U S Department of State Case No F-2015-16970 Doc No 005935333 Date 02 17 2016 SECRET PAGE 01 STATE 126775 RELEASE ORIGIN INFO OCT-00 COPY-01ADS-00 INR-10 CIAE-00 NSC-01 NSAE-OO HA-08 L-03 PM-08 PA-01 SP-02 PRS-01 059 DRAFTED BY TWSIMONS APPROVED BY EUR MPALMER 301704 0707172 I21 0623132 MAY 83 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW STATE 126775 E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS MOPS PBTS US UR SUBJECT SOVIET PROTEST ON OVERFLIGHT REJECTED JCS FOR SECDEF 1 - ENTIRE TEXT 2 ON APRIL 29 1983 DIRECTOR SIMONS CALLED IN MINISTER-COUNSELOR SOKOLOV OF THE SOVIET EMBASSY TO RESPOND TO THE SOVIET PROTEST OF APRIL 6 1983 REF MOSCOW 04152 AND PASSED OVER US NOTE REJECTING IT SOKOLOV ACCEPTED THE RESPONSE WITHOUT COMMENT THE TEXT OF THE NOTE REJECTING THE SOVIET PROTEST IS AS FOLLOWS BEGIN TEXT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE REFERS THE EMBASSY OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS TO THE USSR MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS NOTE NO DELIVERED IN MOSCOW ON APRIL 6 1983 IN THIS NOTE THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ALLEGED THAT UNITED STATES MILITARY AIRCRAFT VIOLATED SOVIET AIRSPACE OVER AN ISLAND IN THE HABOMAI CHAIN ON APRIL 4 1983 SECRET SECRET PAGE 02 STATE 126775 THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE NOTES THAT THE UNITED STATES FULLY RESPECTS THE REQUIREMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE SAFETY OF AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND AFFIRMS THAT ITS POLICY IS TO AVOID INTRUSIONS INTO SOVIET AIRSPACE IN THIS REGARD THE POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS AS SET FORTH IN ITS DIPLOMATIC NOTE OF MAY 23 1957 TO WHICH THE EMBASSY OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS IS HEREBY REFERRED ON THAT BASIS THE - DEPARTMENT OF STATE FINDS THE CONTENTS OF NOTE NO REVIEW AUTHORITY Frank Perez enior Reviewer UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2015-16970 Doc No 305935333 Date 02 17 2016 C0 5 9 3 5 3 US Department of State Case No 6970 Doc No C05935333 Date 0211712016 30IOSHA TO BE TEXT - 3 ON MAY 4 DURING A MEETING ON ANOTHER SUBJECT SOKOLOV MADE FOUR POINTS IN RESPONSE TO US NOTE WE DOUBT THAT HIS COMMENTS WERE MADE ON INSTRUCTION WITH REGARD TO QUESTION OF TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY THIS HAD NOT BEEN AN US-SOVIET RELATIONS DURING 1960's AND 19703 IN VIEW OF SOVIET SIDE AND SOVIET SIDE WAS CONCERNED THAT U S ACTIVITIES SUBJECT OF APRIL 6 DEMARCHE WERE INTENDED TO IT - - WITH REGARD TO WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED US REPLY WAS NOT RESPONSIVE TO THE SOVIET DEMARCHE - - - - --THIRD CONCERNING THE US NOTE OF MAY 23 1957 THE SOVIET POSITION IS SET FORTH IN SOVIET NOTE NO 46 OF- AUGUST 19 1957 THE SOVIET SIDE CONSIDERS THE QUESTION OF SOVEREIGNTY OF THE KURILE ISLAND CHAIN WAS REGULATED AT YALTA AND THAT THE FOUR ISLANDS ARE PART OF THE CHAIN SOKOLOV ALSO NOTED PARENTHETICALLY THAT THESE NOTES HAD BEEN EXCHANGED AT A BAD TIME AND-THAT THE SECRET SECRET PAGE 03 STATE 126775 SOVIET SIDE HAD NO WISH TO SEE A REPETITION OF EVENTS SIMILAR TO THOSE THAT GAVE RISE TO THEM - - SOKOLOV REITERATED THE POINTS MADE IN THE APRIL 6 DEMARCHE REQUESTING THAT THE US TAKE THE NECESSARY MEASURES TO PREVENT REOCCURENCE OF THESE VIOLATIONS FAILING WHICH IT WOULD BEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONSEQUENCES - 4 IN RESPONSE SIMONS MADE THE FOLLOWING POINTS ON TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE JAPANESE AND SOVIET POSITIONS HAVE REMAINED THE SAME AND OUR POSITION HAS REMAINED THE SAME OUR RESPONSE TO THE SOVIET DEMARCHE IS AFFECTED BY THIS FACT BUT IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE T0 INFER THAT OUR EXCHANGE OR THE ACTIVITIES UNDER DISCUSSION ARE INTENDED-TO CHANGE ON THE WE HAVE NOTHING MORE TO SAY AT THIS TIME AND ALTHOUGH WE COULD LOOK INTO IF THE SOVIETS DESIRE HE WAS PESSIMISTICTHAT THIS WOULD PUT US IN A POSITION TO SAY MORE SOKOLOV DID NOT RETURN TO THIS TOPIC WE TOOK NOTE OF THE SOVIET