I-Gorbachev Yethembisiwe Akukho Ukukhuliswa kwe-NATO

NguDavid Swanson, uDisemba 16, 2017, Ake sizame ngentando yeningi.

Sekungamashumi eminyaka ukuzenzisa kugcinwe ukuthi kunokungabaza ngokuthi i-United States yamthembisa ngempela yini umholi weSoviet uMikhail Gorbachev ukuthi uma iJalimane iphinde yahlangana, kusho ukuthi i-NATO ngeke yande ibheke empumalanga. I-National Security Archive ine qeda ukungabaza okunjalo okungenani kuze kuphumelele ukususwa kwe-inthanethi.

NgoJanuwari 31, 1990, uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle WaseNtshonalanga Jalimane uHans-Dietrich Genscher wenza inkulumo enkulu yomphakathi lapho, ngokusho kweNxusa leNxusa laseMelika eBonn, akwenza kwacaca “ukuthi izinguquko eMpumalanga Yurophu kanye nenqubo yokuhlanganisa iJalimane akumele ziholele ekuxazululeni izinkinga. 'ukonakala kwezithakazelo zezokuphepha zaseSoviet.' Ngakho-ke, i-NATO kufanele ikhiphe 'ukwandiswa kwendawo yayo ngasempumalanga, okungukuthi ukuyisondeza emingceleni yaseSoviet.'

Ngo-February 10, 1990, uGorbachev wahlangana eMoscow nomholi waseNtshonalanga Jalimane uHelmut Kohl futhi wanikeza imvume yeSoviet, empeleni, ekuhlanganisweni kweJalimane eNATO, inqobo nje uma i-NATO inganwebeki empumalanga.

UNobhala Wezwe wase-United States uJames Baker wathi i-NATO yayingeke iye ngasempumalanga lapho ihlangana noNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle WaseSoviet u-Eduard Shevardnadze ngo-February 9, 1990, nalapho ehlangana noGorbachev ngalo lolo suku. U-Baker utshele uGorbachev kathathu ukuthi i-NATO ngeke ikhulise iyintshi eyodwa ngasempumalanga. U-Baker uvumelane nesitatimende sikaGorbachev sokuthi “ukwanda kwe-NATO akwamukelekile.” U-Baker utshele uGorbachev ukuthi "uma i-United States igcina ukuba khona kwayo eJalimane ngaphakathi kohlaka lwe-NATO, akukho sentimitha yombuso wezempi we-NATO ozosakazekela ngasempumalanga."

Abantu bathanda ukusho ukuthi uGorbachev bekufanele akuthole ngokubhala lokhu.

Wenza, esesimweni sika umbhalo walo mhlangano.

U-Baker wabhalela uHelmut Kohl owayezohlangana noGorbachev ngakusasa, ngo-February 10, 1990: “Ngabe sengimbuza lo mbuzo olandelayo. Ungathanda ukubona iJalimane ebumbene ngaphandle kwe-NATO, ezimele futhi engenawo amabutho ase-US noma ungathanda ukuthi iJalimane ebumbene iboshelwe ku-NATO, eneziqinisekiso zokuthi amandla e-NATO angeke asuse iyintshi eyodwa ukuya empumalanga endaweni yawo yamanje? Waphendula ngokuthi ubuholi baseSoviet babucabanga ngempela zonke lezi zinketho [….] Wabe esenezela, 'Impela noma yikuphi ukunwetshwa kwendawo ye-NATO ngeke kwamukeleke.'” U-Baker wengeza kubakaki, ukuze kuzuze uKohl, “Ngokusho ukuthi, I-NATO endaweni yayo yamanje ingase yamukeleke. "

U-Kohl utshele uGorbachev ngo-February 10, 1990: "Sikholelwa ukuthi i-NATO akufanele yandise umkhakha wemisebenzi yayo."

Unobhala-jikelele we-NATO uManfred Woerner, ngo-July 1991, watshela amasekela eSupreme Soviet “ukuthi uMkhandlu we-NATO kanye naye uphambene nokwanda kwe-NATO.”

Umlayezo ubonakala ubungaguquguquki futhi uphindaphinda futhi ubungathembeki ngokuphelele. I-Gorbachev bekufanele iyithole ngemabula engamamitha ayi-100 ukuphakama. Mhlawumbe lokho bekuzosebenza.