-9 on December 8, 1987
Creator(s): President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Television Office. 1/20/1981-1/20/1989 (Most Recent)
Series: Video Recordings, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
Collection: Records of the White House Television Office (WHTV) (Reagan Administration), 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
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Production Date: 12/8/1987
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[@felipediaz1625]

Man you can really see in Gorbachev’s eyes that he is a good man, like a guy who really wanted peace and to sort things out correctly. Compare it to previous soviet leaders and you can see the difference

[@phoenixscott001]

Thus why he got a Nobel peace prize

[@iiiMaRX91]

Hes the best!!!

[@pittmanfh]

Gorbachev is not a popular man in current-day Russia. They look upon him as the man who sold them out. Prior to the dissolution of the USSR, the people lived pretty well. Once it collapsed, the people really suffered (for many, to this day). I think Gorbachev knew during this meeting that his empire was in trouble. It came to a point where Gorbachev asked the US and Western Europe for financial assistance. They turned him down, and the rest is history. Socialism/Communism will *always* end in this manner. It was not his fault. He just happened to have been the guy when it ultimately happened.

[@omfaldu3125]

He is the best dictator lol, but really he is good

[@НиколайПодлесный-л3й]

@@pittmanfh There has been no socialism in the USSR since 1961, when a political counter-revolution took place and the *dictatorship of the proletariat* was thrown out of the Communist Party program. 1961-1991 is a transitional period from socialism to capitalism. Your statement that socialism always ends with a lack of money is sheer nonsense. The USSR fell into a hole in debt already under Gorbachev.

[@mturnblom]

This is an irrelevant comment, but the clarity of this video is amazing!

[@steinrich56]

very observant....I wondered about that too........somewhere, someone, is pulling strings.......

[@ns7353]

@@steinrich56 must be close to original file, very low compression amazing for early digital

[@DominikSobolewski]

@@ns7353 How do you know it's digital? It's probably Betacam.

[@isaiah2810]

It was 1987 not 1957 lol.

[@ch3rrywave]

@@isaiah2810 This video is from 1958 and looks great too kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYrFh4SPZch1jc0

[@swetanshusahoo7970]

RIP Gorbachev, The last leader who helped us to end the cold war, and bring Peace in International Scale.

[@faustoflores5182]

Ok it was genius

[@giaserpicocci]

I have the utmost respect for President Ronald Reagan, what grace and respect 🙏

[@me5774]

You did not end the cold war, The Eastern Europeans did it.

[@gunterodim1535]

Gorbachev's mistake was that he allowed the collapse of the USSR. because of this, a lot of wars happened on the territory of the USSR countries: the Chechen wars, Georgia, Abkhazia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ukraine ... Millions died in these wars and millions died of starvation due to the collapse of the USSR. In other words, Gorbachev is a kind and gentle man who killed millions. This also happens in history.

[@jakebhenry2228]

@@gunterodim1535If you go anywhere west of Minsk once a citizen of a Soviet client state of god forbid lived in the Soviet Union he is hailed as a hero that freed them from the shackles of oppression and command economics that led to the deaths of millions under socialisms’ brutal reign. He saw the flaws of the system he had to run and did his best to correct them and throughout all of it he listened to his people in his actions and acted out their wishes, he was a hero regardless of what his predecessors made of the world of hope he left behind in his resignation(also, he wasn’t the catalyst for all the crimes by Russia you listed, that credit goes to Yeltsin and ethnic bigotry that preceded Gorbachev).

[@Joshua_Cares]

One of the most legendary figures of the 20th Century for sure! With his birthmark, Gorbachev became the portrait for diplomacy, cooperation, and world peace. RIP

[@richardsimms251]

To Joshua : that is so true. RS. Canada

[@Bob31415]

12:56 - Gorbachev even extends a handshake to Reagan's interpreter. He was a really gracious guest.

[@manderossefrickle9964]

Valuable Rubbish, isn't it.

