>> He wanted Reagan to appoint him to negotiate an arms agreement with the Soviet Union. I did not know this.
Neither did I, but I can believe it. He has absolute faith in his ability to negotiate.
I didn't know either. That would have been something to watch. "Listen, Mikhail, my button is bigger than yours, and we'll only lose half of our people. You'll lose every last bolshevik. So give em up. If you do, there'll be hotels along the Black Sea and you'll all be rich!"