REFERENCE TO THEIR NOTE OF AUGUST 19 1957 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005935333 Date 02 17 2016 US Department of State Case No F-2015-16970 Doc No 005935333 Date 02 17 2016 WE HAVE NO RESPONSE TO THE LAST SOVIET POINT BECAUSE IT IS RELATED TO THE FIRST BY ITS MENTION OF AS A PRACTICAL MATTER SIMONS CONCLUDED THE SOVIET DEMARCHE AND EXPLANATIONS WERE OF COURSE BEING GIVEN CAREFUL CONSIDERATION DAM SECRET UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2015-16970 Doc No 005935333 Date 02 17 2016 US Department of State Case NO Doc No 005935334 Date 0211712016 SECRET PAGE 01 STATE 178528 ORIGIN INFO OCT-00 COPY-01ADS-OO 83-10 EA-1O L-03 044 DRAFTED BY APPROVED BY 263556 2717412150 2714502 JUN 33 Ex FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO ALL EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC DIPLOMATIC POSTS AMCONSUL AUCKLAND AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS AMEMBASSY LONDON AMCONSUL MELBOURNE AMEMBASSY MOSCOW AMCONSUL NAHA AMCONSUL OSAKA KOBE AMCONSUL SAPPORO AMCONSUL SYDNEY AMEMBASSY PARIS USMISSION USNATO STATE 178528 USOECD ALSO FOR EMBASSY E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS US XP PBTS MCAP PHSA SUBJECT THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC AIRSPACE VIOLATIONS AND TERRITORIALITY 1 THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF A RECENTLY PUBLISHED INR ASSESSMENTS AND RESEARCH INTELLIGENCE REPORT DRAFTED BY J MILLARD BURR INRIGE THE FULL REPORT WILL BE SECRET SECRET PAGE 02 STATE 178528 SENT TO YOU BY POUCH 2 THE USSR ON APRIL 6 1983 OFFICIALLY PROTESTED THAT US CARRIER PLANES OPERATING OFF THE KURIL ISLAND CHAIN HAD INTRUDED INTO SOVIET AIRSPACE OVER THE HABOMAI ISLANDS LOCATED NORTH OF HOKKAIDO JAPAN THIS REGION OCCUPIED BY THE USSR SINCE THE CLOSE OF WORLD WAR II BUT CLAIMED BY JAPAN HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF US CONCERN SINCE 1952 WHEN A US PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN BY THE SOVIETS AFTER A CLAIMED INTRUSION OF SOVIET AIRSPACE REVIEW AUTHORITY Frank Perez Senior Reviewer UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2015-16970 Doc No 005935334 Date 02 17 2016 CO 5 9 3 53 3 U S Department of State Case No F-2015-16970 Doc No 005935334 Date 02 17 2016 3 ON APRIL 12 1983 TWO SOVIET AIRCRAFT INTRUDED INTO US AIRSPACE OVER NUNIVAK ISLAND ALASKA AS THIS WAS THE FIRST OVERFLIGHT OF US AIRSPACE BY A SOVIET BOMBER SINCE MARCH 1989 THE INTRUSION CAN BE SEEN AS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO US MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN A REGION OF INCREASING GEOSTRATEGIC IMPORTANCE TO THE USSR 4 THE US HAS LONG RECOGNIZED THE JAPANESE CLAIM TO THE ISLANDS OF HABOMAII SHIKOTAN ETOROFU AND KUNASHIRI THE JAPANESE WITH REGARD TO SOUTHERN SAKHALIN AND THE NORTHERN KURIL ISLANDS THE US STATES THAT THE QUESTION OF SOVEREIGNTY REMAINS TO BE RESOLVED THIS POSITION SERVED AS THE BASIS OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATE REJECTION OF THE APRIL 1983 PROTEST 5 THE SOVIET PROTEST WAS PREDICTABLE FOR A NUMBER OF GEOSTRATEGIC REASONS FOREMOST IS THAT THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES HAVE BEEN THE CENTER OF A SIGNIFICANT SOVIET MILITARY BUILDUP OVER THE PAST DECADE THEN TOO THE USSR ZEALOUSLY GUARDS WHAT IT BELIEVES ARE ITS PREROGA- TIVES IN THE SEA OF OKHOTSK THROUGH BOTH DEEDS AND WORDS THE SOVIETS HAVE NOTIFIED THE WEST THAT THEY SECRET SECRET PAGE 03 STATE 178528 CONSIDER THE SEA AS APPERTAINING TO THE USSR THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES SERVE AS THE SOUTH- EASTERN HINGE TO THE SEA LA PEROUSE STRAIT THE CENTER OF A SOVIET PROTEST REGARDING US NAVAL SHIP PASSAGE IN 1971 SERVES AS THE SOUTHWESTERN HINGE 6 THE TWO AND THE STRAITS THAT PERMIT PASSAGE THROUGH THE KURIL ISLAND CHAIN MUST BE KEPT OPEN IF THE WEST IS TO ENSURE THAT THE SEA OF OKHOTSK DOES NOT BECOME A SOVIET THROUGH DEFAULT TO THAT US NAVAL VESSELS MAKE OCCASIONAL ENTRIES INTO THE SEA OF MOST RECENT BEING IN FEBRUARY 1983 IN A LESS DIRECT BUT NO LESS IMPORTANT FASHION