Postcard and Letter There is a picture by Claude Monet on a postcard. The author describes many excitements and disappointments of the outgoing 1987: the joyous birth of the daughter, the uncertainty of his finances entailed to a separation him from his wife with children (a decision of the wife), the joy from new working ideas and the gratitude for the treaty signed by Reagan and Gorbachev. Date: 25.12.1987(?) Original document language: English Authors: Jack Bonnell Dennis Persons: Michail S. Gorbachev Addressee: Andrei Petrovich Ershov