This week’s document from #SPIES:

During the break-up of the Soviet Union 1989-1991, control of Soviet nuclear weapons became a “life and death” issue for president George H.W. Bush. His policy was to give the collapsing USSR a "soft landing."

The reason was clear: if the… pic.twitter.com/1OY00BXaNi

— Calder Walton (@calder_walton) June 12, 2023