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The summit meeting in Reykjavik between Reagan and Gorbachev, the Iran-Contra scandal, the CIA mining of the harbor in Managua, the nuclear arms reduction pact and Shultz’ departure from the State Department.
Shultz is in the midst of preparations for the summit meeting
between Reagan and Gorbachev in Reykjavik, Iceland, when news
breaks that the United States was indeed trading arms for the
Nicaraguan Contras to secure the release of the Iran hostages, and
Newsweek reveals that the CIA is mining the harbor in
Managua. The Reykjavik summit leads to the most significant nuclear
arms reduction pact of the Cold War and is the pinnacle of Shultz'
career in government service. In January 1989, Shultz leaves the
State Department. He returns to the world of ideas as a fellow at
the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and continues to
travel the world as a passionate advocate for nuclear disarmament.