suzanne massie was an expert on gorbachev and she explains to reagan that she believes that gorbachev was a man of some faith. also being influenced by a christian mother. reagan sees an opening. he is going to develop a relationship with gorbachev based on shared values. i encountered that is a whole other evening of stories to tell you. that was reagan's approach to this meeting. so we are waiting one night for the gorbachevs to arrive in reagan and i are sitting in front of this fire, just smalltalk. said,laxing, and i turning to a series note, mr. president, what do you think will really bring the death nail on communism and the teller is him -- on communism? he said, the way it will be accomplished is through the people's on desire to know freedom. the people's on desire to know god. well, that was a little bit startling for me, but another revelation about that mysterious interior of reagan. even while we were pursuing this three-part strategy an assertive am a, economic sanctions, and aggressive diplomatic moves with the soviet union, and by the way, i did not run out after say

he began to appreciate to a greater extent the culture, the russian culture and also suzanne massy was an expert on gorbachev. and she explains to reagan that she believes gorbachev was a man of some faith. also having been influenced by a christian mother. so reagan sees an opening. he's going to develop this relationship with gorbachev based on shared values. even though reza gorbachev lectured especially nancy reagan on the valiant, the extraordinary values of communism and socialism and how it was the best system in the world. that is a whole other evening of stories to tell you about. but that was reagan's approach to this meeting. so we're waiting one night for the gorbachevs to arrive. and reagan and i are just sitting in front of this fire and just small talk. and relaxing. and i said, turning to a serious note, mr. president, what do you think will really bring the death knell on soviet-style communism and eastern bloc totalitarianism? and he said, jim, the way it will be done and the way it will be accomplished is through the people's own desire to know freedom, people's own

he had been tutored by a woman named suzanne massy in 17 individual sessions in the white house that were off the record. and distinctly different than the material in the briefing books he was provided by the state department and nsc. she was actually tutoring reagan on russian culture as opposed to soviet policy. this was a wonderful back filling for reagan. he began to appreciate to a greater extent the culture, the russian culture and also suzanne massy was an expert on gorbachev. and she explains to reagan that she believes gorbachev was a man of some faith. also having been influenced by a christian mother. so reagan sees an opening. he's going to develop this relationship with gorbachev based on shared values. even though mrs. gorbachev lectured nancy reagan on the valiant, extraordinary values of communism and socialism and how it's the best system in the world. that is a whole other evening of stories to tell you about. but that was reagan's approach to this meeting. so we're waiting one night for the gorbachevs to arrive. and reagan and i are just sitting in front of this f