p 'Cl II' OClII 0 G e CO r r o 0 0 Sl oo 01 o G CJ f l III C' liP CONFIDENTIAL AN -D900535-0206 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EUR-01 MOSCOW 19'i'i'i 01 OF OLf 121 5Lf2Z ADS-OO AID-01 INFO LOG-OO INR-05 SS-01 OIC-02 CIAE-OO EB-01 DODE-OO H-01 10-19 EXIM-06 SCE-OO NSAE-OO COME-OO 550-01 HA-09 L-03 LAB-OLf CTME-OO TRSE-OO ITC-01 OPIC-OS PA-01 PM-01 STR-18 NRRC-01 OMB-01 INRE-OO FRB-03 USIE-OO JUSE-OO SP-01 SNP-01 PRS-01 E-01 P-02 T-01 096 14 DPR-01 ------------------2Lf2625 121551Z Lf6 o 121526Z JUN 90 FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2172 INFO MOSCOW POLITICAL COLLECTIVE CON F IDE N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 0' MOSCOW 19'i'i'i I-- CCl -- ---- E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PREL OPRC ECON ETRD UR US SUBJECT SOVIET REACTIONS TO THE SUMMIT til Jf oo SUMMARY -----1 CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2 TAE OFFICIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE WASHINGTON SUMMIT AS EXEMPLIFIED BY GORBACHEV1S JUNE 12 REPORT TO THE SUPREME SOVIET IS VERY POSITIVE GORBACHEV PARTICULARLY EMPHASIZED THE SUMMIT1S IMPORTANCE FOR SOVIET INTERNAL AFFAIRS WHILE SOVIET COMMENTATORS NOTE THAT THIS MEETING WAS LESS DRAMATIC THAN PREVIOUS SUMMITS AND POINT OUT THAT AREAS OF DISAGREEMENT REMAIN THE VERY FACT THAT SUCH SOVIET-AMERICAN DIALOGUE IS NOW ROUTINE IS VIEWED AS AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD THIS SUMMIT IS SEEN AS TRULY MARKING THE END OF THE COLD WAR OPENING A NEW EPOCH IN SOVIET-AMERICAN CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 RELATIONS MOSCOW 19'iLf'i 01 OF O'i 1215'i2Z IT IS EVIDENT THAT THE SOVIETS ARE CONFIDENTIAL i ' C' C C o o 0 II Ct' e I 0 f C 4''' CONFIDENTIAL STILL GROPING TO DEFINE THIS NEW PARTNERSHIP tn SEEKING CLUES FROM THE U S SIDE SOVIET COMMENTARY ON THE SUMMIT EMPHASIZES THE DEVELOPING TRUST BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES AND CREDITS THIS NEW ATMOSPHERE AS ENABLING THE ADMINISTRATION TO SIGN A POLITICALLY RISKY TRADE AGREEMENT 3 FOR THE AVERAGE SOVIET THE SUMMIT STORY COULD NOT COMPETE WITH CONCERNS OVER FOOD SUPPLIES AND THE ELECTION OF YELTSIN TO THE RFSFR PRESIDENCY FROM HERE ESPECIALLY JUDGING FROM THE TELEVISION COVERAGE THE SUMMIT SEEMED PART OF A GORBACHEV POLITICAL CAMPAIGN TO GAIN SUPPORT AT HOME AT THE SUPREME SOVIET GORBACHEV EMPHASIZED THE STRONG SUPPORT HE FOUND IN WASHINGTON AND AMONG THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN GENERAL SOME ELEMENTS AMONG THE LEFTIST OPPOSITION UNHAPPY ITH THIS SPECT OF THE SUMMIT MAINTAIN THAT THE-U S RATHER THAN BETTING ON GORBACHEV SHOULD SUPPORT THE MORE RADICAL REFORMERS END SUMMARY A NORMAL CALM DIALOGUE ------------------------ q SOVIET COMMENTARIES HAVE WIDELY NOTED THAT WHILE THIS SUMMIT WAS PERHAPS NOT AS DRAMATIC AS PREVIOUS MEETINGS THE FACT THAT THE U S AND OVIET SIDES NOW VIEW SUCH MEETINGS AS ROUTINE REPRESENTS A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IZVESTIYA JU E q MAINTAINS THAT THE SUMMIT WAS SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE IT WAS NA NQRMAL CALM DIALOGUE WHICH WHILE