James A. Baker, III, Esq., de facto secretary of state, assures President Mikhail Gorbachev, of the Soviet Union, that if he permits a reunified Germany to be a part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO will expand “not one inch eastward.”
Postscript: During the course of the decade following Germany’s reunification, NATO admitted another 12 nations that used to be Soviet allies.
NOTE: As an attorney (Officer of the Court) Baker was ineligible to serve in two branches of government at the same time, according to Article I, Section 6 [Clause 2].
[added 1/28/2023] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.
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References:
Newly Declassified Docs Show Western Leaders Promised Gorbachev – LewRockwell
www.lewrockwell.com/2018/01/no_author/newly-declassified-documents-show-western-leaders-promised-gorbachev-that-nato-would-not-move-one-inch-closer-to-russia-2/
Enlargement of NATO – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlargement_of_NATO
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