UNCLASSIFIED 1 g 4 IDate Printed 12-Apr-2000 19938ECT017027 CHANNEL n a i RELEASED IN FULL PAGE 01 SECTO 17027 01 OF 06 251124Z ACTION NODS - 0 0 INFO LOG-00 cc0E-00 000w --FD1362 2511252 30 0 2507042 OCT 93 ZFF4 EM USDEL SECRETARY IN UKRAINE T0 SECSTATE WASIHBC IMMEDIATE 9752 INFO AMEMBASSY moscow IMMEDIATE 01 OF 06 SECTO 17027 DECAPTIONED E O 12356 OVIP CHRISTOPHER WARREN PREL RU SUBJECT SECRETARY MEETING WITH 10 22 93 MOSCOW 2 SUMMARY PRESIDENT YELTSIN OPENED THE OCTOBER 22 MEETING BY PROVIDING A BRIEF RUNDOWN ON THE EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 21 AND OCTOBER 3-4 EXPRESSING SPECIAL APPRECIATION TO PRESIDENT CLINTON AND SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER FOR THEIR EARLY AND EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE BACKING HE REVIEWED THE ELECTORAL SCENE NOTING THAT WORK HAD BEGUN BY POLITICAL PARTIES THAT ELECTIONS WOULD BE HELD FOR THE PARLIAMENTI AND THAT A PAGE 02 SECTO 17027 01 OF 06 2511242 REFERENDUM WOUED TAKE PLACE ON THE CONSTITUTION BASED ON THE TEXT APPROVED BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE EARLIER THIS YEAR THIS WOULD MARK THE END OF THE SOVIET ERA AND THE INCORPORATION OF A TRUE DEMOCRATIC FUTURE FOR RUSSIA SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER CONVEYED PRESIDENT HIGH APPRECIATION OF PRESIDENT ACTIONS DURING THE RECENT CRISIS AND PASSED ON HIS GOOD WISHES AND CONTINUING STRONG SUPPORT SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER ACCEPTED ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT CLINTON PRESIDENT INVITATION TO VISIT IN THE SECOND WEEK IN JANUARY TURNING TO THE-QUESTION OF NATO EXPANSION SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER EXPLAINED THE U S APPROACH 0F ESTABLISHING A PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE AND STRESSED THAT THE APPROACH TO FUTURE NEW MEMBERSHIP IN THE ALLIANCE WAS INCLUSIVE AND NON-DISCRIMINATORY PRESIDENT YELTSIN CALLED IT A REVIEW AUTHORITY ERIC w FLEISHER Page - 1 DA TEICASE ID 3 MAY 2000 200000932 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED - Dace Printed 12-Apr-2000 1993SECT017027 CHANNEL n a BRILLIANT PROPOSAL PLEDGED HIS FULL SUPPORT AND PRESIDENT HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE WHICH COULD HAVE PROVED EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR RUSSIA TO HANDLE END SUMMARY 3 SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER MET PRESIDENT YELTSIN AT ZAVIDOVO OUTSIDE MOSCOW FOR 45 MINUTES ON THE AFTERNOON OF OCTOBER 22 YELTSIN WAS ACCOMPANIED BY FOREIGN MINISTER KOZYREV FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADVISOR AND PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT ILYUSHIN SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER WAS ACCOMPANIED BY AMBASSADOR AT LARGE STROBE TALBOTT AND AMBASSADOR PICKERING BOTH SIDES HAD INTERPRETERS PRESENT 4 PRESIDENT YELTSIN WARMLY GREETED SECRETARY PAGE 03 SECTO 17027 01 OF 06 2511242 CHRISTOPHER ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE MEETING ROOM AND DURING THE EXCHANGE OF GREETINGS THE SECRETARY TOLD PRESIDENT YELTSIN HOW MUCH PRESIDENT CLINTON ADMIRES ALL THAT HE HAS DONE IN RECENT WEEKS AND PARTICULARLY HIS FIRMMESS IN PURSUING SUCH A STEADY COURSE IN THE FACE OF HEAVY DIFFICULTIES IN RETURN PRESIDENT YELTSIN NOTED THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON HAD PURSUED AN EQUALLY STEADY COURSE EVER SINCE HE HAD COME INTO THE WHITE HOUSE HE HAD BEEN FULLY AND RAPIDLY SUPPORTIVE OF PRESIDENT