[@thejupiter1744]

I’m old and I remember my mother really crying and hugging me. It was only 40 years later that she explained that the reason she was so upset that day was because it was the Cuban missile crisis and she really thought that day that nuclear weapons would be launched and we’d all be vaporised. Frightening times.

[@matrinyer]

Dark Times indeed

[@onlytrish1969]

My parents were conspiracy theorists or devout christians (take your pick) who were born during the great depression. They quickly realized it was a cover for the Aids fiasco, something they had advanced warning of. Goes back to vaccines and all the damages it can cause. Public pressure from regular Americans exposing facts. Disinfo is legal since the Smith-Mundt act was repealed. Thank goodness we have the internet to research these things. Cheers!

[@justinkerrigan5863]

@@onlytrish1969 wait what? How did they have advanced knowledge of it? Please elaborate

[@onlytrish1969]

@@justinkerrigan5863 My sister and i were used as lab rats for the military. Doctors are only as good as their training.

[@phoenixscott001]

Gorbachev out there in 2020 just hating on Nuclear Weapons

[@eboymorales3047]

"I shook hands with both Ronald, Reagan and Mcdonalds" -Gorbachev

[@prachiratnakarjadhav6726]

"no doubt. If your name end with 'in' time to get out."

[@littleaqua32]

That line is what actually won him the battle in ERB

[@naveedkhan8023]

What a historical moment.

[@ianlewis2813]

The world was a safer World with Mikhail Gorbachev & Ronald Reagan in charge ..Both were a Gentlemen and a President ....

[@alvarogill]

Huge respect to the interpreters

[@piotrekes]

Pavel Palazhchenko , a long term soviet interpreter .

[@polishviking3586]

Why? Here it was easy, slow and comfortable... that's nothing...

[@dallinbissett1992]

How can they even hear each other?! Clack, clack, clack, clack

[@Alex-pn5sh]

lol

[@bryanperalta740]

Even if they hear one another they wouldn’t understand one another hence they are both dependent with their translators.

[@martincarey577]

Really intelligent and not one bit intimidated by his surroundings a real Man

[@ozarkpipertony8396]

I miss this generation.

[@jeannefrancoisesezirahiga2175]

RIP Mikhail Gorbachev !🙏

[@Renard88]

He was betrayer of Russia

[@MrDuds1984]

Wow how many pictures do they need?

[@kristianmir9783]

@Max Wylde it's not bad anymore, reporters do it all the time

[@supermemegenerator267]

Yes

[@bonganidube1064]

Awesome both men displaying integrity maturity also commanding respect

[@bnkundwa]

The profession of interpreter became very important.

[@kentoscocos5238]

yep and there's still a demand for that nowadays

[@davidlucasfer]

Yes of course

[@MrBcardinal35]

He said apple pie and bald eagles suck and dares you to launch the nukes

[@bspilcker]

We need Reagan and Gorbi back to sort the world out!

[@0legmakarenk0]

Only not Gorbachev!!!

[@evyn04]

Sadly Regans gone but we still have Gorbachev

[@RFazor]

the 2 most impactful and greatest leaders of the last half of the 20th century

[@8535eddie]

Trump will do just fine for now.

[@TheProAer]

I agree

[@behnam1993able]

The world had never seen a peaceful leader like Gobachev. Respect

[@rohanr.9714]

@Andre T no, breshnev did. Gorbachev pulled the ussr out of the war.

[@АкбарАкберов-л6ы]

Gorbachev was stupid.

[@gertrudemcfuzz74]

@@АкбарАкберов-л6ы He was a decent man unlike the war criminal thug Russia has now.

[@АкбарАкберов-л6ы]

@@gertrudemcfuzz74 America has war crime too

[@freedomofspeech2238]

Important times and these two fellows were exactly what our world needed at that particular moment in time. Thank to both PRESIDENTS :D

[@oksupergood777]

there was not presidents in soviet union

[@joeyscerbo7776]

Alex Kon That’s why the original commenter put that word in all capitals. They were referring to Gorbachev bringing some democracy into the Soviet Union

[@aeon4013]

Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan 🕊️❤️🇷🇺☮️🇺🇸

[@mesterigospodari5552]

The images are of such a good quality !