NOT CONFIDENTIAL - CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 MOSCOW 19qqq 01 OF Oq 121SQ2Z RESOLVING ALL THE ISSUES GUARANTEED THAT THEY WILL NOT BECOME SOURCES OF NEW TENSION WRITING IN THE MOSCOW NEWS JUNE 17 COMMENTATOR VIKTOR KREMENYUK MAINTAINS THAT THE SUMMIT WAS A CLEAR SUCCESS ADDING THAT THE DISCUSSIONS OF GERMAN REUNIFICATION AND REGIONAL CONFLICTS WERE IMPORTANT EVEN THOUGH NO DOCUMENTS WERE SIGNED NEW TIMES JUNE 1 POINTS OUT THAT WHILE SOME SAY THE EUPHORIC STAGE IS OVER IN REALITY SOVIET-AMERICAN RELATIONS HAVE ENTERED A CALMER CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PERIOD AND ARE NO LONGER CHARACTERIZED BY UNPREDICTABILITY THE NOW OR NEVER APPROACH TO SUMMITS IS A THING OF THE PAST THE END OF THE COLD WAR ---------------------- 5 THE SOVIET MEDIA HAS TRUMPETED THE WASHINGTON SUMMIT AS MARKING THE END OF THE COLD WAR THERE SEEMS NO DOUBT THAT NTHE FINAL CHORDS OF THE COLD WAR HAVE BEEN SOUNDED MOSCOW NEWS NEW TIMES NOTING THAT THE COLD WAR IS OVER N POINTS OUT THAT NIT IS SAID THAT MOSCOW HAS LOST THAT GORBACHEV IS ENTERING THE TALKS FROM A POSITION OF WEAKNESS DISMISSING SUCH TALK AS NONSENSE THE ARTICLE ASKS WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE PREVIOUS NSTRENGTH OF THE SOVIET UNION h PRE-SUMMIT TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY TRACING THE H15TO Y OF U S -SOVIET RELATIONS PRESENTED A RELATIVELY EVEN-HANDED TREATMENT OF THE COLD WAR PERIOD STRESSING THAT BOTH SIDES WERE AT FAULT FOR THE DETERIORATION OF RELATIONS GROPING TO DEFINE THE NEW RELATIONSHIP ------------------------------------- CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE ott MOSCOW 19 01 OF O 1215 2Z NOTE OMI5SION5 CORRECTION WILL FOLLOW CONFIDENTIAL G e e o t' o - o 40 o co Q rco '0 _ o eo o o t o ro C C'c c ocg _4 e e #10 Co o II _ coe 0 o flo o CI r 0 _ o _ flo CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EUR-Ot MOSCOW '9 02 OF O 1215 2Z AID-01 INFO LOG-OO ADS-OO I R-05 55-01 OIC-02 CIAE-OO 10-19 EB-01 DODE-OO H-01 EXIM-06 NSCE-OO N5AE-OO COME-OO 550-01 HA-09 L-03 LAB-O CTME-OO TRSE-OO ITC-01 OPIC-OS PA-01 PM-01 STR-18 NRRC-01 OMB-01 U5IE-00 JUSE-OO SP-01 INRE-OO FRB-03 SNP-01 PRS-01 DPR-01 E-01 P-02 T-01 096 W ------------------2 2631 121550Z 1' 6 o 121526Z JUN 90 FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2173 INFO MOSCOW POLITICAL COLLECTIVE CON F IDE N T I A L SECTION 02 OF O MOSCOW 19 E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PREL OPRC ECON ETRDI UR US SUBJECT SOVIET REACTIONS TO THE SUMMIT 6 MNEW TIMES ASSERTS THAT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WASHINGTON SUMMIT IS THAT THE TWO SUPERPOWERS FOR THE FIRST TIME ARE BEGINNING TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO PROCEED NEXT AFTER THE END OF THE COLD WAR ZA RUBEZHOM- JUNE 8 MAINTAINS THAT THE SUMMIT -OPENS THE WAY TO BUILD A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE U S AND U S S R THE SOVIETS SEEM TO BE GROPING FOR A WORKING DEFINITION OF THE NEW RELATIONSHIP AND APPEAR ANXIOUS TO FIND CLUES FROM THE U S SIDE IN A RECENT MEETING AN EMBASSY CONTACT WHO RELIABLY EXPRESSES