US Presidency
1988

Well, I had an idea of my own in the first meeting. And as we sat, they on their side of the table and my team on ours, I looked across the table at the General Secretary you know, I don't know which to call him; he's got three titles now: General Secretary, President, and Chairman then he was the General Secretary and I suggested that why didn't we leave our teams here to start talking the subject that was raised was disarmament and why didn't he and I go out and get some air? Well, he jumped up before I even finished speaking. And out we went. And it was planned; there was a fire in the fireplace. It was very cold that day down in a little house along the lake from below where we were so we walked down. And for an hour and a half, he and I had a meeting and a discussion. And then we decided we'd better get back up to the regular meeting.