"Yale Richmond, a veteran of thirty years in the U.S. Foreign Service, worked for more than twenty years on exchanges with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. He is currently on the staff of the National Endowment for Democracy. "

• Foreword -- Preface -- Overview -- Performing Arts -- Exhibitions -- Scholars and Students -- Public Diplomacy and Other Exchanges -- Information -- Science and Technology -- Sports and Tourism -- Problems in Exchanges -- From Geneva to Geneva -- The Reagan-Gorbachev Summit -- Eastern Europe -- Recommendations -- NSC 5607, “East-West Exchanges” -- U.S.-USSR General Agreement of November 21, 1985 and Program of Cooperation and Exchanges for 1986–1988