[@nikolai9278]

Basically the world order of that era in a single frame. 🇺🇲🇷🇺

[@frankdenardo8684]

R.I.P. Mikhail Gorbachev. A leader who ended the cold war, and brought down the Iron Curtain.

[@martincarey577]

Imagine Putin trying to fit in Gorbachev's shoes 🗽

[@frankdenardo8684]

@@martincarey577 Not an easy task

[@existence.5806]

@@martincarey577 sadly won't happen.

[@gunterodim1535]

Gorbachev's mistake was that he allowed the collapse of the USSR. because of this, a lot of wars happened on the territory of the USSR countries: the Chechen wars, Georgia, Abkhazia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ukraine ... Millions died in these wars and millions died of starvation due to the collapse of the USSR. In other words, Gorbachev is a kind and gentle man who killed millions. This also happens in history.

[@Yafale]

​@@gunterodim1535well i mean the transitions from a soviet country to a republic costs lives, but it is for the greater future for the country

[@honestyfenix530]

Relaxed and intelligent man Gorbachev. Perfect for the transition of USSR to the Russian Federation. Reagan, for me, a good president.

[@breizhcatalonia1993]

True, the problem was Yeltsin. You should not have supported him.

[@dungeon_masster.]

@@breizhcatalonia1993 haha! we have nothing to eat, we don't have a real freedom and we don't have any garantee that hardlines will not return to the power and 1937 will not repead again, Gorbachev don't try to solve this problems, but trying to turndown the perestroika since 1990, after this, we should not to support Yeltsin. what the f*ck?

[@cdr861532]

@@dungeon_masster. Gorbachev was not the cause of any of that. He just happened to be in office when all the failures of the USSR climaxed. Without Gorbachev, the USSR (mainly Russia) would have been engulfed in a civil war. Plus, you guys got Yeltsin and that is the start of the problems that you have now.

[@casartherandom3010]

@@dungeon_masster. Really? You're seriously gonna blame the guy who attempted to FIX the USSR by stopping the arms race to salvage the little economy there was. He allowed people to enjoy the world and live in peace without the threat of blowing up the world.

[@dungeon_masster.]

@@casartherandom3010 he allowed it to the people of the east europe, not for Russia, he didnt make any useful market reforms and set hardlines ministres that commited coup in august 91

[@UnluckyCucumber]

RIP Gorbachev for being the greatest leader of the Cold War period. He knew what needed to be done in order to save lives and bring upon true peace. I wish Russia had not lost their way starting with Yeltsin. I think the Russian Federation would have a different history if Gorbachev would have been allowed to remain in power.

[@lonnieseeling394]

Two of the best men alive in the 80s by far

[@hallgeirhansen9124]

And Gorbatsjov is actually still alive and going strong

[@skycloud4802]

@@hallgeirhansen9124 sadly he has just passed away.

[@jerrykorolchuk6114]

Yes there were.

[@shahrulamar5358]

@@skycloud4802 Mikhail Gorbachev (1931 - 2022). A peacemaker. 🇷🇺

[@glennhanchey5744]

Hard to believe Gorbachev outlived Reagan by about 30 years, isn't it?

[@achadha]

Ronald Reagan was 20 year's older to Gorbachev.

[@rohanr.9714]

reagan died in 2004.

[@SocialistFinn1]

Gorbachev is still alive, what do you mean "outlived"

[@ihl8608]

@@achadha you can't respond to a liberal idiot

[@GoDawgs18]

Reagan died in 2004 while Gorbachev is still alive

[@shpautu3532]

So great and encouraging to meet the great two leaders.

[@郑权明-n7o]

非常非常感谢您们的提醒！！！

[@Axis.]

Sad that now both men are now gone.

[@MisterKabul89]

Gorbatschov changed the world

[@mikehiggins946]

Jesus! How many pictures do you need?! Gorby looks a little intimidated at first but recovers nicely. The Gipper already has kind of a far away gaze to his eyes.