THE US POSI- TION THAT THE VARIOUS STRAITS THAT BISECT THE KURIL ISLANDS ARE INTERNATIONAL IN CHARACTER HAS BEEN DEPICTED ON DEPARTMENT OF STATE MAPS PREPARED FOR THE UN LAW OF THE SEA CONFERENCES DAM UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2015-16970 Doc No 005935334 Date co 5 9 3 53 3 u s Department of State Case No Doc No 005935334 Date 02 17 2013 SECRET UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No C05935334 Date 02 17 2016 0 5 9 35 3 3 US Department of State Case No F-2015-16970 Doc No 005935335 Date 02 17 2016 SERIES OF INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTS ON WHICH IS ALSO THE SIGNATURE OF THE UNITATES OF AMERICA AND IS DECISIVELY REJECTED THE MINISTRY REAFFIRMS ITS STATEMENT TO THE EMBASSY OF THE U S A ON THE VIOLATION BY AMERICAN AIRCRAFT OF THE STATE BORDER OF THE USSR AND CATEGORICALLY INSISTS THAT SIMILAR ACTIONS NOT BE PERMITTED IN THE FUTURE AT THE SAME TIME IN CONNECTION WITH THE NOTE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE OF THE U S A TO THE EMBASSY OF THE USSR OF 4 MAY OF THIS YEAR REGARDING A VIOLATION ALLEGED TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE BY SOVIET AIRCRAFT OF THE AIR SPACE OF THE U S A ON 11 APRIL OVER THE ISLAND OF NUNIVAK ALASKA THE MINISTRY IS EMPOWERED TO STATE THAT COMPETENT SOVIET ORGANS HAVE CAREFULLY CHECKED THE FLIGHT PATHS OF SOVIET AIRCRAFT IN THE AIR DURING THE INDICATED PERIOD IT WAS ESTABLISHED THAT NOT ONE OF THE SOVIET AIRCRAFT VIOLATED THE AIR SPACE OF THE U S A OVER NUNIVAK ISLAND CORRESPONDINGLY THE PROTEST CONTAINED IN THE AFOREMENTIONED NOTE OF THE AMERICAN SIDE IS REJECTED AS HAVING NO BASIS END TEXT CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 MOSCOW 06807 0112282 ORIGINAL BEING POUCHED TO 4 IN THE ENSUING CONVERSATION TARASENKO CLAIMED THAT DEPARTMENTS REFERENCE TO THE 1957 NOTE DID NOT CONSTITUTE ON THE SUBJECT HE STATED FLATLY THAT THERE WAS NO DOUBT ABOUT WHERE THE BORDER IS IN THIS AREA HE THEN INQUIRED WHETHER THE US SIDE WAS TRYING TO COVER UP OR EXCUSE THE FACT OF A VIOLATION BY CLAIMING UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THE BORDER 5 POL COUNSELOR RESPONDED THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN ANSWER ON THIS SUBJECT WHILE THE SOVIETS MAINTAIN THAT THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THE THE DEPARTMENT HAD STATED THE US POSITION ON THIS MATTER POL COUNSELOR NOTED THAT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO ADD TO THE RESPONSE SPECIFICALLY ON THE QUESTION OF WHERE ANY U S AIRCRAFT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BUT PROMISED TO PASS FULLY TO WASHINGTON THE LATEST SOVIET STATEMENT ON THE SUBJECT 6 CO THE SUBJECT OF THE APRIL 11 SOVIET VIOLATIONS DID NOT COME UP IN CONVERSATION IN CHECKING OUR FILES WE FIND NO RECORD OF THE DEPARTMENTS PROTEST OR NOTE OF MAY 4 PLEASE ADVISE IF WE HAVE MISSED ANY DEPARTMENT TRANSMISSION ON THE SUBJECT T ALSO WE ASSUME THAT THE MAY 5 DEPARTMENT NOTE ON UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005935335 Date 02 17 2016 C0 5 93 U S Department of State Case No Doc NO 005935335 Date 02 1 7 2016 RELEASE IN FUL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 MOSCOW 06807 0112282 ACTION EUR-12 INFO OCT-00 COPY-01 ADS-00 SS-10 CIAE-00 EB-OB DODE-OO IO-15 NSC-01 NSAE-OO L-03 SP-02 071 0112442144 0112222 JUN 83 FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW TO SECSTATE WASHDC 7136 CONFIDENTIALMOSCOW06807 E 0 12356 DECL OADR TAGS MOPS PBTS US UR SUBJECT SOVIET REJECT U S REPLY ON ALLEGED AIRSPACE VIOLATION REFS A MOSCOW 4152 B STATE 126775 c - ENTIRE TEXT 2 ON MAY 31 POL COUNSELOR WAS CALLED INTO MFA BY USA DIVISION DEPUTY CHIEF TARASENKO TO RECEIVE SOVIET RESPONSE TO US POSITION ON ALLEGED VIOLATION OF SOVIET AIRSPACE ON APRIL 4-5 1983 AND MFA REPLY TO DEPARTMENT PROTEST OF SOVIET VIOLATION OF US AIRSPACE ON APRIL 11 3 TEXT OF SOVIET NOTE IS AS FOLLOWS a -- NO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS REFERRING TO THE NOTE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE EMBASSY OF THE USSR IN THE U S A