YELTSIN IN VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE PRESIDENT WANTED PRESIDENT CLINTON HIS FRIEND PAGE 01 SECTO 17027 02 OF 05 2511252 INFO LOG-00 --FD186A 2511262 33 0 2507042 OCT 93 ZFF4 FM USDEL SECRETARY IN UKRAINE TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9763 INFO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW IMMEDIATE 02 0F 06 SECTO 17027 Page - 2 A UNCLASSIFIED - Date Printed 12-Apr 2 000 n a 13 0 12356 TAGS OVIP CHRISTOPHER WARREN PREL RU SUBJECT SECRETARY MEETING WITH PRESIDENT YELTSIN 10 22 93 MOSCOW BILL AS HE KEPT SAYING TO KNOW HOW MUCH HE APPRECIATED THIS 5 AT PRESIDENT INVITATION THE PARTY MOVED TO THE MEETING TABLE PRESIDENT YELTSIN BEGAN THE CONVERSATION BY NOTING THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT CLINTON REGARDING THE VISIT IN WHICH PRESIDENT CLINTON HAD ASKED HIM TO RECEIVE THE SECRETARY HE NOTED THAT THE MESSAGE REFERRED TO A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR THE TWO OF THEM TO PAGE 02 SECTO 17027 02 OF 06 2511252 DISCUSS HE REMARKED THAT WITH THE UNITED STATES IT IS OEVIOUS THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS QUESTIONS TO DISCUSS TOGETHER AND HE WAS READY TO DO SO HE ALSO INDICATED THAT HE HAD HIS OWN LIST OE QUESTIONS WHICH HE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS AND HE HOPED THAT SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER WOULD AGREE WITH THIS THE SECRETARY SAID OE COURSE BUT HE DID NOT WISH To PROLONG THE MEETING ESPECIALLY SINCE HE HAD INTRUDED ON PRESIDENT STAY AT HIS COUNTRY HOUSE PRESIDENT YELTSIN SAID THAT ONE OEVIOUS QUESTION IS THE COMING VISIT OF PRESIDENT CLINTON T0 RUSSIA AND SOME OR THE APPROACHES THAT WE TAKE TO THAT QUESTION I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH SAID TO THE SECRETARY SUGGESTIONS WHICH WE THEN COULD PASS ON TOGETHER To PRESIDENT CLINTON WE CAN HAVE VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TWO OE US HERE TOGETHER THE SCHEDULE OF THE VISIT PRESIDENT CLINTON SHOULD COME NOT JUST TO MOSCOW BUT PERHAPs ALSO TO ST PETERSEURG THERE IS THE QUESTION OF AN AGENDA AS WELL WE CAN PERHAPS DISCUSS THE GENERAL QUESTION AND AGREE ON THE MAJOR POINTS AND AFTER THAT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN APEAIRS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE COULD BEGIN TO PUT TOGETHER THE DETAILED PROGRAM AND IDEAS FOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT VISIT SHOULD PRESIDENT YELTSIN SAID I HAVE A VERY LARGE INTEREST IN MAKING THIS VISIT A FULL SUCCESS THE PEOPLE OF RUSSIA WILL WELCOME PRESIDENT CLINTON WITH WE OURSELVES HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO THE MEDIA ABOUT PRESIDENT CLINTON IN ORDER TO CONVEY TO THE PEOPLE OF RUSSIA A SENSE OF THE IMPORTANCE WHICH THE GOVERNMENT Page - 3 TNFT A UNCLASSIFIED Date Printed 12-Apr 2000 1993SECT017027 CHANNEL n a RAGE 03 SECTO 17027 02 OF 06 2511252 ATTACHES TO THIS VISIT WE WANT HIM TO APPEAR NATURAL AND WITHOUT ANY SPECIAL EMEELLISHMENT WE WANT TO GIVE HIM FULL CREDIT FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE IN HIS SHORT TIME IN OFFICE 6 PRESIDENT YELTSIN SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE SECRETARY HAD A GOOD MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER CHERNOMYRDIN HE SAID IT WAS ESSENTIAL TO BRIEF THE SECRETARY ON THE ACTUAL SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY FOLLOWING THE EVENTS IN OCTOBER THE COUNTRY HAS CALMED DOWN APPRECIABLY THERE IS NO LONGER THE PROBLEM OF DUAL AUTHORITY