[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.