OF 5 MAY OF THIS YEAR STATES THAT IN THIS NOTE THERE IS NOT A SUBSTANTIVE ANSWER ON THE FACTS OF VIOLATION BY AMERICAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT OF THE STATE BORDER OF THE CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 MOSCOW 06807 0112282 USSR IN THE VICINITY OF ZELYONIY ISLAND IN THE LITTLE KURILE CHAIN THIS CANNOT BE EVALUATED OTHER THAN AS FACTUAL AFFIRMATION OF THE FACT THAT THE VIOLATIONS TOOK PLACE IREVIEW AUTHORITY Frail AS FOR THE REFERENCE MADE BY THE AMERICAN SIDE TO ez' Sam New THE NOTE OF THE EMBASSY OF THE USA IN MOSCOW FROM 23 MAY 1957 THIS IS UTTERLY UNFOUNDED THE ATTEMPT TO CAST INTO DOUBT THAT THE KURILE ISLANDS BELONG TO THE SOVIET UNION STANDS IN CRUDE CONTRADICTION WITH A UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No DOC No 005935335 Date 02 17 2016 US Department of State Case No Doc No 005935335 Date 02 7 2016 THE ALLEGED VIOLATION BY US AIRCRAFT IN THE KURILES IS MENTIONED IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF MFA NOTE IS ACTUALLY THE NOTE DELIVERED APRIL 29 TO SOKOLOV REF B HARTMAN CONFIDENTIAL NN UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2015-16970 Doc No C05935335 Date 02 17 2016 US Department of State Case No Doc No 005935336 Date 02 17 2016 RELEASE IN PART 36 1 4013 PAGE 01 STATE 118960 ORIGIN EUR-03 INFO OCT-00 ONY-OO 1005 DRAFTED BY JR APPROVED BY JR DESIRED DISTRIBUTION NO DISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE - 3 COPIES ONLY mm 3002492 61 2922132 APR 83 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY CONFIDENTIALSTATE 118960 FOR ZIMMERMANN FROM SIMONS E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PREL SUBJECT OFFICIAL INFORMAL NO 85 1 c - ENTIRE TEXT FOIA BS REVIEW AUTHORITY Frank Perez Senior Reviewer UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2015-16970 Doc No 005935336 Date 0211712016 61120 us Department of State Case No Doc No 005935336 Date 02 17 2016 Ila-J 4 I TOLD TOM SIMONS IDA MILGROM RECENTLY SENT RCHUK CABLES SAYING ABOUT TIME SHE MET WITH HER SON MILGROM REPORTEDLY SAID THAT IT HAD BEEN OVER TWO MONTHS SINCE SHE HAD COMMUNICATED WITH HIM AND SHE FEARED THAT HE MIGHT BEGIN HIS HUNGER STRIKE AGAIN IF DENIED AVISIT OU HAVE OR CAN YOU GET ANYTHING TO GREES WITH US THAT THREATENING RENEWAL OF THE HUNGER STRIKE IS NOT LIKELY TO BE HELPFUL - 5 BRIEFING REQUEST FROM SOEX CHICAGO COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS GROUP OF ABOUT 20 WILL BE IN MOSCOW JUNE 24 AND 25 AND WOULD APPRECIATE EMBASSY BRIEFING PLEASE INFORM PREFERRED TIME AND EMBASSY CONTACT CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 STATE 118960 6 FOR AMBASSADOR FROM DICK APPRECIATE YOUR GUIDANCE ON TWO ISSUES INVOLVING YOU PERSONALLY FIRST THE EDITOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN WOULD LIKE TO RUN YOUR PRAVDA ARTICLE ALONG WITH YOUR OFFICIAL BIO AND PHOTOGRAPH IN AN UPCOMING ISSUE OF THE BULLETIN SOUNDS LIKE A FINE IDEA BUT WE WANTED TO CHECK WITH YOU BEFORE TAKING A POSITION SECOND THE COMMITTEE FOR EAST-WEST ACCORD IS ORGANIZING A MAJOR MEETING MAY 17 AND WOULD LIKE FOR YOU OR FOR KEN DAM TO SPEAK ALONG WITH CARL MARCY HAS BEEN IN CONCERNED TO HAVE A SENIOR ADMINISTRATION FIGURE ON THE PROGRAM TO BALANCE THE CRITICISM OF OUR CURRENT POLICIES NEW YORK ON THE 17TH BUT HE WONDERED IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER APPEARING AT HIS MEETING IN WASHINGTON AT 11 30 AM THAT DAY ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT YOUR NEW YORK PERFORMANCE WOULD BE IN THE EVENING HELD OUT LITTLE HOPE BUT SAID I WOULD CHECK WITH YOU MEANWHILE STAFF DOUBTS THAT HE WILL AGREE TO MAKE THIS APPEARANCE EAGLEBURGER HAS BEEN ASKED AND DECLINED DUE TO A SCHEDULING CONFLICT 7 AIRSPACE VIOLATIONS REF MOSCOW 4152 IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUERY OF 18 APRIL 1983 THE FOLLOWING ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN SINCE THE US DOES NOT RECOGNIZE SOVIET SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE HABOMAI CHAIN WE HAVE ORALLY REJECTED THE SOVIET PROTEST THE SOVIETS WERE REFERRED