El UNCLASSIFIED PTQ9178 RELEASED IN FULL CONFIDENTIAL PTQ9178 PAGE 01 STATE 337089 2107362 ORIGIN EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 ACDE-OO AMAD-OI cco-oo SMEc-oo COME-00 CFE-OO OASY-OO FBIE-OO HHS-01 IMMO-OI INR-OO I0-16 L-01 ADs oo M-oo NASA-01 NRC-01 NRRC-OO NSAE-OO DES-09 OIC-OZ GIG-04 OMB-01 pas-01 9 01 53-00 SNP-OO SP-OO sso-oo ss-oo TRSE-OO T-OO USIE-OO SNIs-oo NIsc-01 PMB-OO DEL-09 G-OO DEAETED BY APPROVED BY ASENs LEUERTH 94DDE3 210738Z 38 0 2107342 DEC 94 ZFF4 FM SECSTATE WASHDC To USMISSION USNATO NIACT IMMEDIATE INFO EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE SECDEF WASHDC JOINT STAFF WASHDC AMEMEASSI VILNIUS AMEMEASSI TALLINN AMEMEASSI KIEV AMEMEASSI RIGA AMEMEASSI CHISINAU CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 AMEMBASSY BAKU AMEMBASSY TASHKENT STATE 337089 2107362 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY THEODORE SELLIN ID 01 SEP 2010 201002312 UNCLASSIFIED MEMBASSY BISHKEK UNCLASSIFIED AMEMBASSY ASHGABAT AMEMBASSY YEREVAN AMEMBASSY ALMATY AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE AMEMBASSY TBILISI AMEMBASSY MINSK AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA AMEMBASSY BRATISLAVA I I A STATE 337089 E 0 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PREL RS NATO SUBJECT DECEMBER 21 NAC GUIDANCE FOR DISCUSSION OF THE VICE VISIT RUSSIA 1 CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT 2 AMBASSADOR HUNTER MAY DRAW ON FOLLOWING POINTS TO BRIEF ALLIES ON THE VICE DECEMBER 14-16 VISIT TO MOSCOW 3 BEGIN POINTS -- VICE PRESIDENT GORE AND A LARGE DELEGATION WHICH INCLUDED THE SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND COMMERCE AND SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT TREASURY NASA THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 STATE 337089 210736Z COMMISSION OPIC AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL VISITED MOSCOW DECEMBER 14-16 FOR THE FOURTH SEMI-ANNUAL SESSION OF THE GORE-CHERNOMYRDIN COMMISSION -- TOGETHER WITH RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER CHERNOMYRDIN THE VICE PRESIDENT SIGNED THREE AGREEMENTS ARCTIC POLLUTION INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND EDUCATION AND CUSTOMS ASPECTS OF SPACE 12 STATEMENTS OR MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING ON TRADE AND SCIENTIFIC AND UNCLASSIFIED TECHNICAL COOPERATION SUBJECTS WERE ISSUED BY THE Ibl CO-CHAIRMEN OF THE EIGHT AND SIX CLASSIFIED JOINT STATEMENTS WERE ISSUED -- THE PRIVATE AND PLENARY MEETINGS WITH TNE PRIME MINISTER WERE PRODUCTIVE AND POSITIVE AS WERE THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS TECHNICAL IN SUBSTANCE THE WORK OF THE GORE-CHERNOMYRDIN COMMISSION HAS ESTABLISHED PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CABINET OFFICERS AND SUB-CABINET OFFICIALS OF A WIDE RANGE OF AGENCIES IN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS BEYOND THE PERSONAL CONTACTS THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT MECHANISM IN BROADENING AND DEEPENING U S -RUSSIAN PARTNERSHIP BY MAKING CLEAR TO GROUPS AND BUREAUCRACIES OUTSIDE THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS AREA THAT PARTNERSHIP HAS TANGIBLE AND MUTUAL BENEFITS -- THE VICE VISIT HAD IMPORTANT FOREIGN POLICY DIMENSIONS WHICH