Case 1 19-cv-01333-ABJ Document 16-2 Filed 10 01 19 Page 1 of 6 EXHIBIT B Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order Case 1 19-cv-01333-ABJ Document 16-2 Filed 10 01 19 Page 2 of 6 f Ctffi'fHOftC01q JcfOfioru - UNCLASSIFIED PkgNumberShort Declassified by order of the President' September 24 2019 EYES OH l ii DO NOi COP MEMORANDUM OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION SUBJECT C Telephone Conversation with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine PARTICIPANTS Pre sident Zelenskyy of Ukraine Notetakers DATE TIME AND PLACE The White House Situation Room July 25 2019 9 03 - 9 33 a m EDT Residence S NF The President Congratulations on a great victory We all watched from the United States and you did a terrific job The way you came from behind -somebody who wasn't given much of a chan e and you ended up winning ea ily It' a fantastic achievement Congratulations J 'UP' President Zelenskyy You are absolutely right Mr Presideht o We did win big and we worked hard for _this We worked a lot but I would like to confe$s to you that I had n opportunity to learn from you We used quite a few of your skills and knowledge and were able to use it as an example to r our ele ctions -and yes it is-true that these were unique elections We were in a unique situation that we were able to CAUTION A Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation TELCON is not a verbatim transcript of a discussion The text in this document records the notes and recollections of Situation Room Duty Officers and-NSC policy staff assigned t_o listen and memorialize the conversation in written form as the conversation takes place A numper of factors can affect 'the accuracy of the reco d including poor telecommunications connections and variations in accent and or interpretation The word inaudible is used to indifate portions of a conversation that the notetaker was unable to hear Classified By 2354726 Derived From NSC SCG Declassify On 20441231 - lJNCLASSIFIED Case 1 19-cv-01333-ABJ Document 16-2 Filed 10 01 19 Page 3 of 6 SECRf3Cf' ' 'ORCOt VJ OfORi 2 UNC AS IFIED achieve a unique success I'm able to tell you the following the first time you called me to congratulate me when I won my presid ntial election and the second time you are now calling me when my party won the parliamentary election I think I should run more often so you can call me more often and we can talk over the phone more often ' The Pre ddent laughter That's a very good idea T think your c ount ry is very happy about that S iQl' President Zelenskyy Well yes to tell you the truth we are trying to work hard because we wanted to drain the swamp here in our country We brought in many many new people Not the old politicians not the typical politicians because we want to have a new format and a new type of government You are a great teacher for us and in that 3 H i The President Well it 1 s very nice of you to say that I will say that we do a lot for Ukraine We spend a lo t of effort and a lot of time Much more than the European countries are 'doing and they should be helping you more than they are Germany does almost nothing for you All they do is talk and I think it's something that you should really ask them about When I was speaking to Angela Merkel she talks Ukraine but she doesn't do anything A lot of the European countries are the same way so I think it's something you want to look at but the United States has been very very good to Ukraine I wouldn't say that it's reciprocal necessarily because things are happening that are not good but the United States has been very very good to Ukraine 3 MF President Zelenskyy Yes you are absolutely right ot only 100% but actually 1000% arid I can tell you the following I did talk to Angela erkel and I did meet with her I also met and talked with M acron and I told them that they are not doing quite as much as they need to be doing on the issues with the sanctions They are not enforcing the sanctions They are not working as much as they should work for Ukraine It turns out that even though logically the European Union should be our biggest partner but technically the United States is a much bigger partner than the European Union and- I'm very grateful to you for that because the United States is doing quite a lot for Ukraine Much more than the E ropean Union especially when we are talking about sanctions against the Russia n Federation would also li e to thank you for your great support iri the area se We are ready to continue to cooperate for the next of defen steps specifically we a re almost ready to buy more Javelins from _ the United States for defense purposes r __ Case 1 19-cv-01333-ABJ Document 16-2 Filed 10 01 19 Page 4 of 6 BEORET OftOO UtOf C fi tf 3 ot 'HP The President I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it I would like you to find out what happened with this whole si uation with Ukraine they s_ay Crowdstrike I guess you have one of your wealthy people The server they say Ukraine has it There - are a lot of things that went on the whole situation I think you 1 re _surrounding yourse lf with some of the same people I would like to have the Attorney General call you or your people and I would like you t get to the bottom of it As you sa yest rday that whole nonsetise ended with a very poor performance by a man named Robert Mue le_r an incompetent performance - _but they say a lot of it started with Ukraine Whatever you can do it's very important that you do it if that's possible l l- 'HP President Zelenskyy Yes it is very important for me and everything that you just mentioned earlier For me as a President - it is very important and we are open for any future cooperation We are ready to open a new page on ooperation in relations between the United States and Ukraine For that purpose I just recalled our ambassador from United States and he will be replaced by a very competent and very experienced ambassador who wtll work hard on making sure that our two nations are getting clciser I would also like and hope to see him having your trust and y9ur confidence and _ have persona 1 