[@sergeymusatov2752]

you just noticed that Gorbachev is scared !! my opinion is that Gorbachev is an agent of the CIA and a traitor to the homeland! Gorbachev destroyed Russia, he destroyed the balance of power in the world.

[@SkyMelon-wc1fx]

RIP Gorbachev

[@ReidHenderson]

And 15 days later I was born !

[@shahrulamar5358]

I was 14 years old in December 1987. Still at school. 🙂🙂

[@gaborpakay5670]

Two great leaders! They were able to understand each other and give the freedom for Eastern Europe

[@carlislepanting5219]

Good old days!! Long live both nations!! Belize central america

[@claudialsmith2996]

Millions of photographs.

[@jediskunk67]

Gorbachev is now 90 years old!

[@郑权明-n7o]

非常非常感谢您们的理解和提醒！！！

[@pablobaldomir9430]

Historic video

[@largedrag6990]

@William Cudmore uh, that's a little rude I must say. He was just saying the video was historic.

[@郑权明-n7o]

非常非常感谢您们的指导！！！我要努力学习英语要为东西方文明的思想交流而工作！！！

[@victoriarich1852]

Thank you Regan & Gorbachev

[@Lightning-speed27]

Sri Chinmoy, President Gorbachev's dear "brother-friend" wrote many lofty books about his dear friend. Here are a few quotes: "God's Hands smilingly and proudly are shaping the world through the hands of His beloved son, Mikhail Gorbachev". "President Gorbachev: A man in a million, a heart in a billion, a soul in a TRILLION," "En route to humanity's heart-home he surmounted unsurmountable obstacles." "The test of this earth-planet is to realise who truly President Gorbachev is." "No man of integrity will dare to devalue him - his world-improvement-contributions."

[@tominnis8353]

Putin doesn't value him - but then he has no integrity, just pure evil.

[@martincarey577]

🙏

[@Spillers72]

Gorbachev seems more relaxed than Reagan.

[@sriandayanianilee1243]

I'm on tears by crying

[@nancyhobson9710]

Those were the days...

[@jonburrows2684]

when we did what we wanted. Girls were girls and men were men. Mr we could use a man like Ronald Reagan again. Didn't need no welfare stamps. Everybody pulled his weight. Those were the days

[@ps4games164]

I like Gorbachev. That man changed the world to good and end the soviet tyranny.

[@easwaransanthakumar297]

And brought in American tyranny.

[@stevemalibu99]

This stuff is gold

[@formatique_arschloch]

Good old times.

[@andrewsarles3520]

Sad we have to look at the past to see politicians with integrity and honor!!!! Men who knew what was at stake!

[@richardsimms251]

Amazing.

[@luisgomez-patlan7175]

R.I.P. Great Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev 1931-2022

[@thuylinhnguyenly4945]

not to judge a book by its cover, but I could perhaps tell that Gorbachev's a kind and gentle guy when I look at him - his eyes, his gesture, etc. There's something very gentle and humane about him that I can't tell. I study Cold War History and it's amazing to know that he always refused (many times) to intervention in other countries as he wanted them to decide their own fate. May God be with him. He's still alive today in 2022. Thank you for your work and we will forever appreciate you.

[@albertbas2837]

sadly Gorbi didn't stay as a president until our days. he would have been the best ever

[@gesasa1844]

он был президентом и что лучшим был?

[@254jada]

RIP

[@lesalockhart4822]

Two man that understood consequently fundamentally reality

[@郑权明-n7o]

非常非常感谢您们的支持和理解！！！

[@mattd5147]

Wow what a time that must have been. A President who was able to actually complete a sentence, loved his country, and was competent at his job. And a Russian leader that wasn't an egotistical maniac who uses the military to beat down his neighbors. Certainly seemed like a much better time to be alive than now.

[@Adriana-eu6ty]

All of us are dumbing down.

