Gorbachev Analonjezedwa Palibe Kuwonjezeka kwa NATO

Ndi David Swanson, December 16, 2017, Tiyeni Tiyesere Demokarase.

Kwa zaka makumi ambiri anthu akhala akunenedwa kuti palibe kukayikira ngati United States idalonjeza mtsogoleri wa Soviet Mikhail Gorbachev kuti ngati Germany iyanjananso, ndiye kuti NATO sichidzapita kummawa. National Security Archive ili ikani kukayikira kotero kuti mupumule mpaka mpaka de-neutering pa intaneti ikupambana.

Pa January 31, 1990, Mtumiki Wachilendo Wachilendo ku West Germany Hans-Dietrich Genscher analankhula momveka bwino pagulu komwe, malinga ndi bungwe la United States ku Bonn, adafotokoza momveka bwino kuti "kusintha kwa kum'mawa kwa Ulaya ndi mgwirizanowu ku Germany sikuyenera kuwatsogolera 'kuwonongeka kwa chitetezo cha Soviet.' Choncho, NATO iyenera kuwonetsa kuti 'kudutsa kwa gawo lake kummawa, mwachitsanzo, kuyendetsa pafupi ndi malire a Soviet.' "

Pa February 10, 1990, Gorbachev anakumana ku Moscow ndi mtsogoleri wa West Germany Helmut Kohl ndipo adapatsa Soviet kuti agwirizanitse ku Germany ku NATO, malinga ngati NATO sinafike kummawa.

Mlembi wa boma wa US James Baker adanena kuti NATO sichidzapita kummawa pamene adakumana ndi nduna ya Soviet Foreign Eduard Shevardnadze pa February 9, 1990, ndipo adakumana ndi Gorbachev tsiku lomwelo. Baker adamuuza Gorbachev katatu kuti NATO sichidzadutsa mphindi imodzi kummawa. Baker adagwirizana ndi mawu a Gorbachev akuti "kuwonjezeka kwa NATO sikuvomerezeka." Baker anauza Gorbachev kuti "ngati United States ikhalapo ku Germany m'kati mwa NATO, sizomwe zidzaloŵe m'madera akum'maŵa."

Anthu amakonda kunena kuti Gorbachev akanayenera kulemba izi.

Iye anachita, mwa mawonekedwe a zolembazo za msonkhano uno.

Baker analemba kalata kwa Helmut Kohl yemwe adzakumana ndi Gorbachev tsiku lotsatira, February 10, 1990: "Ndimufunsa funso lotsatira. Kodi mungakonde kuwona mgwirizanowu wa ku Germany kunja kwa NATO, wodzisankhira komanso wopanda mphamvu za US kapena mungakonde Germany yogwirizana kuti ikhale yomangidwa ku NATO, ndi zitsimikizo kuti ulamuliro wa NATO sukanasunthira mphindi imodzi kummawa kuchokera pamalo ake omwe alipo? Anayankha kuti utsogoleri wa Soviet unali kulingalira mozama pazochitika zonsezi [...]] Kenako anawonjezera kuti, 'Zowonongeka za dera la NATO sizidzakhala zovomerezeka.' "Baker anawonjezeranso pothandizira, kuti Kohl apindule," Mwachidule, NATO m'madera omwe alipo tsopano akhoza kulandiridwa. "

Kohl anauza Gorbachev pa February 10, 1990: "Timakhulupirira kuti NATO sayenera kuwonjezera gawo la ntchitoyi."

Mlembi wamkulu wa NATO, dzina lake Manfred Woerner, mu July 1991, anauza akuluakulu a Supreme Soviet kuti "bungweli la NATO ndi iye likutsutsana ndi kukula kwa NATO."

Uthengawu ukuwoneka kuti wakhala wosagwirizana ndi wobwereza komanso wosayeruzika. Gorbachev ayenera kuti anachipeza pamwamba pa marble 100-feet. Mwinamwake izo zikanagwira ntchito.