TO OUR NOTE OF MAY 23 1957 WHICH CLEARLY SETS FORTH OUR POSITION ON THIS QUESTION WHEN THERE IS AGREEMENT ON THE APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE THE SOVIETS WILL RECEIVE A FOIA BS 1 4 3 FOIA BS UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2015-16970 Doc No C05935336 Date 02 17l2016 US Department Of State Case No F-2015-16970 Doc NO 005935336 Date 02 17 2016 NOTE CONCERNING OUR REJECTION BY MAIL WITHOUT REFERRING TO THE PROCEEDING WE ALSO INTEND TO PROTEST THE SOVIET PENETRATION OF US AIRSPACE NEXT WEEK AFTERWARDS WE WILL SEND YOU A FULL REPORTING CABLE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 STATE 116960 THE JCS HAS SINCE TOLD us THAT CARRIER AIRCRAFT PROBABLY DID PASS OVER THE HABOMAI 8 FOR WARREN FROM DICK CAROL BROOKINGS OF WORLD PERSPECTIVE ASKED THAT WE LET YOU KNOW SHE WILL BE IN MOSCOW FROM MAY 10 TO MAY 14 AND HOPES TO BE ABLE TO CALL ON YOU DURING HER VISIT 9 FOR ART RE YOUR OI NO 63 MARSHALL GOLDMAN SAYS HE WILL MEET YOU AT AIRPORT HE APPRECIATES YOUR WILLINGNESS TO GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE AND ASSURES YOU THERE WILL BE A GOOD TURNOUT INABILITY TO PROVIDE AN ADVANCE TEXT OF YOUR SPEECH CAUSES NO RPT NO PROBLEM 10 WE HAVE JUST LEARN ED THAT THE SOVIETS HAVE INVITED HARRIMAN TO COME TO MOSCOW FOR A MEETING WITH AN DROPOV ON OR ABOUT JUNE 1 PETER SWIERS WILL ACCOMPANY GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS ASAP 11 FROM TOM SIMONS FOR CURT KAMMAN RECEIVED INQUIRIES FROM VARIOUS REGIONAL BUREAUS ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE REQUESTS FOR APPOINTMENT FROM SOVIET EMBASSY OFFICERS IN TERMS OF RECIPROCITY OUR IMPRESSION HAS BEEN THAT THE EMBASSY HAS BEEN SATISFIED WITH WORKING-LEVEL ACCESS AT MFA AND WE HAVE USUALLY ADVISED OUR DEPARTMENTAL COLLEAGUES TO GO AHEAD AND RECEIVE THE SOVIETS IF THEY ARE SO INCLINED IT WOULD BE HELPFUL HOWEVER IF YOU COULD GIVE US A QUICK READING OF ANY DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED GETTING APPOINTMENTS ESPECIALLY IN ANY OF THE REGIONAL DEPARTMENTS AT MFA IF YOU HAVE HAD SUCH PROBLEMS WE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 05 STATE 118960 COULD CONSIDER TIGHTENING UP A BIT ON APPOINTMENTS FOR SOVIET 8 IN THE COUNTERPART BUREAUS HERE 12 FOR JOYCE FROM BOORSTEIN JOHN METZLER AND I MET WITH GEORGE RUDENS AT DOEIGERMANTOWN TODAY WE HAD AN EXTREMELY PRODUCTIVE SESSION AND THIS SHOULD YIELD A FRONT-CHANNEL CABLE WE WILL TRY TO GET TO YOU EARLY NEXT WEEK BASICALLY ARGONNE ANL IS PREPARED TO SEND A THREE-MAN TECHNICAL TEAM TO MOSCOW ON ONE NOTICE THAT IVTAN PREPARED TO RECEIVE THEM FOR MAGNET PACKOUT ONE OF THE THREE WOULD REMAIN FOR ENTIRE PACKOUT PERIOD ESTIMATED AT 2-3 WEEKS AN ADDITIONAL UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No Doc No 005935336 Date 02 17 2016 0 5'9 3 5 3 3 US Department of State Case No Doc No 005935336 Date 02 170016 ONE OR TWO PEOPLE WOULD COME OUT ABOUT 5 DAYS BEFORE ARRIVAL OF 05 TO FINALIZE PACKING DETAILS ANL ASSUMING SOVIETS HAVE NO REPEAT NO PACKING CRATES OR MATERIAL AND WILL PLAN ON EITHER AIRSHIPPING SUPPLIES TO MOSCOW FROM US OR ARRANGING SHIPMENT FROM HELSINKI I SUGGESTED POSSIBILITY OF ORDERING FROM HELSINKI THROUGH CHANNELS USING DOEIANL FUND CITE THIS MAY BE EXPLORED FURTHER IF ANL DECIDES NOT TO SHIP DIRECT ANL WOULD HOPE EMBASSY COULD PROVIDE TDY APARTMENT FOR THEIR TECHNICIAN WHO WOULD BE IN MOSCOW FOR DURATION OF PACKOUT ANL CONSIDERING OF MATERIALS TO BE LEFT BEHIND THIS IS ESSENCE OF WHATWE DISCUSSED TODAY FURTHER DETAILS AND NEGOTIATING STRATEGY WILL BE SPELLED OUT IN CABLE KEEP US INFORMED IF ANY FEED BACK FROM MFA ON CS 13 FOR FROM BOORSTEIN REF A MOSCOW 3709 B STATE 84055 GARY WAXMONSKY ASKS THAT YOU BE INFORMED THAT JACK DAVIS GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY REPORTS THAT THE MEETING WITH VODGEO STAFF WHICH EMBASSY ARRANGED EARLIER THIS MONTH FOR DAVIS AND DR TOM ARNOLD REFTELS WAS MOST INTERESTING AND USEFUL A FOLLOW-UP EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION VIA CONFIDENTIAL - PAGE 06 STATE 118960 EMBASSY IS