The Berlin Wall fell on November 9 , 1989 , and on November 15 , the U.S. and U.S.S.R. submitted a joint resolution to the United Nations on the '' Consolidation of International Peace , Security and Cooperation '' , the first such joint initiative . A December meeting in Malta brought Gorbachev and George H. W. Bush together for their first summit
meeting in Malta
Malta Summit
Jack F. Matlock Jr.