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During the 1985 Geneva summit, US President Reagan asked Soviet Premier Gorbachev if the Soviet Union would help the US if it was attacked by aliens. Gorbachev replied that they would. The conversation was kept secret until a 2009 interview with Gorbachev, George P. Shultz, and Charlie Rose. Reagan often cited the hypothetical threat of an alien attack to emphasize the need for cooperation between countries.
One-on-one private conversations between American and Russian leaders can be constructive or may border on science fiction. We’re not talking about the shady two-hour discussion in the news this month, but the one that took place at the 1985 Cold War-era Geneva summit between US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev. Taking a break from the negotiations on international diplomacy and the arms race, the two leaders and their interpreters took a walk in the park of the Swiss castle Maison de Saussure. Reagan asked Gorbachev point-blank if the Soviet Union would help the United States if it was ever attacked by invaders from space. “There is no doubt about it,” Gorbachev replied.
aliens? We have your back:
No one knew what was discussed during that walk along Lake Geneva until a 2009 interview that brought together Gorbachev, former Secretary of State George P. Shultz and journalist Charlie Rose.
Gorbachev told the story of this unusual informal agreement between the two superpowers, adding that after agreeing to fight the alien aggressors alongside the United States, Reagan replied: “So do we.”
Reagan was fond of citing the hypothetical threat of an alien attack to underscore the need for cooperation between countries, even during the tense years of the Cold War. He spoke about it several times during his presidency, including a 1987 speech to the United Nations General Assembly.