CONTEMPLATED DAVIS HAS BRIEFED EPA ON RESULTS OF HIS VISIT THOUGH DAVIS PLANS TO EXPRESS HIS APPRECIATION DIRECTLY TO EMBASSY IN WRITING HE ASKED THAT WE ADD HIS THANKS TO OURS ON THIS OCCASION SENATOR STAFF HAS ALSO EXPRESSED THE GRATITUDE FOR EPA AND EMBASSY SUPPORT 14 FOR WARREN FROM TOM ON ACCESS MARK AND I WOULD LIKE TO SOLICIT FROM YOU A THOUGHTFUL CABLE DESCRIBING WHAT WE ARE GOING TO IMPROVE OUR ACCESS TO SOVIET SOCIETY SUGGESTING FURTHER STEPS WE SHOULD BE TAKINGTO ADVANCE THIS OBJECTIVE AND -- RELATING THIS EFFORT TO THE QUESTION OF SOVIET ACCESS HERE THIS COULD BE A FOLLOW-UP TO SUCCESSFUL CABLE ON ARBATOV BUT SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT ARBATOV IS MANAGING TO SLIP OVER THE LINE WE HAVE IMPOSED ON HIM WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO CALL HIM ON SUCH IF THAT RINGS A BELL TO AVOID SPONTANEOUS AND INSPIRED BACKLASH BUT WE WILL HAVE TO FACTOR THEM IN WHEN WE CONSIDER NEXT STEPS ON HIS RETURN AND FURTHER VISA APPLICATIONS FROM HIM MOREOVER SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES AROUND TOWN ARE FEELING BRUISED THAT UNHQ AGREEMENT CONSIDERATIONS FORCED APPROVAL OF VISAS FOR UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case NO F-2015-16970 Doc No 005935336 Date 0217 2016 CO 5 9 3 5 33 63ED US Department of State Case No F-2015-16970 Doc No 005935336 Date 02 17 2016 SOFINSKIY AND ONE OTHER Jmesu u mammal m- - FEELING WHICH COULD BE POISONOUS DURING THE NEXT ROUND OF DISCUSSIONS ON A NEW CULTURAL AGREEMENT AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAD THAT CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 07 STATE 118960 OFF AND KEEP THE ACCESS RECIPROCITY PICTURE WITHIN A REASONABLE FRAMEWORK BY HAVING A PROGRAM IN TRAIN TO IMPROVE OUR ACCESS THERE HENCE OUR REQUEST DAM CONFIDENTIAL END OF DOCUMENT UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005935336 Date 02 17 2016 US Department of State Case No F-2015-16970 Doc No C05935337 Date 02 17 2016 RELEASE IN FUL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 STATE 160267 ORIGIN EUR-12 INFO OCT-00 INR-10 88-10 EB-OB DODE-00 IO-15 NSAE-OO L-03 PM-08 INRE-OO 1070 DRAFTED BY APPROVED BY EURISOV TWSIMONS 0920192 61 0 0919492 JUN 83 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW IMMEDIATE CONFI DENTIALSTATE160267 E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS MOPS PBTS US UR SUBJECT CLARIFICATION ON OVERFLIGHT PROTESTS REFS A MOSCOW 06807 B STATE 126775 C STATE 1 35682 1 - ENTIRE TEXT 2 WITH REGARD TO YOUR INQUIRY REF A ABOUT THE DATES OF THE DEPARTMENT NOTES CONCERNING THE US AND SOVIET OVERFLIGHTS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC WE REJECTED THE SOVIET PROTEST MFA NOTE 4ZIOSSHA ON APRIL 29 1983 REF B SUBSEQUENTLY WE DELIVERED OUR NOTE PROTESTING THE SOVIET OVERFLIGHT 0N MAY 4 1983 REF C 3 PLEASE ADVISE IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED REF C EAGLEBURGER CONFIDENTIAL AUTHORITY Frank Perez enior Reviewer UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2015-16970 Doc No 005935337 Date 0317 2016 0 5 9 3 3 US Department of State Case NO Doc NO C05935338 Date 02 1 712016 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 MOSCOW 04713 01 OF 02 1814572 ACTION EUROS EELEASE IN PART FOIA INFO OCT-00 COPY-01 ADS-00 004 125246 1814582152 1814512 APR 83 FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5585 I I A SECTION 01 OF 02 MOSCOW 04713 NO DISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE 3 COPIES ONLY FOR SIMONS FROM ZIMMERMANN E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PREL SUBJECT OFFICIAL INFORMAL NO 75 1 CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2 MORE ON THE CAT WAYNE ITINERARY HAS FIRMED UP AND IT LOOKS NOW AS IF HE WILL BE ARRIVING AT WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT AT 1719 REPEAT 1719 ON BOARD TWA 745 ON APRIL 20 WAYNE WILL HAVE SHLEPPED THE THROUGH TWO AIRPORTS 35 AND TWO PLANE CHANGES IN Two DAYS AND WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF SOMEONE FROM AMB OFFICE COULD MANAGE TO BE THERE TO TAKE THE