ARE OF GREATEST INTEREST TO THIS GROUP IT WAS A TIMELY VISIT COMING JUST AFTER FOREIGN MINISTER UNEXPECTED ANNOUNCEMENT DECEMBER 1 THAT HE WOULD NOT BE APPROVING THE INDIVIDUAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 STATE 337089 2107362 DOCUMENTS IN VIEW OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE NAC COMMUNIQUE REGARDING NATO ENLARGEMENT AND FOLLOWING PRESIDENT EXPRESSIONS OF CONCERN IN BUDAPEST ON DECEMBER 5 ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A RE-DIVISION OF EUROPE AND THE EMERGENCE OF A -- THE VICE VISIT SIGNIFICANTLY AND DIRECTLY ADDRESSED THE SOURCES OF U S -RUSSIAN FRICTIONS REFLECTED IN FOREIGN MINISTER AND PRESIDENT STATEMENTS AND RESULTED IN IMPORTANT REAFFIRMATIONS OF THE RELEVANCE AND VALIDITY OF U S -RUSSIAN PARTNERSHIP OF BOTH DESIRE TO DEVELOP THAT PARTNERSHIP OF BOTH DESIRE TO MANAGE THEIR DIFFERENCES THROUGH PRIVATE DIALOGUE AND TO RE-INVIGORATE THE U S -RUSSIAN RELATIONSHIP IN THAT RESPECT IT WAS SIGNIFICANT THAT THE RUSSIANS MADE NO LINKAGE BETWEEN RECENT FRICTIONS AND THE PROGRESS OF WORK ON ANY OF THE NUMEROUS ELEMENTS OF OUR BILATERAL COOPERATION UNCLASSIFIED -- BESIDES MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER THE VICE PRESIDENT SPENT AN HOUR WITH PRESIDENT YELTSIN THEN UNCLASSIFIED RECUPERATING FROM MINOR SURGERY IN HIS HOSPITAL ROOM PRESIDENT YELTSIN WAS WELL AND ENERGETIC IN ADDITION DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE TALBOTT MET FOR 90 MINUTES WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KOZYREV AND ALSO WITH MR RYURIKOV IN THE KREMLIN -- IN THESE MEETINGS WITH THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN MINISTER OUR OFFICIALS FOCUSSED ON THE OVERALL ISSUES OF EVOLVING EUROPEAN SECURITY ARCHITECTURE INCLUDING EXPANSION OF THE ALLIANCE OVER WHICH THE RUSSIANS HAD CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 05 STATE 337089 2107362 EXPRESSED CONCERN -- THERE WAS AGREEMENT THAT SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER AND FOREIGN MINISTER KOZYREV WILL MEET SOMETIME IN JANUARY TO CONTINUE THESE DISCUSSIONS AND ALSO THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER WILL THEMSELVES RETURN TO THE ISSUES IN THE FUTURE -- BEYOND THESE UNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT CHANNELS THE VICE PRESIDENT AND DEPUTY SECRETARY TALBOTT SOUGHT TO IDENTIFY TOGETHER WITH THEIR RUSSIAN INTERLOCUTORS AREAS OF RUSSIAN MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT NATO ENLARGEMENT WE REVIEWED WITH THE RUSSIANS EXACTLY WHAT THE NAC COMMUNIQUE SAYS AND DOES NOT SAY THE VICE PEREIDENT NOTED THAT 1995 WILL BE A YEAR OF STUDIES AND CONSULTATIONS THE VICE PRESIDENT AFFIRMED THE INTENT TO TAKE IN NEW MEMBERS AND THE STATEMENT TO PRESIDENT YELTSIN IN SEPTEMBER THAT NATO EXPANSION WAS INEVITABLE AND STRESSED THAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE GRADUAL AND TRANSPARENT THE VICE PRESIDENT MADE CLEAR THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO AGREEMENT ON WHEN THE ALLIANCE WILL TAKE IN NEW MEMBERS OR WHAT COUNTRIES ARE THE MOST LIKELY CANDIDATES WE ALSO UNDERSCORED OUR INTENT TO MENAGE ENLARGEMENT IN A MANNER THAT ENHANCES THE SECURITY OF ALL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES THROUGH A GRADUAL TRANSPARENT AND