relations with you so we c n cooperate even ore so I wili personally tell you that one of my assistants spoke with Mr Giuliani just recently and we are hoping very much that Mr G1uliani will be able to travel to Ukraine and we will meet once he co es to Ukraine I just wanted to assure you once again_that you _have nobody but friends around-us I w ill make sure -that-I surro nd myself with the best and most experienced people _ I also wanted to tell you that we are friends We are great friends and you Mr President have friends -in our country so we can continue our strategic artn rship I also plan to surround myself with great people and in addition to that investigation I guarantee as the President of Ukraine that all the investigations will be done_openly and candidly That I can assure you 9 MF The Pre sident Good because I heard you had a prosecutor who was very good and he was shut down and that's really unfair _ A lot of people are talking about that the way they shut your ery good prosecutor down and you had some ery bad people involved Mr Giuliani is a highly respected man He was the_ mayor bf New York Ci ty a great mayor and I would like him to UNCLJ s F1fIE 1U l Ctffl'fHO tCOM 'HOPO ttf Case 1 19-cv-01333-ABJ Document 16-2 Filed 10 01 19 Page 5 of 6 ECKiS1' 0RCO cJR OfO EMt 4 call you I will ask him to call yoti along with the Attorney _ General Rudy very much knows what's happening and he is a very capable guy If you could _speak to him that would be great The former ambassador from the United $tates the woman was bad news nd th people she was dealing with in the Ukraine were bad news so I jtist wan to_let you know that The ot er thing There's a lot 6f talk about Biden's son that Eiden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it It sounds horrible to me S 'ti F President Zelenskyy I wanted to tell you about the prosecutor First df 11 I understand arid I'm kn6wledgeable abotit the situation Sine we ha e on the ab olute majority in our Parliament the next prosecutor general will be 100%_ my person my c'andidate who will be approved by the parliament and will start a_s a new prosecutor in September He or she will look into the situation specifically to the company that you -mentioned in this issue The issue of the investigation of the case is ctually the issui of aking sure to res o e the honesty so we will take care of that and wi11 wo tk on the investigation of the case On top of that I would kindly ask you if you have any additional information that you can provide to us it would_ be very helpful for the investigation t o make su re that we administer justice i' r1 our country with regc ird to the Ambassador to the United States from Ukraine as far as I recall her name was Ivanovicli It was great that you were the first one who told me that she was bad ambassador because I agree with you 100% Her attitude to wards me was far from the best as she admired the previous President and she was on his side She would not accept e as a new President well enough a 3 MF The President Well she's going tO go through some things I will have Mr Giuliani give you a call and I _ am also going to have Attorney General Barr call and we will get to the bottom of it I'm sure you will figure it o t I heard the prosecutor was treated very badly and he was a very fa r prosecuto_r so good luck with everything Your economy is going- to get better and bett er I pre diet You have a lot of a ssets It's a great country I have many Ukrainian friends their incredible people B MF - President Z lenskyy I would like to tell you that I also have quite a few Ukrain1an friends that live iri the United States Actually last time I traveled to the Unit'ed States I stayed in New York n ar Central Park and I stayed at the Trump _ UN J m ----- -- u _ _ _ _ -- 51 C Rt IIIORCON MOPOlffl Case 1 19-cv-01333-ABJ Document 16-2 Filed 10 01 19 Page 6 of 6 ' s UNCLASSIFIED Tower I will t alk to thetn and I hope to see t_hem again in the future I also w anted to _ thank you for your invitation to visit the United States specifically Washington DC On the other hand I also wartt td ensur you that we will be ry serious about the case and will work on the investigation As to the economy there is much potential for our two countries and o_ne of the issues that is ve ry important for Ukraine is energy independence I believe we can b very succ ssful and cooperating on energy independence witp United States We -are already working on cooperation We are buying Americ n oil but I am very hopeful for- a future meeting We will have more time and more opportunitie to discuss these opportunities and get to know each other better I would like to thank you very much for your s-v pport 8 Ui The President Good Well thank you very much and I appreciate that I will tell Rudy and Attorney General Barr to call Thank you Whenever you would like -to come to the White House feel fr e to call Give us a date and we'll work that out I 1ook forward to seeing you I 9 Nil President zelens yy Thank you very much I would be very happy to come and would be happy to meet with you per onally and get to know you better r am l ooking forward to our meeting arid I also would like -to invite you to visit Ukraine and come to the city bf Kyiv which is a beautiful city We have a beautiful country Which would welcome you On the other hand I believe that on Septernber_l we will be in Poland and we can meet in Poland hopefully After that it might be a very good idea for you to travel to Ukraine We can either take my plane and go to Ukraine or we can take your plane which is probably mucl better than mine MF 'The President Okay we can work that out I look forwar a to seeing you in Washington and maybe in Poland bec ause I think we are going to be there at that tlme MF President Zelenskyy Thank you very much Mr President El HF The President Congratulations on a fantastic job you've done- The whole world was watching I'm not sure it was so much of an upset but congratulations B HF' President Zelenskyy Thank you Mr President bye-bye End of Conversation 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