ANIMAL OFF HIS HANDS OR HOW SOMEBODY FROM 3 CRT NEGOTIATING POSITIONS REF MOSCOW Ol 73 PARA 6 NO SOONER DID WE SAY IT DEPARTMENT WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED STATE 105172 PERSPECTIVE CABLE SECTION 4 SUBSECTIONS J-K AND W-Z TOUCHES DIRECTLY ON THOSE ISSUES OF SALES AND GAS TAX EXEMPTION WE SPECULATED ABOUT IN OUR OI ITS CONCLUSION OFM WILL LOOK INTO THE MATTER OF EXTENDING THESE CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 MOSCOW 04713 01 OF 02 1814572 EXEMPTIONS TO ADDITIONAL STATE JURISDICTIONS WHEN TIME AND STAFFING PERMIT--WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO END UP BEING OUR BOTTOM-LINE POSITION IN OUR TALKS WITH THE SOVIETS ALSO SENT TO LENINGRAD 4 FOR BOORSTEIN FROM JOYCE RE THE US ATOMIC ENERGY AGREEMENT LED BY DR LEISS MY INITIAL DISCUSSION LAST NIGHT WITH LEISS INDICATES HE THINKS HE CAN TAKE A MORE FORTHCOMING POSITION ON THE QUESTION OF COMMITING THE US TO JOINT PROJECTS AFTER JUNE 1983 THAN REVIEW AUTHORITY Frank Perez nior Reviewer UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2015-16970 Doc NO C05935338 Date 02 17 2016 5 9 3 5 3 u s Department of State Case No Doc No C05935338 Date 02 17 2016 SEEMS TO BE INDICATED BY THE INSTRUCTIONS IN 82 STATE 310516 DO THOSE INSTRUCTIONS STILL PLEASE REPLY ASAP 5 BUDDHISTS IN THE USSR STATE DJ 55 SORRY FOR THE DELAY BUT WE HAVE HAD TO DO SOME SPADE WORK TO GET THE FOLLOWING THE REPRESENTATIVE IN MOSCOW OF THE CENTRAL SPIRITUAL BOARD OF BUDDHISTS IS DU MA SHAGDAROVNA SHAGDAROVA 49 METROSTROYEVS KAYA ST BUILDING NO 1 MOSCOW ACCORDING TO V A KUROYEDOV IN AND CHURCH IN THE SOVIET A CONGRESS OF REPRESENTATIVES OF RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES AND OF LAMAS ELECTS THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THE CENTER OF SOVIET BUDDHISM APPEARS TO BE THE DATSANE MONASTERY IN THE VILLAGE OF IVOLGA IN THE BURYAT AUTONOMOUS REPUBLIC THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD ZHAMBAL DORZHI GOMBOYEV PROBABLY RESIDES IN IVOLGA THE HIGHER BUDDHIST INSTITUTE WHICH OPENED IN 1970 TO EDUCATE STUDENTS FROM THE USSR AND MONGOLIA IN BUDDHISM ALSO APPEARS TO BE IN IVOLGA WE WILL PASS ON ANY OTHER INFO ON BUDDHISTS THAT COMES OUR WAY 6 AIRSPACE VIOLATIONS REF MOSCOW 4152 WE CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 MOSCOW 04713 01 OF 02 1814572 RECENTLY SAW A DIA REPORT OF A SOVIET MILITARY AIRCRAFT VIOLATION OF US AIRSPACE ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THE EARLY APRIL SOVIET COMPLAINT THAT U S MILITARY AIRCRAFT VIOLATED SOVIET AIRSPACE OVER THE LITTLE KURILES DIA SAID THIS WAS THE FIRST SOVIET MILITARY AIRCRAFT INCURSION SINCE 1969 ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME FURTHER QUALIFICATION ATTACHED TO THAT STATEMENT THE SOVIET PENETRATION LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE RETALIATORY WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR READING ON WHETHER THERE WILL BE A REPLY TO THE SOVIET PROTEST AS WELL AS ANY FACTS THAT HAVE COME TO LIGHT ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF THEIR ALLEGATIONS 7 JOSEF BEGUN CASE STATE 0 1 73 PARA 9 IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IN PRINCIPLE TO HAVE EMBASSY REPRESENTA- TIVES ATTEMPT TO ATTEND TRIAL IN VLADIMIR IN TO DO SO HOWEVER WE FACE AT LEAST THREE POSSIBLE OBSTACLES 1 WE WILL NEED AT LEAST 2 NOTICE OF THE TRIAL SINCE WE MUST REQUEST PERMISSION TO TRAVEL TO 2 THE SOVIETS PROBABLY WILL DENY US SUCH PERMISSION SINCE THEY WILL KNOW OUR REASON FOR WANTING TO AND 3 EVEN IF THEY LET US GO THEY CAN MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO COVER THE TRIAL IF IT LASTS MORE THAN ONE DAY WHICH MANY SUCH TRIALS DO BY CLAIMING THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO ARRANGE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR US ALL OF THIS BEGS THE QUESTION OF WHETHER BE ADMITTED TO THE VERY LIKELY WILL NOT UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2015-16970 Doc No 005935338 Date 02 17 2016 0 5 9 3 5 3 3 BED US Department of State Case No F-2015-16970 Doc No 005935338 