A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" id="mwAXI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George H. W. Bush">George Bush</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Russia" id="mwAXM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of Russia">Russian President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin" id="mwAXQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Boris Yeltsin">Boris Yeltsin</a> (this would be later codified in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/START_II" id="mwAXU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="START II">START II</a>).