DELIBERATE PROCESS -- RUSSIAN LEADERS AND RUSSIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSSED THE NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE RUSSIAN DOMESTIC POLITICAL UNCLASSIFIED 1E1 SCENE OF NATO EXPANSION WHICH COULD BE PERCEIVED AS PRECIPTIOUS AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE SECURITY OF AT THE EXPENSE OF OWN SECURITY THE RUSSIANS SAID CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 06 STATE 337089 2107362 THEY HAD INTERPRETED PRONOUNCEMENTS SINCE THE SEPTEMBER WASHINGTON SUMMIT TO MEAN THAT THE UNITED STATES AND NATO WERE SUBORDINATING IF NOT ABANDONING INTEGRATION TO NATO EXPANSION THE RUSSIANS SAID THEY HAD INTERPRETED PRONOUNCEMENTS SINCE THE SEPTEMBER WASHINGTON SUMMIT To MEAN THAT THE UNITED STATES AND NATO WERE ABANDONING IF NOT SUBORDINATING INTEGRATION TO NATO EXPANSION BASED ON OUR DISCUSSIONS WE BELIEVE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT RUSSIAN LEADERS AND OFFICIALS MISUNDERSTOOD THE CONTEXT AND MEANING OF THE NAC COMMUNIQUE THIS MISUNDERSTANDING WAS PARTLY DRIVEN BY PRESS ACCOUNTS WHICH THE NATO DIMENSION OF EUROPEAN SECURITY ARCHITECTURE TO THE NEGLECT OF OR ABSENT ANY REFERENCE TO THE CSCE PEP WEU EU AND OTHER BODIES OR MECHANISMS IN WHICH OF THE ALLIANCE CAN PROJECT THEIR INTERESTS IN EUROPEAN SECURITY ISSUES -- RUSSIAN LEADERS AND OFFICIALS DID NOT ENDORSE NATO ENLARGEMENT NOR DID THEY CLAIM A VETO OVER IT THEY AFFIRMED THAT NATO ENLARGEMENT POSES DIFFICULTIES FOR THEM BECAUSE NATO IS STILL PERCEIVED IN RUSSIA AS A MILITARY ALLIANCE SYSTEM WHICH IS EITHER DIRECTED AT THEM OR IS MAINTAINED AND PLANS TO EXPAND PENDING THE FAILURE OF RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY AND RUSSIAN ECONOMIC REFORM RUSSIAN LEADERS AND OFFICIALS DID INDICATE HOWEVER THAT THEY ARE PREPARED TO CHANGE THEIR MINDS AND THEIR PERCEPTIONS ABOUT NATO -- WE RESPONDED TO THESE CONCERNS BY UNDERSCORING OUR COMMITMENTS BOTH TO NATO EXPANSION AND TO BUILDING AN CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 07 STATE 337089 210736Z UNDIVIDED SECURE AND STABLE EUROPE WE EMPHASIZED THAT DYNAMIC AND STRONG RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN NATO AND RUSSIA BETWEEN THE U S AND AND BETWEEN THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ALLIANCE AND RUSSIA ARE ESSENTIAL TO FUTURE EUROPEAN AND RUSSIAN SECURITY WE ALSO REPORTED THAT WE HAVE FULFILLED BOTH THE SPIRIT AND LETTER OF OUR UNDERTAKING THAT EXPANSION WOULD TAKE PLACE THROUGH A GRADUAL AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS WITH NO SURPRISES FOR ANYONE INCLUDING MOSCOW -- WE ADVISED THE RUSSIANS THAT WE HOPED THEY WOULD BE ALBLE TO SIGN THE IPP DOCUMENTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE EXPECT THIS WILL HAPPEN BEFORE SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER AND FOREIGN MINISTER KOZYREV MEET IN JANUARY THE VICE PRESIDENT PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY STATED THAT THE U S GOVERNMENT HOPED THE MATTER OF CHECHENYA WOULD BE ENDED WITH MINIMAL BLOODSHED AND THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS THE VICE PRESIDENT EMPHASIZED THIS WAS AN INTERNAL RUSSIAN MATTER END POINTS 4 BRATISLAVA MINIMIZE CONSIDERED CHRISTOPHER CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu