CO 68 35 97 9 IFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 Sunday January2 1S94 RELEASE IN FULL Chris Welcome home mfiss1iv1 dis1_kan ef xperi nent I you · w o u l d d f mdT_his t use u e rom time to time to sen 1 you such compilations of miscellaneous notes _ do not know how much true one-on-one time Liz the World will grant us These notes from me to you will impose on me th discipline of putting my thoughts to paper and they will give you an additional way to know where my mind is headed That way if there's something going on in my head that strikes you as misguided you'll have a way of blowing the whistle The reason for the wide right margin is so that you can write comments and instructions back to me This expedient will serve its purpose it seems to me only if it's entirely confidential truly just between the two of us I will express myself here in a way that assumes Lam writing for youc_ eyes onlyJand will of course treat any replies 1rom you accordingly I will not share this with · anyone even on my own staff That w_ay I'd like to give new and reall meaning to the phrase not for the system I express this desire with a certian wistfulness for afoday's New York Times leads its paper with reasonably detailed account of a supposedly not-for-the-system memo that I wrote you in October on NATO expansion live V IIWI _I --- - a and learn The last thing I want to do is add to the burden of paperwork you- already have So if this device is anything other than welcome and help- ful simply make your first comment read No thanks· and this first document will be the last of its·kind 1 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 CO 6 8 3 5 9 7 gFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 -- Lunching with the enemy In preparation for the summit and in an attempt to get our P4P message out and around the foreign-policy community I've had in for sandwiches or coffee a variety of c ritics skeptics and Republican moversand-thinkers These sessions are also useful to me in thinking about the bigger picture of what lies beyond the summit So far the guest list has included Paul Wolfowitz Zbig Brzezinski and Dimitri Simes Each in his own way was really very constructive Paul had some good advice on the mission and various historical models for S P he headed the staff under Shultz for a while Simes always comes bearing_ political intelligence and useful analysis on Russia Zbig will always doubt and challenge the premise of our FSU policy given his fundamental view of Russia as incorrigible but I think if we consult him from time to time he'll reciprocate by giving us the benefit of that doubt at least in the tone of his public commentary Tony had what I gather from both was a good breakfast with Zbig a few days before Zbig said that Tony had gone a long way toward satisfying him that P4P is more than just a consolation prize to the disappointed East Europeans and that it has some real promise f w Cf-- td- t 4 fvia_ F ft ' - f u- llt dla 'l i v P 'ft_tt 1' lW IA frr'z etu4-Av - k J J iJ d x U1 f u j _Ju-' - d -· He's Back Pres Nixon called on Thrusday he's going to the FSU in late Feb or early March We agreed to get together before and perhaps after his trip How much of that pleasure have you had How much would you like to have If you have any inclination at all I think you'd finding it a fascinating encounter _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 2 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 CO 6 8 3 5 9 7 9 FIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 -- Sam Lewis's departure Several people -- including Woitowitz and Mike Mandelbaum -- have registered strong protests over the way they feel that Sam's departure is being portrayed by anonymous Administration official o ave backgroundec J reporters saw only one piece a Dan Williams article in the I think that did convey an insinuation Sam was being blamed for t '1 fY 11 e 0 us being blindsided by Somalia etc Paul and 1 •J I J u 1 - 'f'Mike talk as though there's some sort of smear JltA -- - campaign going on or at least that there's 41 tA £- · scuttlebutt around town to the same invidious e f feet Woitowitz and Mandelbaum expressed real L Jft_ outrage over this They see it as scapegoating of -4 the worst sort and they point out tartly that Sam 4 1 ± has many many friends including in con- ---- 1 stituencies that are already feeling suspicio s if tj not hostile toward us read neocons and the L ewish co unit 1 erhaps there IS hing that can be done h z _ to counter the impression tha 're being ungra cious and unfair and to undo the da Pos_ 1· · sibilities · g -tone send-off for Sa cons U'Vt tion with him on the utur of S P continuing to draw on him for ME advice this is already intended right perhaps use of him for a special mission or two I've mention d this to Tom Donilon who was·aware oft e problem -1 A'¥ µ- M -- Europe Peter and me I s nse the slightest divergence between Peter and e on how my policy responsibilities activities ill apply to Europe If you agree I will treat it as y No 1 job at least initially to work with Peter teve Lynn Joan and others to integrate our F U policy with our West and East European policie That means persuading the Europeans tha we have a single policy toward the Continent a d it takes full account of all their security interes d- Jr 'Jt1k '1Y' 4t t1tJ ---J 3 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 CO 6 8 3 5 9 7 9 IED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 In our first year in office we inadvertently created the impression that-our Russia