OFFICIAL CONCERNS REPEATEDLY PRESSED EMBOFF FOR AN EXPLANATION OF A STATEMENT BY DEPARTMENT SPOKESWOMAN THAT THE SOVIET UNION WAS NO LONGER AN ENEMY BUT NOT YET A FRIEND POLLS OF AMERICANS' VIEWS OF THE SOVIET UNION AND THE VIEWS OF U S CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 MOSCOW 19 02 OF Oq 1215 2Z COMMENTATORS ON THE SUMMIT HAVE BEEN REPuRTED EXTENSIVELY CONFIDENTIAL _ oooooo oooo oo o o o o oooooo oo o oooo o oooo oooo oo o o - _0 - _ o oooooooo o ooo o ooo o oooo oo oo ' f CONFIDENTIAL KTOWARDS PARTNERSHIp K -------------------- 7 THE SOVIET MEDIA SEEMS TO BE SEARCHING FOR NEW SLOGANS TO DESCRIBE SOVIET-AMERICAN RELATIONS THE CONCEPT OF PARTNERSHIP APPEARS TO BE EMERGING AS THE FAVORITE ZA RUBEZHOM NOTES THAT WITH THIS SUMMIT THE POSSIBILITY APPEARED FOR THE TWO SIDES TO GO FROM CONFRONTATION AND RIVALRY TO COOPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP LITERATURNAYA GAZETA K JUNE 6 HEADLINES ITS SUMMIT STORY WORTHY PARTNERS THIS IDEA OF PARTNERSHIp HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY ECHOED BY OFFICIAL EMBASSY CONTACTS IN REGARD TO ISSUES RANGING FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF REGIONAL CONFLICTS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT FROJECTS IN SMALL AFRICAN COUNTRIES GROWING MUTUAL TRUST --------------------- 8 A COMMON THEME OF SOVIET REPO TING ON THE SUMMIT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUTUAL TRUST IN ASSESSING THE RESULTS OF THE SUMMIT PRAVDa JUNE 9 MAINTAINS THAT THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS THE TRADE AGREEMENT AND THE SUCCESSFUL RESOLUTION OF THE STRATEGIC ARMS PROBLEMS WERE MADE POSSIBLE BY PERSONAL DIPLOMACY AND THE GROWING MUTUAL TRUST BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES PRESIDENT BUSH'S WILLINGNESS TO SIGN THE POLITICALLY RISKY TRADE AGREEMENT OPENING CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 MOSCOW 02 OF 19 O 1215 2Z HIMSELF TO ATTACKS FROM THE RIGHT IS SEEN AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE INCREASE IN TRUST KIZVESTIYA K JUNE NOTES THAT THE TWO PRESIDENTS ARE NO LONGER FEARING THAT ONE IS USING THE OTHER FOR PROPAGANDA PURPOSES AND HAVE TRUST IN THE FRIENDLY SINCERE INTENTIONS OF EACH OTHER EVEN IN THE CASES OF DISAGREEMENT WHICH REMAIN WHILE THE FUNDAMENTAL SENSE OF 'TRUST BUT VERIFY' REMAINS IN EFFECT IN SOME ESSENTIAL ISSUES WASHINGTON AND MOSCOW ARE BEGINNING TO TRUST EACH OTHER o oo e o o ooo o o oo ooo - oo oo CONFIDENTIAL o o o o o ooo oo oo oo -- o - - - _ --_ _ - - - oo o oooooo oo o 0 ec 0 o o oeo o o oo o e o _ oooo G oo oo o c oo 0 o c e 0 oo Q o o ooooo o e o o G oe eo o oo o oe _ e _ _ o oo CONFIDENTIAL PROBLEMS REMAIN -------------- 9 SOVIET COMMENTARIES ON THE SUMMIT HAVE BEEN CAREFUL TO NOTE THAT SERIOUS DIFFERENCES REMAIN BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES A PRAVDA JUNE 9 COMMENTARY CAUTIONS THAT THERE ARE STILL COMPLICATIONS AND WE DO NOT WANT TO INDUCE EUPHORIA IN OUR READERS ft ZA RUBEZHOMft NOTES THAT WE CANNOT CLOSE OUR EYES TO CONTINUI G DIFFICULTIES WITH THE u S THEY WILL ALWAYS BE THERE ft NEW TIMES POINTS OUT