Date 02 17 2016 WE WILL SPREAD THE WORD THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE INFORMED IMMEDIATELY OF THE DATE OF THE TRIAL ONCE IT BECOMES CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 MOSCOW 04713 02 OF 02 1814582 ACTION EUR-03 INFO OCT-00 COPY-01 1004 1815022 52 1814512 APR 83 FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5586 0 NF I I A SECTION 02 OF 02 MOSCOW04713 NO DISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE 3 COPIES ONLY FOR SIMONS FROM ZIMMERMANN E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PREL SUBJECT OFFICIAL INFORMAL NO 75 KNOWN ASSUMING WE ARE WE THEN WILL REQUEST PERMISSION TO GO TO VLADIMIR IF WE RECEIVE IT WE WILL GO THERE AND COVER THE TRIAL AS LONG AS IT LASTS EVEN IF WE HAVE TO SLEEP IN THE TRAIN STATION 8 REF USENIK HUNGER STRIKE STATE DJ 72 PARA 3 LOCAL CONTACTS WHOM WE SEE REGULARLY AT THE GOG HAVE CONFIRMED THAT 36 YEAR-OLD LENINGRAD REFUSENI FOIA 36 BEEN ON A HUNGER STRIKE WATER ONLY SINCE PROTEST AGAINST SOVIET REFUSAL TO ALLOW HER TO EMIGRATE TO ISRAEL OUR SOURCES SAY THAT THE ALLEGEDLY NATURE OF HER WORK HAS UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2015-16970 Doc No 005935338 Date 02 17 2016 US Department of State Case No F-2015-16970 Doc No 005935338 Date 0211712016 BEEN CITED AS THE REASON FOR THE DECISION INCIDENTALLY APPARENTLY HAS HAD NO CONTACT WITH HER FATHER FOIA BB FOR SOME THREE YEARS HAS NO OTHER CLOSE RELATIVES IN LENINGRAD AND IS SINGLE REPORTEDLY WAS VISITED BY A JEWISH KGB PH SICIAN 0V THE WEEKEND OF APRIL 9-10 AND TH REATEN ED WITH FORCED HOSPITALIZATION AND SUBSEQUENT TRIAL ON A CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 MOSCOW 04713 02 OF 02 1814582 WHICH TO OUR KNOWLEDGE IS NOT A CRIMINAL OFFENSE THIS SAME DOCTOR ALSO ALLEGEDLY SAID THAT THOSE PERSONS HER FAST WOULD BE FOR INSTIOATINO HER ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OUR SOURCES ADDED THAT THEY HAD HEARD TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK OF APRIL 10 THAT THE SOVIETS HAD BEGUN ACTIVELY T0 PREPARE TO HOS- PITALIZE FRADKOVA A NUMBER OF CORRESPONDENTS HERE ARE AWARE BUT INTEREST IN IT SEEMS MINIMAL WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE SINCE OUR SOURCES SAY THAT SHE WILL END THE STRIKE IF MEDIA PUBLICIZE HER FLIGHT WE WILL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH OUR SOURCES ON THIS ONE AND REPORT ANYTHING NEWWE PICK UP WE BELIEVE THAT THE TELEPHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS YOU PROVIDED ARE ACCURATE SENT TO DEPARTMENT AND LENINGRAD 9 STRANGE WARNINGS TO REFUSENIKS WE HEARD AT THE SYNAGOGUE ON SATURDAY EVENING A STORY ABOUT STRANGE WARNINGS TO REFUSENIKS A SOURCE WHOM WE REGARD AS RELIABLE TOLD US THAT SEVERAL YOUNG AMERICAN WOMEN FLUENT IN HEBREW WHO RECENTLY VISITED MOSCOW HAD WARNED A NIK FAMILY THAT THEY WERE IN GREAT DANGER AND THAT THEY SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CEASE ALL CONTACT WITH FOREIGN CORRES- PONDENTS TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY AS A RESULT ACCORDING TO OUR SOURCE THIS PARTICULAR FAMILY HAS DECIDED TO SEVER SUCH CONTACT OUR SOURCE SAID THE WARNING DID NOT PERTAIN TO DIPLOMATS FRANKLY WE ARE FLABBER- GASTED OF COURSE POSSIBLE THAT THE FAMILY IN QUESTION FOR ITS OWN REASONS MAY HAVE FABRICATED THE STORY BUT IF TRUE WE FAIL TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE FAMILY WOULD ACT ON THE BASIS OF A WARNING FROM VISITING AMERICANS AND HELP BUT WONDER WHO THESE PERSONS WERE AND WHO THEY REPRESENTED WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANYTHING YOU HEAR FROM INTERESTED AMERICANS WHICH MIGHT SHED LIGHT CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 MOSCOW 04713 02 OF 02 1814582 ON THIS SENT DEPARTMENT AND UNCLASSIFIED US Department Of State Case NO F-2015-16970 Doc No 005935338 Date 0211772016 0 5 9 3 5 3 3 8'1th u s Department of State Case No F-2015-16970 Doc No 005935333 Date 02 17 2016 CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No C05935338 Date 02 1712016 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