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{{Quotation|Fireworks over the East River have always been a magnet for Malcolm S. Forbes and his sumptuous 126-foot yacht, the Highlander. The tradition continued Wednesday night, when Mr. Forbes treated 111 guests, including a group of visiting Soviet journalists, to a cruise around lower Manhattan and ringside seats for the annual July 4 sky show. [...] Among the guests, who boarded the yacht to the sound of "Yankee Doodle" played on a bagpipe, were Louis S. Auchincloss; Clay Felker and Gail Sheehy; Henry A. Grunwald; Robert M. Morgenthau and his wife, Lucinda Franks; Dr. and Mrs. Paul Marks; Louise Melhado; Mr. and Mrs. John Pierrepont; John T. Sargent; Laurence A. and Billie Tisch; Donald and Ivana Trump, and three generations of Forbeses. [...] The Soviet journalists, who had been invited here by the American Society of Newspaper Editors, seemed more interested in the scene along the dock at 23d Street and the East River, where the Highlander tied up for the fireworks. Noting the contrast between the well-dressed guests on the yacht and the masses of ordinary New Yorkers lining the dock, Vitaly Kobysh, a columnist for the weekly Literaturnaya Gazeta, took out his camera and said, "This is the best shot of the trip: the two worlds." (''New York Times'', July 6, 1984) | {{Quotation|Fireworks over the East River have always been a magnet for Malcolm S. Forbes and his sumptuous 126-foot yacht, the Highlander. The tradition continued Wednesday night, when Mr. Forbes treated 111 guests, including a group of visiting Soviet journalists, to a cruise around lower Manhattan and ringside seats for the annual July 4 sky show. [...] Among the guests, who boarded the yacht to the sound of "Yankee Doodle" played on a bagpipe, were Louis S. Auchincloss; Clay Felker and Gail Sheehy; Henry A. Grunwald; Robert M. Morgenthau and his wife, Lucinda Franks; Dr. and Mrs. Paul Marks; Louise Melhado; Mr. and Mrs. John Pierrepont; John T. Sargent; Laurence A. and Billie Tisch; Donald and Ivana Trump, and three generations of Forbeses. [...] The Soviet journalists, who had been invited here by the American Society of Newspaper Editors, seemed more interested in the scene along the dock at 23d Street and the East River, where the Highlander tied up for the fireworks. Noting the contrast between the well-dressed guests on the yacht and the masses of ordinary New Yorkers lining the dock, Vitaly Kobysh, a columnist for the weekly Literaturnaya Gazeta, took out his camera and said, "This is the best shot of the trip: the two worlds." (''New York Times'', July 6, 1984) | ||
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+ | [[Alexander Shnaider]] | ||
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+ | [[Tamir Sapir]] | ||
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+ | [[Felix Sater]] | ||
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+ | [[Michael Cohen]] | ||
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+ | [[Alan Garten]] | ||
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+ | [[Michael Flynn]] | ||
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+ | [[Paul Manafort]] | ||
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+ | [[Jeff Sessions]] | ||
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+ | [[Carter Page]] | ||
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+ | [[Rex Tillerson]] | ||
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+ | [[Roger Stone]] | ||
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+ | [[Eduard Shifrin]] | ||
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+ | [[Midland Resources]] (1994) | ||
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+ | [[Vasily Khmelnytsky]] | ||
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+ | [[Michael Bleyzer]] | ||
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+ | [[Shnaider and Co]] | ||
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+ | [[Rinat Akhmetov]] | ||
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+ | [[Victor Pinchuk]] | ||
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+ | [[Leib Waldman]] |
Revision as of 16:52, 28 March 2017
Contents
- 1 1985: Trump Volunteered to Negotiate Arms Treaty with USSR
- 2 1987: Trump Called for Linking Alliances to Cash
- 3 1987: Trump Traveled to Moscow
- 4 1987: Trump Attended State Department Lunch With Gorbachev
- 5 1988: Gorbachev Visited New York City
- 6 1996: Trump Explored Moscow Development Deal
- 7 1999: Trump Denounced Boris Yeltsin
- 8 Miscellaneous
- 9 Lists
1985: Trump Volunteered to Negotiate Arms Treaty with USSR
Trump Wanted to Negotiate Nuclear Alliance with USSR
“ Trump has said he would like to be the U.S. negotiator in arms talks with the Soviets. "Some people have an ability to negotiate," he says. "It's an art you're basically born with. Either you have it or you don't.
"I feel for the first time in many years we're in a position to negotiate a really good treaty. I've been involved in studying the issue for years. I feel very knowledgable about the issues." And the issue, he says, is not so much the United States vs. the Soviet Union as it is both superpowers against a Third World country which gains nuclear capability. "I've never actually recommended myself as a negotiator," Trump says, "but I think what we need is someone who really knows the issues and knows how to negotiate." (Associated Press, February 24, 1985) ”Trump Credited Roy Cohn for Idea
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