THERE IS ONE GOVERNMENT AND IT IS VIGOROUS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND FROM FEDERAL CENTER TO THE LOCAL AREAS THERE ARE NO STRIKES AND NO APPRECIABLE UNREST IN THE COUNTRY THERE IS NO OVERT DISCONTENT AND THE CRIME RATE IS DOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE LAST TWO YEARS THIS IS PARTICULARLY WORTH NOTING HE EMPHASIZED THERE IS PAGE 01 SECTO 17027 03 OF 05 2511252 ACTION NODS-OO INFO LOG-00 CCOE-OO 2511262 33 0 2507042 OCT 93 2FF4 PM USDEL SECRETARY IN UKRAINE To SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9764 INFO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW IMMEDIATE 03 OF 05 SECTO 17027 E O 12355 TAGS OVIP CHRISTOPHER WARREN PREL RU SUBJECT SECRETARY MEETING WITH PRESIDENT YELTSIN 10 22 93 MOSCOW NOW AN ACTIVE PROCESS TO PREPARE AN ELECTION WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION AND DISTRICT COMMISSIONS CONSTITUENCIES FOR THE TIME HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED AND FOR THE FIRST TIME Page 4 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED - Date Printed 12 Apr-2000 1993SECT017027 CHANNEL n a POLITICAL PARTIES ARE FORMING ON A REALISTIC BASIS THIS WILL BE THE FIRST FREE AND FAIR ELECTTON FOR THE PARLIAMENT SINCE 1917 AND IT MARKS A CLEAR END OF SOVIET POWER PAGE 02 SECTO 17027 03 OF 06 251125Z 7 YELTSIN SAID RUSSIA IS NOW BEGINNING TO EXERCISE ITS DEMOCRACY MUCH AS IT IS DONE IN THE UNITED STATES AND ELSEWHERE AND THINGS ARE FULLY ON TRACK THE PARTIES AND THE BLOCS ARE MAKING THEIR NOMINATIONS THERE WILL BE 225 SEATS FOR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PARTIES ELECTED AT LARGE PROPORTIONATELY IN THE COUNTRY THERE WILL BE 225 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TERRITORIES ELECTED IN THEIR DISTRICTS WHAT HAS COME AS A SURPRISE TO US PRESIDENT YELTSIN SAID IS THE VERY LARGE INTEREST IN THE POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE ELECTIONS THE PARTIES ARE ACTIVE AND VIGOROUS WHILE THE FASCIST GROUPS AND PARTIES HAVE HUNKERED DOWN THEY ARE THE ONES TO BLAME AND THEY BEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTEMPTED MILITARY BLACKMAIL 8 MOVING ON PRESIDENT YEDTSIN EMPHASIZED THAT HE WAS ALSO GOING AHEAD WITH THE NEW CONSTITUTION DRAFT HE WANTED A DECISION ON ITS ADOPTION IN A REFERENDUM TO ACCOMPANY THE ELECTION ON DECEMBER 12 THE TEXT WILL BE THE ONE APPROVED BY THE-CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE WHICH HAD BEEN ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF MANY OTHER GROUPS THIS DRAFT WILL ENSHRINE POPULAR DEMOCRACY IN RUSSIA AND THE VOTE WILL OF COURSE TAKE PLACE ON IT ON DECEMBER 12 RUSSIA WILL THEN HAVE A CONSTITUTION UP TO THE STANDARDS OF THE BEST WESTERN DEMOCRACIES 9 PRESIDENT YELTSIN ALSO NOTED THAT AS RUSSIA CONTINUED TO MOVE AHEAD IT WOULD BE MOVING CONSISTENTLY WITH THE PARTIES TO END THE OLD PAGE 03 SECTO 17027 03 OF 06 2511252 TOTALITARIAN REGIME WITH THE POWER ASSIGNED TO THE SOVIETS MOCKING THE PEOPLE AS HE DESCRIBED IT SINCE 1917 HE EMPHASIZED AGAIN THAT RUSSIA WOULD BE ADOPTING A NEW DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTION WHICH MET THE HIGHEST STANDARDS HE BY SAYING ONLY REMAINS FOR US TO RE-BURY Page - 5 UNCLAS Date Printed 12 Apr-2000 1993SECT017027 CHANNEL n a 10 THE SECRETARY IN REPLY NOTED THAT JUST BEFORE HE LEFT HE HAD A GOOD MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CLINTON THE PRESIDENT WANTED HIM SPECIFICALLY TO COVER THREE SUBJECTS AND HE WOULD DO SO QUICKLY IN ORDER NOT