Second, I planned to teach a course in negotiating styles and techniques at the
graduate level at George Washington University.
Third, I planned to join the Board of Visitors for the University of Maryland
College Program. I planned to inject some of the negotiating styles and techniques
I learned into their business and commercial courses.
Fourth, I planned to work at getting the remains of Ignacy Paderewski back to
Poland in June 1991. This would entail having President Bush name the honorary
pallbearers who would accompany the body back to Poland. It was planned that
Paderewski would be returned with full military honors in Air Force One.
Fifth, I planned to become a consultant for the Department of Defense, especially
on matters relating to the Soviet Union.
Q ..
Now, a year later in August 1991, how have your plans worked out?
A ..
The first plan has worked out reasonably well. I became associated with CSIS and
began writing my book. However, with everything else I wanted to accomplish
and with the rapid evolvement of events in the Soviet Union, writing the book has
progressed very slowly. At this time I'm still trying to finish it. In large part the
delay occurred because in January 1991 I changed the focus of my book. Having
practically finished it, I decided that the public was no longer highly interested in
arms control. The events in Eastern Europe after the Berlin Wall was tom down
and the increasing deterioration of the Communist system caused me to shift
direction. I decided to compare how the five Presidents I worked for: Nixon,
Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush, negotiated with the Soviet Union. I also decided
to put more emphasis on negotiating at the international level in the commercial
field.
The second plan turned out quite well. I taught a course in the fall semester at the
Elliot School of George Washington University. Although I found the preparation
time for teaching to be quite demanding, I enjoyed teaching the course and plan to
repeat it in the spring of 1992.
The third plan also worked out quite well. I gave several seminars at the
University of Maryland on negotiating at the international level. I also participated
in several of their Board of Visitors meetings.
The fourth plan, returning Paderewski's body to Poland, went awry. Prime
Minister Mazowiecki sent the letter I had drafted for him to President Bush in the
fall of 1990. In December, President Bush replied, stating his intention to return
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