[@nightbird7075]

The 80,s were the best decade in a century,

[@thunderbird1921]

One can only imagine what even Gorbachev must have been thinking though when the Chinese military unleashed hell on Tiananmen Square. The fact that we continue to work with that barbaric regime is enough to make me almost nauseous. Since Mao walked into Beijing in '49, those monsters have sunk to levels even the Soviets never really went apart from maybe Stalin.

[@cfierle]

Matt D. you kept it short and said it perfectly. Nothing else need to be said by anyone.

[@tomgonzalez8362]

RIP Mikhail Gorbachev

[@rusty383]

I remember this like it was yesterday!

[@thehonorablejiveturkeyspoo6370]

When it came to answering reporters they were publicity extraordinaires

[@vishpenmetsa6211]

A series of meetings that started what people like me in college during those days thought was an era of unlimited optimism globally but others saw in many different ways

[@gsxr2fst498]

2 amazing men. It’s clear to see our government was operating with less control of the people at this time. Little technology. I miss these days 😢

[@hujjatullahsahib380]

Clearly both of them are nice personalities but without deep political pedigree. This certainly helps in ringing in a new era !

[@MontuckyGirl75]

It’s interesting to watch M.G. think and take it all in. I bet Reagan wanted to just tell him stories. They were both interesting characters.

[@sergeymusatov2752]

I'll tell you that Gorbachev is an evil genius product of the CIA, the Western world greatly overestimates him. what Gorbachev did, he destroyed his country. who is Gorbachev he was originally a peasant son of a peasant. Such stupidity was possible only under the Communist Party, so that the son of a peasant could lead the country. In your country, is it possible that a country could be led by a peasant? Do you have such in history? I do not know.

[@sergeymusatov2752]

@Prestallar under the Soviet Union, my mother and grandmother were in prison. In 1978, I also had problems from the Soviet government. what are you interested in?

[@Bob31415]

@@sergeymusatov2752 What kind of problems did you have from the Soviet government if you don't mind elaborating?

[@sergeymusatov2752]

@@Bob31415 In 1958, my grandmother and mother were arrested in the city of Tambov for their Christian beliefs, and the mother's younger sister was sent to an orphanage. My mother was 18 when she was imprisoned for 5 years, and my grandmother was 7 years old. In 1978, a schoolteacher found out that I was from a religious family and was furious. The school teacher gathered the communists, and they came to our house, behaved arrogantly, it was the time of the communist party, took icons, church books, asked uncomfortable questions. A few days later, late in the evening, police officers came to us in a truck, put me and my mother in the back and took us to the police station. High-ranking police officers were taken to a large hall, and there we were interrogated by the school administration, I was 8 years old then, and my mother was 38 years old. I will go to the second year, then they will be taken to a boarding school. we decided to be together. then, when I was in school, and this was the time of the communists, I had to avoid joining children's communist organizations, and in October I had to go to the pioneers. I remember how I hid a pioneer tie from my mother, it was always wrinkled, and the teachers scolded me for the wrinkled tie. I did not join the Komsomol because I considered myself already independent. while studying at school, the communists turned me against the children, I defended myself and fought with those who tried to humiliate me

[@sergeymusatov2752]

@@Bob31415 Part 2 After school he entered the pedagogical school. I studied to be a teacher of drawing and painting. It was the time of Gorbachev, no one else oppressed me for religious reasons. then it was time to go to the army, my mother said that demons cannot be served, and there is no law in the army. And again they were nervous, they did not serve in the army. And then the country under the leadership of Gorbachev was devastated by people, as if they had been untied, it was a terrible time. yes, if interested, I can tell you how the people of Russia lived and how they survived and what now awaits Russia and the Russian people

[@cimiez1]

Descance em paz mikhail

[@kevin-parratt-artist]

I miss them both. Each a true statesman.

[@martincarey577]

Gorbachev was a man for any civilised country humble polite at that time the most loved leader in the world

[@ndubanesol111]

Gorbachev looks like Sir Joseph Blatter the former FIFA president when he was same age. President Reagan was elegant & commdanding, very presidential & intelligent. true patriot of America

[@martincarey577]

Unlike trump

[@martincarey577]

Well Solomon he was an Actor remember Charlton Heston

[@shahrulamar5358]

@@martincarey577 Trump looks more like Boris Johnson. 🙂🙂

[@martincarey577]

Gorbachev A Polite decent looking Individual a very Genuine guy R.I.P.