TO TAKE TOO MUCH TIME FROM THE PRESIDENT WHILE HE WAS RESTING AT HIS COUNTRY RESIDENCE 11- THE SECRETARY SAID FIRST THAT HE WANTED TO BRING CONGRATULATIONS ON HOW PRESIDENT YELTSIN HAD HANDLED RECENT EVENTS PRESIDENT CLINTON HAD FOLLOWED EVENTS CLOSELY AND PERSONALLY HE WAS EXTREMELY INTERESTED IN PRESIDENT SUPERB HANDLING OF THE CRISIS PAGE 01 SECTO 17027 04 OF 06 2511252 ACTION NODS-OO INFO LOG-00 CCOE-OO 2511272 33 0 2507042 OCT 93 ZFF4 FM USDEL SECRETARY IN UKRAINE TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9765 INFO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW IMMEDIATE 04 OF 05 313010 17027 E O 12356 TAGS OVIP CHRISTOPHER WARREN RU SUBJECT SECRETARY MEETING WITH PRESIDENT YELTSIN 10 22 93 MOSCOW AND ADMIRED THE RESTRAINT WHICH THE PRESIDENT HAD PRACTICED AFTER SEPTEMBER 21 HE JOINED IN REGRETTING THAT ACTION HAD TO BE TAKEN WHEN THE REVOLT LED TO VIOLENCEWAS THE LEAST THREATENING AND CAUSED THE LEAST LOSS OF LIFE PRESIDENT YELTSIN RESPONDED WITH A THANK YOU 12 CONTINUING THE SECRETARY NOTED THAT ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 3 THE PRESIDENT ALSO CLOSELY FOLLOWED EVENTS AND WANTED TO TELL PRESIDENT THAT WE IN Page - 6 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED IDate Printed 12-Apr-2000 1993SECT017027 CHANNEL n a PAGE 02 SECTO 17027 04 OF 06 2511252 WASHINGTON FELT THE SERIOUS NATURE OF THE CRISIS AND OUR THOUGHTS WERE WITH YOU IN MOSCOW ALL DAY WE WERE GREATLY RELIEVED WHEN YOU RE-ESTABLISHED CONTROL 13 THE SECRETARY ALSO NOTED THAT WE FELT THAT FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR RYURIKOV HAD MADE AN IMPORTANT SUNDAY EVENING MOSCOW TIME WHICH ESTABLISHED CONFIDENCE WORLD OUTSIDE PRIME MINISTER CHERNOMYRDIN AND FOREIGN MINISTER KOZYREV HAD ALSO DONE SUPERB WORK AND IT WAS A HIGH COMPLIMENT TO JUDGEMENT AND TASTE 14 THE SECRETARY NOTED THE HOLDING OF THE FIRST COMPLETELY DEMOCRATIC PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN RUSSIA SINCE 1917 AND THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON WOULD LIKE TO OFFER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN ANY WAY THAT WOULD BE USEFUL THERE ARE ALREADY NUMBERS OF OUR EXPERTS HERE WHO COULD BE HELPFUL BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO ASSIST IN ANY WAY IN WHICH WE COULD DO SO 15 PRESIDENT YELTSIN NOTED THAT HE HAD ALREADY EXTENDED INVITATIONS TO OBSERVERS FROM THE G-7 THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND THE CSCE IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES TO VISIT DIFFERENT REGIONS OF RUSSIA THEY WOULD HELP TO SEE THAT THE ELECTION IS DIRECT AND FREE AND MEETS THE HIGHEST DEMOCRATIC STANDARDS WITH RESPECT TO THE IDEA OF ASSISTANCE THIS WAS A NEW OFFER AND HE WOULD LIKE TO THINK IT THROUGH AND TAKE IT UNDER ADVISEMENT AND WOULD BE RESPONDING PRESIDENT YELTSIN NOTED THAT THEY HAD ALREADY SET UP AN INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE T0 COORDINATE PAGE 03 SECTO 17027 04 OF 06 2511252 ASSISTANCE AND HELP FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AS THE SOLE COORDINATING BODY HE AGAIN THANKED SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER FOR THE OFFER OF ELECTION TECHNIAL AID AND WOULD GET BACK TO US WITH HIS THOUGHTS 16 PRESIDENT YELTSIN NOTED THAT FOR THE PAST SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS ANY ELECTION IN RUSSIA HAD BEEN CONDUCTED THROUGH THE COMMUNIST PARTY AND THESE WERE NOT ELECTIONS WHICH WERE FAIR TO OTHERS BUT THERE HAD OF COURSE BEEN