FSU policy in some sense stood alone -- and was even in competition with our European policy Add to thatthe mis impression that we were somehow downgrading Europe and that what Europe policy we had could be summarized in two words Bosnia and GATT -- and the rap that we've let Russia veto initiatives intended to benefit the East Europeans perpetuated and probably intensified by the Times lede today -- and we've got a problem that needs to be fixed I think it's important symbolically and operationally that I be part of the fix If in moving to D I were to cling stubbornly to the FSU brief but remain aloof from Europe policy it would feed the suspicion that we were compounding the mistake of the first year I'd go from being seen as a 500-pound gorilla to an 800-pound beast in the eyes of those who see us as Russo-centrics or Russia-firsters This is not just a personal consideration My assignment or mandate as your deputy will be seen as an indicatior of your own priorities and scope of strongest interest It should be clear that you've asked me to participate directly in redressing whatever imbalance has arisen -- and certainly not to perpetuate that imbalance from a· loftier post I'll this argues for me having quite a hands-on involvement in our Europe policy as a whole Now for my sense of where Peter is coming from or where he is heading He has said on several occasions to me and to others that he thinks I'm going to have my hands full with the FSU and that we're going to need other resources and other delegations of authority from you to deal with Europe incJuding his own increased involvement and travel there Without disagreeing with the second half of that proposi- 4 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 c O6 8 3 5 9 7 9 FIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 tion I strongly resist the first for the reas ns already stated When we were going through our recent frustrating round of discussions with Mort Abramowitz Peter urged giving Mort as an ambassador-at-large special responsibility for Eastern Europe I see that as an attempt to duplicate for Eastern Europe the kind of geographically restricted charter I had for the FSU That would only deepen the impression of division rather than integration between the two areas I have ru2 t put before Peter or anyone else my contrary view but I did want to share it with you To summarize Keeping our FSU policy on track is crucial to ' our global task opport nity which is building a post-Cold War world order But crucial to having a wise sustainable FSU policy is the need to put it into a broader context and that means moving Europe from the margins to the center of our strategy As for my own part in_this by no means do I intend to shoulder Peter or anyone else aside Rather I'd work closely -- and visibly including in my own tr vel -- with him and of course· with Steve and EUR -- Where and Who Next for S P Tom mentioned that you wanted to have lunch on this subject Monday This presents a fairly major scheduling problem for me I've got the Ukrainian Deputy PM and Mamedov and their delegations here Monday and Tuesday for what we hope will b_e the climactic round of trilateral negotiations on the Uke-nukes and I'm hosting a lunch for them Monday Let me just recap my thinking on S P _ As an Administration and as a Department we've got a problem with the vision thing It has become a part of the conventional wisdom that 5 -J- 't4 c -r X - fll Ah L ltw f J 1 4 1114t- r M - '- I I ·'- I l _ 1 -I • - I I UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 CO 6 8 3 5 9 7 glFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 will be difficult though not imposs ble to dislodge that we don't really have a worldview that we're reactive intellectually timid · that we have a bunch of policies and objectives but they don't hang together as part of a si'ngle Grand Design at least not one deserving of capitalization It's a bum _rap but an understandable one I'm seized of this issue now because I spent much of the trip back and forth to LA last week reviewing the latest version of the op-ed and the Foreign Affairs article that the system has prepared for you They are pedestrian laundrylisty forgettable unfocused written in desk1 • officer-ese You know all this and I know it's painful to hear again Moreover you've got a good comeback -- echoed eloquently by George Kennan over dinnerl -- to the effect that the post-Cold War world doesn't lenq itself to bumper-sticker slogans as easily as the old world did Indeed one might add bumper-stickerism got us into certain amount of trouble in the old days Kennan would certainly echo that too But the fact remains that an important part of the practice of foreign policy bot on the home front and on the diplomatic high road is conveying a sense of overarching purpose -- of knowing what we're about in grand terms even if it means erring sometimes ·on the side of the grandiose Statesmans_hip necessarily entails an ingredient of showmanship especially in the TV age This is not something we should feel embarrassed about In its foreign policy the United States is by definition in the business-of shaping the future of the whole world That's a pretty big deal pretty exciting stuff and we've got to do a better jof of getting our public excited about it Let me at this point be really very personal As I hope I've made clear I value very highly in- a 6 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 c O6 8 3 5 9 7 glFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 deed not only what you've done as