Not once, but three times, Baker tried out the “not one inch eastward” formula with Gorbachev in the February 9, 1990, meeting. He agreed with Gorbachev’s statement in response to the assurances that “NATO expansion is unacceptable.” Baker assured Gorbachev that “neither the President nor I intend to extract any unilateral advantages from the processes that are taking place,” and that the Americans understood that “not only for the Soviet Union but for other European countries as well it is important to have guarantees that if the United States keeps its presence in Germany within the framework of NATO, not an inch of NATO’s present military jurisdiction will spread in an eastern direction.”
Originally Posted by gimmick
Yadda yadda yadda. USSR and Warsow Pact haven't existed in 30 years. According to Gorbachev Nato held their part of the agreement. Only thing that matters with any agreement is what's on paper, signed by both parties. Russia didn't even exist at the time. None of this should be hard to understand.
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