and as the president told his adviser around the room, he came to richard perle and richard perle, knowing where to stick in the night said, mr. president, it will destroy sdi. the result was president reagan said i can't make the deal. they went away unhappy, but as gorbachev realize at the end of the summit and as he said at the press conference, this was not a failure. this was a success. we have agreed to a limit whole class of nuclear weapons. and it's the beginning of something that will continue. so gorbachev brought common security to the table. president reagan brought sdi, and it was sadly not quite as much as it might have been. however, i will add this, that people are in government on our side have said to me more than once, if you think that president reagan or president gorbachev could have gone back to their capital with a deal like that and gotten anywhere with it at all, you're crazy. so there were vested interests on both sides who certainly would have thought any such agreement. would've happened? it didn't quite happen, but it certainly makes interesting speak. spent l

as the president pulls his advisers around the room became to richard perle and richard perle knowing where to stick in in the knife said mr. president, it will destroy sei. and the result was president reagan said i can't make the deal. they went away unhappy but is gorbachev realized at the end of the summit and as he said at the press conference, this was not a failure. this was a success. we agreed to eliminate a whole class of nuclear weapons, medium range missiles in europe and it is the beginning of something that will continue. arbatov brought, and security to the table. president reagan brought sti and there was sadly not quite as much as there might've been. however i will add this. people who are in government on our side have said to me more than once, if you think president reagan or president gorbachev could have gone back to their capital with a deal like that and gotten anywhere with it at all you are crazy. there were vested interests on both sides which certainly would have thought any such agreement so therefore who knows what they would have accomplished? it didn't