Some Americans want to go further and undermine him(Gorbachev, even to encourage a breakup of the Soviet Union.That would only play into the hands of reactionaries, not help the reformers.

• 有些美国人要进一步削弱他（戈尔巴乔夫），甚至鼓励苏联解体。那仅能予以反动派可乘之机，而无助于改革派。