FREE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND NOW THIS WAS THE FIRST PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UNDER THE NEW RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY 17 SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER THEN TURNED TO HIS SECOND Page - 7 UNCLA UNCLASSIFIED Date Printed 12-Apr-2000 1993SECT017027 CHANNEL n a SUBJECTH HE SAID THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON WISHED TO CONFIRM HIS ACCEPTANCE OF THE INVITATION TO COME TO RUSSIA AND WOULD LIKE TO COME IN THE SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY AFTER THE NATO SUMMIT WHILE IT IS NOT CLEAR PAGE 01 SECTO 17027 05 OF 06 251126Z ACTION NODS-OO INFO CCOE-00 ADS-00 2511272 38 0 2507042 OCT 93 ZFF4 FM USDEL SECRETARY IN UKRAINE TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9766 INFO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW IMMEDIATE 05 0F 05 SECTO 17027 E O 12356 TAGS OVIP CHRISTOPHER WARREN PREL RU SUBJECT SECRETARY MEETING WITH PRESIDENT YELTSIN 10 22 93 MOSCOW THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL BE ABLE TO VISIT ANY RUSSIAN CITY BESIDES MOSCOW SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER AGREED THAT ST PETERSBURG SHOULD CERTAINLY BE CONSIDERED ANOTHER POSSIBILITY MIGHT BE YEKATERINBURG HOME CITY AND A CITY IN WHICH THE U S MAY SOON BE OPENING A 13 PRESIDENT YELTSIN REPLIED ENTHUSIASTICALLY WOULD BE A GREAT HONOR FOR ME WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THIS AND WILL WARMLY WELCOME PRESIDENT PAGE 02 SECTO 17027 05 OF 06 2511262 19 SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER THEN TURNED TO HIS THIRD SUBJECT WHICH HE NOTED WOULD BE MORE SUBSTANTIVE HE SAID THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON PARTICULARLY WANTED HIM TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT PRESIDENT RECENT LETTER ON NATO WITH A GREAT DEAL OF CARE AND STUDY PRESIDENT CLINTON DECIDED ON WHAT RECOMMENDATION Page - 8 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Date Printed 12-Apr 2000 1993SECT017027 CHANNEL n a MHKE TO THE NATO SUMMIT IN JANUARY THIS RESPECT YOUR LETTER CAME AT EXACTLY THE RIGHT TIME AND IT PLAYED A DECISIVE ROLE IN PRESIDENT CONSIDERATIO THERE COULD BE NO RECOWENDATION TO IGNORE OR EXCLUDE RUSSIA FROM FULL PARTICIPATION IN THE FUTURE SECURITY OF EUROPE AS A RESULT OF OUR STUDY A FOR WOULD BE RECOMMENDED TO THE NATO SUMMIT WHICH WOULD BE OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE NACC INCLUDING ALL EUROPEAN AND NIS STATES THERE WOULD BE NO EFFORT TO EXCLUDE ANYONE AND THERE WOULD BE NO STEP TAKEN AT THIS TIME TO PUSH ANYONE AHEAD OF OTHERS 20 PRESIDENT YELTSIN JUMPED IN AT THIS POINT AND ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY THAT ALL COUNTRIES IN CEE AND THE NIS WOULD THEREFORE BE ON AN EQUAL FOOTING AND THERE WOULD BE A PARTNERSHIP AND NOT A MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER REPLIED THAT IS THE CASE THERE WOULD NOT EVEN BE AN ASSOCIATE YELTSIN REPLIED IS A BRILLIANT IDEA IT IS A STROKE OF 4 21 PRESIDENT YELTSIN THEN SAID THAT THIS SERVES TO DISSIPATE ALL OF THE TENSION WHICH WE NOW HAVE IN PAGE 03 SECTO 17027 05 OF 06 2511262 RUSSIA REGARDING EAST EUROPEAN STATES AND THEIR ASPIRATIONS WITH RESPECT TO NATO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE FOR RUSSIA PARTICULARLY IF IT LEFT US IN A SECOND CLASS STATUS NOW UNDER YOUR NEW IDEA WE ARE ALL EQUAL AND IT WILL ENSURE EQUAL PARTICIPATION ON THE BASIS OF PARTNERSHIP IT IS AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION