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July 15, 1991	Memorandum of Conversation: Meeting with Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of Germany on July 15, 1991 Bush, Kohl, and others discuss relations with France and France's views of NATO, talks between the US and the USSR over the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I), safeguarding the Brazilian rainforest, the Uruguay Round of the GATT, support for economic reforms in the Soviet Union, and US-German relations.
April 23, 1991	Memorandum for William F. Sittmann from Sandra Charles, 'Minutes and Summary of Conclusions for NSC Deputies Committee Meeting on Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East, April 10, 1991, 11:21 a.m.-12:06p.m.' Request for approval of meeting minutes for a Deputies Committee meeting on WMD in the Middle East.
April 9, 1991	Memorandum for Robert M. Gates from Daniel Poneman, 'Deputies Meeting on WMD in the Middle East, April 10, 11 a.m., Situation' [with attachments] Attachments include: "Points to be Made for Deputies Committee Meeting on Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East, "A U.S. Proposal for Dealing with WMD in the Region," and "ARCA/WMD Gameplan."
February 26, 1989	Memorandum of Conversation: President Bush's Meeting with General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party Zhao Ziyang of the People's Republic of China, February 26, 1989, 4:00 p.m. - 5:40 p.m. George H.W. Bush and Zhao Ziyang discuss Sino-American relations and China's reform and opening, in addition to the situations in Korea, India, Pakistan, and the Soviet Union.
February 26, 1989	Memorandum of Conversation: President Bush's Meeting with Chairman Deng Xiaoping of the People's Republic of China, February 26, 1989, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Conversation between Deng Xiaoping and President George Bush on Sino-US relations. Deng expressed the hope that the bilateral relationship would develop in a "new pattern" based on mutual trust, mutual support, and minimizing as much as possible mutual problems. They also discussed the continued tensions between China and the Soviet Union,
August 31, 1990	Letter from South African President De Klerk to President Bush South African President De Klerk writes to U.S. President George H.W. Bush in reply to the latter’s 24 July, 1990 letter regarding South Africa’s accession to the NPT. The letter explicitly states South Africa’s commitment to disarmament and suggests the possibility of “declaring South Africa a nuclear weapons free zone.”