THAT WHILE AGREEMENT ON RADICAL REDUCTIONS IN STRATEGIC ARMS WILL BE A TRULY HISTORICAL EVENT THERE WILL NEVERTHELESS STILL BE MORE SUCH WEAPONS IN EXISTENCE THAN THERE ERE 20 YEARS AGO WHEN THE ARMS CONTROL PROCESS FIRST BEGAN THE INTERNAL DIMENSION --------------------- 10 SOVIET COMMENTATORS HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO EVALUATE THE SUMMIT OUTSIDE THE CONTEXT OF SOVIET INTERNAL AFFAIRS THE EXTENSIVE CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE O MOSCOW 19 - o o eG o 02 OF O 1215 2Z - - - - - - e CONFIDENTIAL _ oo oo o IIlCl lD o tl O III r Co Co o o o o $ -nt QG9 0 I' W orO CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EUR-01 MOSCOW 19 03 OF O 1215 3Z INFO LOG-OO ADS-OO AID-01 INR-05 SS-01 OIC-02 CIAE-OO EB-01 DODE-OO H-01 10-19 EXIM-06 NSCE-OO NSAE-OO COME-OO 550-01 HA-09 L-03 LAB-Oq CTME-OO TRSE-OO PM-01 ITC-01 OPIC-08 PA-01 OMB-01 STR-18 NRRC-Ot INRE-OO FRB-03 USIE-OO USE-OO SP-01 SNP-Ot PRS-01 E-01 P-02 T-01 DPR-01 096 W ------------------2 2652 o 1215 8Z ' 6 JUN 90 FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW TO 5ECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 217q INFO MOSCOW POLITICAL COLLECTIVE 121526 CON F IDE N T I A L SE TION 03 OF Oq MOSCOW 19q E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PREL OPRC ECON ETRD UR US SUBJECT SOVIET REACTIONS TO THE SUMMIT DETAILED COVERAGE OF THE SUMMIT BY SOVIET TELEVISION WELCOMING AND DEPARTURE CEREMONIES WERE BROADCAST IN THEIR ENTIRETY ALMOST SEEMED LIKE PART OF A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN AIMED AT COUNTERING THE EXPOSURE BORIS YELTSIN WAS RECEIVING AS NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE RFSFR NUMEROUS QUOTES FROM AMERICAN EXPERTS SUPPORTING PERESTROYKA AND THE STABILITY OF THE SOVIET UNION HAVE APPEARED IN THE SOVIET PRESS NEW TIMES JUNE 1 CARRIES AN ARTICLE BY CANADIAN PUBLICIST ILYA GEROL WHICH CITES WESTERN EXPERTS ON THE DANGERS OF A DIVIDED SOVIET UNION 11 IT IS EVIDENT HERE EVEN IN OFFICIAL CONTACTS THAT FOR THE AVERAGE SOVIET INTEREST IN THE SUMMIT TOOK A BACK SEAT TO FOOD SUPPLY PROBLEMS AND THE CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 MOSCOW 19qqq 03 OF Oq 121SQ3Z ELECTION OF YELTSIN ZA RUBEZHOM SEEMED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IN ITS ARTICLE ON THE SUMMIT CONF I DENTI AL DO C odGO ' r uC r oo C e o ' Q t tc o t Cl 0 o It Co t9 r C CONfIDENTIAL MAINTAINING THAT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS ARE NOT ADEQUATELY REFLECTED IN OUR CONSCIOUSNESS TWO DANGERS ARE SEEN IN THIS THAT PUBLIC OPINION WILL UNDERESTIMATE THE INCREASING IMPACT OF EXTERNAL POLITICAL FACTORS ON THE FATE OF PERESTROYKA WHICH NEEDS A FAVORABLE INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND THAT LIMITING OPENE55 TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD WILL ENCOURAGE-CONSERVATISM AND BLACK AND WHITE VIEWPOINTS 12 GORBACHEV AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF HIS JUNE 12 REPORT TO THE SUPREME SOVIET EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SUMMIT FOR SOVIET INTERNAL AFFAIRS HE SPOKE AT LENGTH ON THE ECONOMIC