Martin Woollacott

Nov 27, 2024 | inkl.com | Martin Woollacott |John Palmer |Martin Walker |Anna Tomforde

The decision to stage a joint press conference at the end of the turbulent seawater summit was one more programme change forced on the two leaders yesterday by Malta’s stormy weather. President George Bush had planned to have his press conference on the USS Belknap, and President Mikhail Gorbachev to have his on the Soviet liner, Maxim Gorky.