Secretary of State but how you've done it I'm on record with a couple of friends predicting that before we're done there's going to be a whole new wave of Christopher chic and it won't be a reference to your sartorial style In fact I've even picked up a hint of that shift in the conventional wisdom in some recent quite positive articles abo_ut you especially one in USA Today last week I do lQ1 think you should spend a lot of time honing your delivery skills I've seen some examples of politicians who have let others try to remake their public persona and the result was artificial if not a bit goofy I'm thinking particularly of George Bush rabbit-chopping away at the air during his speeches I'm not however putting down Michael Sheehan in this regard he's very good and worth working with since his technique is to encourage people to develop their strengths Where I do really think we should put more energy is in the formulation of integrative concepts for our po licies and in the presentation of those concepts in a way that will capture public imagination and solidify public support In one draft of something that's been written for you recently it was suggested that you close by quoting someone -- Acheson -- as comparing the job of Secretary of State to that of a gar- dener watering a11d clipping and tending the flowers I b il§ this image It's much too modest and passive It conjures up in my mind the scene of a pensioner in a sleepy English town tottering around in an apron and rubber boots The Secretary of State is a combination landscape architect master engineer irrigation expert and dam-builder -- just short of a rainmaker It's not that we as an Administration or as a foreign-policy team are devoid of the necessary ideas You Tony the President and others have 7 · UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 c O6 8 3 5 9 7 9 IFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 oc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 got them and you've expressed them But you need more help in assembling them amplifying them with the best mind-work that's available in the government in putting them together in a package that has some clear and inspiring labeling in mixing some poetry into the prose and presenting the result to the public in speeches articles and testimony That is an important part of the mission for S P as I see it And it's a mission that should serve this is not a function that should be delegated to me or anyone else That's really very important I'll do everything I can in my new capacity to help on all things But I think it would be a mistake for me to become your surrogate in the public articulation or selling of our poli'cy I'll back you up I'll work within the building with Tom and others to make sure you have the b-est possible scripts talkers drafts and pre-briefs but the out-front role should remain yours I think I one quoted to you Henry Grunwald who sai that ood writing is good thinking By the same token an S P t at came up wit old broad compelling formulations of our objectives would also influence the substance of policy since good policy is also good thinking We should also find a way to integrate S P's efforts in this regard more with Jeremy Rosner' s at the NSC Now the tough next question is of course wb Q I continue to feel that the directorship of S P is a fulltime job For that reason as well as the others I've mentioned I don't think it's right for Tom He's your counselor C was invented for him If he takes on S P he'll do justice to neither function But a phone conversation I had with him on Saturday one of many over the last weekl gave me the impression that Tom now agrees s P doesn't make sense for him So I think that issue has faded 8 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 CO 6 8 3 5 9 7 9 IFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 Among the names that continue to rattle around in my head are -- not necessarily for the directorship but for the staff -- are Jessica Matthews John Newhouse John Hannah Ron Asmus the RAND fellow who was one of the coauthors of the Foreign Affairs article promoting NATO expansion I had a very preliminary carefully caveated conversation with Newhouse just to see if he'd be interested in joining our team in some fashion The answer is he would be He and the new management at The New Yorker are drifting away from each other He'd like very much to get involved in a policy job -- not just a speech· writing one I've suggested to Tom that we o _-1 might go back to John a·nd ask him to take on as o _ a confidential commission a rewrite of your For eign Affairs article I'm convinced we need out v-side help there This would give us a chance to s e how good he really is · - t I also think it would be worth your while hav- 'OF 1 tr ing a lunch with him just to see what the - ' f EJ chemistry dare I say comfort level is there fU lr'1 Ui - -- S NIS I'm meeting with Wendy Sherman on Monday afternoon prim rily to discuss my confirmation but I also want to raise with her my thoughts on the future of S NIS As I think I've mentioned to you and I've certainly discussed with Peter my hope is to use my departure from the office as a triggering event to seek the necessary legislation to create a new regional bureau for NIS The experience of the last year has I believe totally vindicated the wisdom of your decision to hive NIS off from EUR and we should now formalize and institutionalize that I realize that there are other matters ahead of this one in the legislative queue -- the creation of the G Under Secretaryship