Below is the full reply I got from BioSante chief executive Stephen Simes.

FORBES: BioSante's Pollyannish Press Release

As Mr Simes observes, the Bush administration would have been better prepared for the August 1991 coup, masterminded by Mr Kryuchkov, if it had taken notice of these signals.

ECONOMIST: Russia and America

In this new book, Mr Simes analyses developments in his homeland since 1991, partly in the light of several visits to Russia with Nixon before his death in 1994.

ECONOMIST: Russia and America