AGREEMENTS AND DEVOTED CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION TO HIS DISCUSSIONS WITH AMERICAN AND CANADIAN BUSINESS LEADERS GORBACHEV CITED THE STRONG SUPPORT FOR PERESTROYKA AMONG THE MASSES OF illE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED HIM WARMLY EVEN WITH SOLIDARITY PRESENTING A VERY POSITIVE ASSESSMENT OF HIS TALKS IN WASHINGTON GORBACHEV ACKNOWLEDGED THAT DIFFERENCES REMAINED ON GERMANY BUT SAID THAT THE WEST WAS AT LEAST NOW BEGINNING TO GIV SOME CONSIDERATION TO THE SOVIET VIEWPOINT 13 THE REACTIONS OF THE DEPUTIES TO GORBACHEV'S REPdRT ALSO EXHIBITED A PREOCCUPATION WITH DOMESTIC ISSUES DEPUTIES CONCERNED ABOUT NUCLEAR TESTING IN KAZAKHSTAN AND NOVAYA ZEMLYA ASKED ABOUT THE NTT PROTOCOLS QUESTIONS WERE ASKED REGARDING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 SOCIAL PROGRAMS BY CUTS IN STRATEGIC ARMS AND THE WITHDRAWAL OF SOVIET FORCES FROM EASTERN EUROPE ESTONIAN DEPUTY IGOR GRAZIN TOLD POLOFF AFTERWARDS THAT GORBACHEV'S TRIP WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ENABLED HIM TO SEE THE DEPTH OF SUPPORT FOR THE BALTIC STATES IN THE U S AND CANADA 1 GRAZIN RAISED TENSIONS IN THE CHAMBER BY SUBMITTING A QUESTION POINTING OUT THAT THE BALTIC ISSUE STILL STOOD IN THE WAY OF THE RATIFICATION OF THE TRADE AGREEMENT IN A MEASURED RESPONSE CONFIDENTIAL -' ea Q e 0 v o 0 c Q o ell C o oet Oil' - o o c o t II _ ooo o c o V 0- W_a o O til' 0 ' O l Cl I o EURoCt o G r '0 II oc CONFIDENTIAL GORBACHEV REITERATED HIS STAND THAT BALTIC INDEPENDENCE MUST PROCEED WITHIN THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK BUT AS BALTIC DEPUTIES POINTED OUT LATER HE REFRAINED FROM RULING OUT A POSSIBLE DIALOGUE WITH BALTIC REPRESENTATIVES 15 COMMENT THE ENTIRE POLITBURO AND CPSU SECRETARIAT WAS PRESENT IN THE PACKED CHAMBER FOR GORBACHEV'S REPORT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LIGACHEV RYZHKOV YAKOVLEV AND ZAIKOV END COMMENT DISSENTING VOICES -------------- 16 SOME OBSERVERS HERE TAKE A MORE JAUNDICED VIEW THE SUMMIT IN A CONVE SATION WITH POLOFF CONFI DENT AL a 5_ 4 CONFIDENTIAL 'IIlIoI c ' r t Q o o e 1 '- e _ 1 o e 0 0 o C e 'r e # '0 c CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EUR-01 MOSCOW 19qqq OF O O 1215 3Z AID-01 INFO LOG-OO ADS-OO INR-05 55-01 IC-02 CIAE-OO EXIM-06 NSCE-OO NSAE-OO DODE-OO H-01 10 19 EB-01 L-03 COME-OO 550-01 HA-09 LAB-O CTME-OO TRSE-OO ITC-01 OPIC-OS PA-01 PN-Ot OMB-01 5TR-18 NRRC-Ol INRE OO FRB-03 U5IE-OO JUSE-OO SP-Ol SNP-01 PRS-01 096 W E-01 P-02 T-01 DPR-01 ------------------2q2665 1215QSZ 16 o 1215262 UN'9 FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW TO 5ECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2175 INFO MOSCOW POLITICAL COLLECTIVE CON F IDE 1'1 T I A L SECTION O OF C MOSCOW 19 Q E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PREL OPRC ECDN ETRD UR US SUBJECT SOVIET REACTIONS TO THE SUMMIT - I I I i -' -_ c -- - CONFIDENTIAL oo o oooo o oo -e o 5 o oo ooo o o oooooo o III g o O e Q t - e e _ 0 c o 4iJ oo o MATLOCK - CONFID -NTIAL o o h' - o o o CONFI DENT AL o o 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