being just one -- but I think that at least internally we should grasp this nettle now rather than later VW' 9 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 CO 6 8 3 5 9 7 9IFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 -- D P R Marc has briefed me a bit about the discussions between you and Craig Johnct·OA1r- sp and the possibility that D P might become a free-standing bureau his strikes me as having a lot of merit I'll need some guidance from you on how you want me to help you in the critical area of reconciling policy pr10rities to resource allocation At some point this week I'll be sitting down with Dick Moose to get a bett r sense of his views on all this -- -- The D Committee This is a part of my assignment that I particularly look forward to I think there's a lot we can do to improve the process whereby we find the best possible chiefs of mission One quite specific idea to add Joan Spero to the D Committee as proof that we're serious about taking more account of our new economic and commercial priorities in the selection of ambassadors -- G and Tim Wirth I had dinner Saturday night with John Deutch an old and good friend He told me that he and Tim have been in disucssion about a very bold plan to take several billion dollars in defense money and reallocate it to global issue programs like population control on the ·theory that a penny spent now for such causes might save a dollar later required for peacekeeping or for that matter warmaking Without knowing more I can see both the attraction and the risks of this plan it combines an admirable degree of boldness and new-think with more than a dollop of snicker factor I can see the op-ed headline now Beating Artillery Shells into Condoms Is this something you've focused on II' ' - t Y1 1 - wtll 'w lit ' tyJ ¾1 -- Bosnia Etc In general I'm not going to begin preparation for my new job until I get past the 10 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 CO 6 8 3 5 9 7 glFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 summit However I'm making one exception and that is on the most dreadful ongoing foreignpolicy issue we face which of course is the former-Yugoslavia I don't think there's anyway I can stay out of that one for all sorts of obvious reasons including that it figures so fundamentally and troublesomely in the question of a postCold War security order for Europe Therefore I'm going to start doing some serious reading and talking on the subject even this week if other things permit I've talked to Peter and Tom about this and gotten the drift of their current thinking Perhaps at some point on the trip you and I can spend a little time on this subject so I'll have your guidance clearly in mind as I work my way toward a more developed sense of the situation the pitfalls and if there are any the opportunities pf - fth-- J- y r J v J _ J -- Tony As I've indicated before I see it as fiwV V one of my major responsibilities to try to encourage smoother relations among DoD NSC and State In particular I want to try to build on my ' '7 existing relationship with Tony and Sandy to the • •_ - 1 L iS benefit of our Department and · of course of the Administration· as a whole This is already tricky t and it's going to become more so There is alas already a certain degree of mutual apprehension 'lJvH_ _ _ __ bordering on mistrust in the air I think your own recent approaches to Tony have helped but he ------ does not disguise his feelings about om _ whom 71 tt ' 7 l 1 he sees almost as a Svengali if not a Iago On 1- S A o substance the biggest most dangerous out_M wt_ 4M • standing issue is the aforementioned Bosnia he J 6 t -vl sees you and the Department as determined still L tJ to change the subject while his strong inclina -- -r 1 tion is to return to that subject w· h a vengeance _LfHe and I have had a small gentlemanly tussle Z IrX of our own Instigated in no small measure by 1 J 4 t -h f Nancy Soderberg who tends to be very zeroc J AM c 3J ' 1 µM - Jr W- wt4 d -- 11 I t _ UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 CO 6 8 3 5 9 7 9 FIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06835979 Date 11 17 2021 sum us-versus-them in her attitude toward StateNSC relations Tony has made three runs in the past week or so at knocking me out of Presiden tial events on Russia policy the recent ClintonYeltsin phone call the Monday pre-summit briefing and the one-on-one Clinton-Yeltsin session in Moscow I'd been the notetaker for the first such meeting in Vancouver all cases he was clearly ambivalent and thanks to his better instincts encouraged by Nick Burns's splendid handling of a difficult situation · everything remains on track I think I fully recognize that as Deputy Secretary I cannot and should not try to be ubiquitous when the Presid nt engages on Russia FSU matters This isn't just a matter of respecting Tony's prerogatives as national security adviser it's also· a matter of being sensitive to your prerogatives as Secretary I fully intend to delegate a lot of what I'm going now to Jim Collins and Nick Burns But at the same time my sense is that the President wants me to remain in some appropriate but very real sense at hand when he tackles these subjects On this subject as on others I'm· confident that we'll get it right State-NSC relations are like a garden that I will spend a lot of time tending and watering and weeding while you move mountains build dams and seed the clouds with rain In I 12 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 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