    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [May 21, 1991]
    [Page 532]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement by Deputy Press Secretary Popadiuk on the President's Meeting
    With General Mikhail Moiseyev, Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet
    Union
    May 21, 1991

        The President met with Soviet Chief of the General Staff Mikhail
    Moiseyev in the Oval Office for approximately 15 minutes this afternoon.
    General Moiseyev was brought to the Oval Office by General Scowcroft
    after a brief meeting in the General's office. General Moiseyev
    recounted for the President his view of the progress of the talks of the
    last 2 days. The President reaffirmed the U.S. and Western position
    concerning the CFE treaty. The President took the opportunity to ask
    General Moiseyev to convey his regards to President Gorbachev.

                        Note: The statement referred to Brent Scowcroft,
                            Assistant to the President for National Security
                            Affairs, and President Mikhail Gorbachev of the
                            Soviet Union.