[@martincarey577]

@@shahrulamar5358 yes first thing one notice is the hair, trump with the hair spray and Boris with starch, Both quite Lawless and Chauvinistic

[@KingoutlawLXXII]

That's when leaders was leaders .. these two had the most respect for each other .. two true legends and the thing is i remember when both was in office.. lord where did the time go

[@seemlysimple6783]

RIP mikhail gorbachev

[@edwardvalivonis23]

Lukashenko is translating for Gorbachev? Unbelievable

[@robertducanes7716]

This is where Gorby saw that the USSR is really backward in decline and really needs to reform.

[@rys1968]

Two great leaders and visionaries.

[@nassermj7671]

'Mr Gorbachev remove the wall'

[@iwagen3746]

imagine kim jong un in the oval office with trump today

[@davidlucasfer]

Why not

[@mwrspetsnaz5977]

Trump met with him at the DMZ.

[@abm9056]

Regan told him a joke 4:45

[@blu3_enjoy]

When the japanese prime minster sat here he was fascinated by all the cameras.. Later I found out he was counting all the Japanese cameras

[@blu3_enjoy]

I guess this was when Japan had a big grip on camera market globally... Americans loving Nikon.. Sony (maybe? Or were they only big when things get digital?)

[@rudysonestanislao1169]

Miracle

[@sayedmuhibulhasan6849]

What a great leader he was...We need President like Regan in world politics for better future

[@madlfcdc5890]

These were the days when policital progress was trully being made to ensure a better world for all of us. 30 years later....what the hell happened? Why was all this hard work undone? Did America kick Russia when it was down instead of extending a proper helping hand? Russia just wanted to be given the respect it deserved but instead we see a Russian leader who is so full of resentment for the west that times are even more uncertain now than ever. What a waste.

[@vinodvin74]

Two great world leaders.

[@DeeRuss]

3:37 why did they take 1,000 pictures

[@patrickdietze70]

Gorbachev looks so relaxed and natural and Reagan so uptight. No disrespect to Reagan, but there is a noticeable difference in postures.

[@millermark445]

This was an all too brief golden age in Russian-American relations, thanks to two rational men, sincere in their quest for a reduction in nuclear weapons and a lasting peace. Compare that era to what we have now.

[@great_42]

Two wise and intelligent men looking for peace. We need them back more then ever.

[@hallgeirhansen9124]

Gorbatsjov is actually still alive. I think he is sad to see a new cold war is coming...

[@ronpagala7496]

The best of times.

[@vikrantsubakade9281]

Gorbachev was once a very handsome man!

[@erwinaquinde7211]

The peace loving gentlemen.

[@sahatsihotang2544]

Both Of You..are Great Leader...

[@Rettungssocke]

R.I.P Gorbachev 😥

[@주상희-d6l]

I had hated USSR very much when I was high school days. But I have studied USSR a little when I was Korea University student days. I studied Mr. Gorbachev's University days a little. He studied Latin language. I will !

[@TheLolli84]

Happy birthday president(2/3/2021).respect from Brazil

[@georgecoman5342]

Both great president.

[@tedtimothy9074]

I think Gorbachev is a great man. When people were fleeing the Soviet Union, the guards asked Gorbachev, "what should we do?" Gorbachev replied, "let them go".

[@spacer62]

Thank you! Was this their fifth meeting?

[@ramirolarios7310]

Esos si eran líderes mundiales hombres de verdad no pela gatos como los de hoy!

[@郑权明-n7o]

非常非常感谢您们的支持和帮助！！！

[@spinworldworldspin3311]

When your ears are almost bigger than your head, its time for a nursery home (reagan).

[@주상희-d6l]

I sent Reagan administration some telegrams in cipher when I was high school student.

[@blu3_enjoy]

Cool

[@mikeray3453]

We're great leaders of world history