Description
Diaries and notes relating to Soviet foreign relations, and to Georgian politics and foreign relations. Includes summaries
of conversations between Eduard Shevardnadze and foreign leaders. Also available on microfilm (10 reels).
Background
Teimuraz G. Stepanov-Mamaladze was born in 1934 in Tbilisi (Georgia). After graduating from the Moscow State University Law
School in 1958, he began his career as a journalist in Georgia. In 1978 he was appointed director of the Georgian Information
Agency (Gruzinform). At that time he met Eduard Shevardnadze, the first secretary of the Communist Party of Georgia. In 1985,
when Shevardnadze was appointed minister of foreign affairs of the Soviet Union and left for Moscow, he invited Stepanov-Mamaladze
to work as his aide and speechwriter, which he did through 1991.
Extent
5 manuscript boxes, 10 microfilm reels
(2.0 Linear Feet)
Restrictions
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Availability
Originals may not be used without permission of the Archivist. Microfilm access available. Materials must be requested in
advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted
before providing access.