FROM THE UNITED STATES THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WILL BE LEADING THE EUROPEANS IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THERE IS AN IDEA OF PARTNERSHIP FOR ALL AND NOT NEW MEMBERSHIP FOR SOME WAXING ENTHUSIASTIC PRESIDENT YELTSIN SAID REALLY IS A GREAT IDEA REALLY HE SAID BILL I AM THRILLED BY THIS BRILLIANT 22 THE SECRETARY SAID WILL TELL HIM THAT YOU BOUGHT HIS RECOMMENDATION WITH REAL PRESIDENT YELTSIN REPLIED COURSE YES Page - 9 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Date Printed 12 Apr-2000 1993SECT017027 CHANNEL n a PAGE 01 SECTO 17027 06 OF 06 2511262 ACTTON NODS-OO INFO LOG-00 CCOE-OO ADS-00 2511272 38 0 2507042 OCT 93 2394 FM USDEL SECRETARY IN UKRAINE TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9757 INFO AMEMBASSY moscow IMMEDIATE 06 OF 06 SECTO 17027 3 0 12355 TAGS ovxp CHRISTOPHER WARREN PEEL RU SUBJECT SECRETARY MEETING WITH PRESIDENT YELTSIN 10 22 93 MOSCOW 23 SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER ADDED THAT WE WILL IN DUE COURSE BE LOOKING AT THE QUESTION OF MEMBERSHIP AS A LONGER TERM EVENTUALITY THERE WILL BE AN EVOLUTION BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HABIT OF COOPERATION BUT OVER TIME AND THIS TOO WILD BE BASED ON PARTICIPATION IN THE PARTNERSHIP THOSE WHO WISH TO CAN PURSUE THE IDEA OVER TIME BUT THAT WILL COME LATER PAGE 02 SECTO 17027 06 OF 06 2511262 24 CONTINUING SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER SAID SENT THE IDEA OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES IN NATO BY CABLE LAST TUESDAY EVENING OCTOBER 19 I AM GLAD TO TELL YOU PRESIDENT YELTSIN THAT IT HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED IN NATO CAPITALS I AM DELIGHTED WITH YOUR APPROVAL AND NOW I PREDICT WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE OF THE IDEA THE PRESIDENT IN PARTICULAR WANTED ME TO DELIVER THIS MESSAGE TO YOU AND HE IS MOST GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HAVING RECEIVED ME 25 CONCLUDING THE SECRETARY SAID THAT HE HAD GOOD TALKS WITH BOTH THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE FOREIGN MINISTER AND THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO TAKE UP MORE TIME BUT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO PRESIDENT YELTSIN IF THERE WERE ANYTHING FURTHER HE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS HE REAFFIRMED THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON PUT GREAT WEIGHT ON THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AND WOULD CONTINUE TO DO ALL HE COULD TO SUPPORT IT Page - 10 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Date Printed 12-Apr-2000 1993SECT017027 26 PRESIDENT YELTSIN SAID THAT HE HAD NOTED THAT OF LATE THE PRESS HAD BEEN SOUNDING CONCERNING OUR HE HOWEVER WAS ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON WAS NO PESSIMIST HE HAD COMPLETE TRUST IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN PRESIDENT CLINTON HE CONCLUDED BY SAYING-THAT HE APPRECIATED IMMENSELY PRESIDENT EARLY CONTINUING AND EXTREMELY GENEROUS SUPPORT AND THAT HE WANTED TO PASS ON HIS HIGHEST ESTEEM FOR THE PRESIDENT 27 IN A SHORT CONVERSATION UPON LEAVING PRESIDENT PAGE 03 SECTO 17027 06 OF 06' 2511262 YELTSIN ONCE AGAIN ASKED THAT HIS VERY GOOD WISHES BE PASSED ON TO CHRISTOPHER CHANNEL n a Page 11 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 This document is from the holdings of The 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