The Soviet newspaper "Izvestia" publishes an interview with US President Ronald Reagan. A Soviet newspaper has not interviewed a US president since 1961.
19-21 November
1985
First summit between US President Ronald Reagan and the new General Secretary of the CPSU, Mikhail Gorbachev, in Geneva.
Both leaders state that a nuclear war must "never" be waged and affirm their commitment to an equal military balance. The two sides also announce their interest in keeping up contact and arrange state visits in Washington and Moscow.less