UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2014-14906 Doc No C05847026 Date 09 29 2015 RELEASE IN FULL CONFIDENTIAL REVIEW AUTHORITY Theodore Sellin Senior Reviewer PAGE 01 MOSCOW 35873 01 OF 03 252129Z ACTION SS-00 INFO LOG-00 COR-01 AMAD-01 ADS-00 002W ----7EEB7F 252130Z 38 0 241750Z NOV 92 FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6739 AMEMBASSY KIEV C O R R E C T E D C O P Y ADDRESSEE ADDED EXDIS DECAPTIONED DEPT PLEASE PASS TO SENATOR NUNN AND SENATOR LUGAR E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PREL PARM RS US UP SUBJECT YELTSIN TO NUNN LUGAR CONCERN OVER PAUSE IN U S -RUSSIAN RELATIONS WILLING TO GIVE GUARANTEES TO UKRAINE 1 CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT 2 SUMMARY MEETING WITH SENATORS NUNN AND LUGAR - - - NOVEMBER 24 PRESIDENT YELTSIN EMPHASIZED HIS CONCERN THAT THE CHANGE IN U S ADMINISTRATION NOT OCCASION A PAUSE IN THE U S -RUSSIAN RELATIONSHIP HE PREDICTED A BIG CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 MOSCOW 35873 01 OF 03 252129Z FIGHT AT THE CONGRESS OF PEOPLE'S DEPUTIES BUT HE WILL PREVAIL HE WILL DEFEND REFORM AND HE IS TRYING TO STRUCTURE THE CONGRESS TO PREVENT ITS BECOMING A LYNCH MOB AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT BUT EXPECTS HE WILL HAVE TO SACRIFICE SOME CABINET MINISTERS YELTSIN WAS DEEPLY SKEPTICAL OF THE UKRAINIANS' WILLINGNESS TO HONOR THEIR LISBON OBLIGATIONS BUT SAID RUSSIA WOULD BE WILLING TO JOIN THE U S IN A STATEMENT OF GUARANTEES TO THE UKRAINIANS END SUMMARY 3 PRESIDENT YELTSIN RECEIVED SENATOR NUNN AND SENATOR LUGAR IN HIS KREMLIN MEETING ROOM AT 1730 ON NOVEMBER 23 FOREIGN MINISTER KOZYREV FOREIGN POLICY AIDE RYURIKOV AND AN INTERPRETER WERE WITH THE PRESIDENT CHARGE AND SENATE STAFFERS RICHARD COMBS AND KENNETH MEYERS ACCOMPANIED THE SENATORS UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2014-14906 Doc No C05847026 Date 09 29 2015 From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 MOSCOW 035873 4 IN RESPONSE TO SENATOR NUNN'S CONGRATULATIONS ON A SUCCESSFUL TRIP TO KOREA YELTSIN SAID THE TRIP UNDERSCORED THAT RUSSIA SHOULD LOOK NOT ONLY TO THE WEST BUT ALSO TO THE EAST SYMBOLICALLY HE EXPLAINED THE RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT WOULD SOON ADOPT RUSSIA'S FORMAL EMBLEM THE TWO HEADED EAGLE -- ONE HEAD LOOKING EAST AND ONE WEST A LOT OF GROUND HAD BEEN COVERED WITH THE U S THE ASIA TRIP WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME HEADWAY IN ASIA MINISTER KOZYREV INTERJECTED AT THIS POINT THAT RUSSIA NEEDED TO REMEMBER THAT IN LOOKING TO THE EAST THE EAGLE ALSO LOOKED TO THE UNITED STATES YELTSIN RESPONDED THAT MEANT RUSSIA WOULD LOOK TO THE U S IN TWO DIRECTIONS CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 MOSCOW 35873 01 OF 03 252129Z 5 YELTSIN THEN SAID HE HAD JUST RETURNED FROM A MEETING WITH THE COLLEGIUM OF THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE SOME THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OFFICERS THEY HAD BEEN DISCUSSISNG THE BEST WAYS TO WAGE WAR IT WAS GOOD NOW TO TALK ABOUT MAKING PEACE AT THE MOD QUESTIONS ABOUT RUSSIA'S BORDERS WITH THE CIS STATES HADBEENONTHEAGENDA THESEBORDERSAREPOROUSAND PRESENT A REAL DANGER WHEN THE USSR EXISTED THERE WAS ONE BORDER AND IT WAS POSSIBLE TO PREVENT THE LEAKAGE OF DANGEROUS TECHNOLOGY FOR EXAMPLE MISSILE TECHNOLOGY NOW WHEN BORDERS ARE ALMOST NON-EXISTENT THERE IS A REAL DANGER THAT THIS KIND OF TECHNOLOGY CAN BE STOLEN AND EXPORTED THE SUBJECT OF SUCH LEAKAGE HAD BEEN SERIOUSLY DISCUSSED AT THE MOD COLLEGIUM MEETING SENATOR NUNN RESPONDING TO THE PRESIDENT'S REMARKS SAID THE PREVENTION OF WEAPONS PROLIFERATION IS AN AREA OF MUTUAL INTEREST AND HE HOPED THAT THE U S AND RUSSIA COULD WORK TOGETHER ON IT HE AND SENATOR LUGAR IN THE FACE OF JUST THIS KIND OF DANGER HAD WORKED TO ESTABLISH RISK REDUCTION CENTERS IN THE U S AND RUSSIA THOSE CENTER ARE NOW FUNCTIONING AND PROVIDE A MEASURE OF CONFIDENCE 6 PRESIDENT YELTSIN FOLLOWED BY NOTING RUSSIA IS PRESENTLY WORKING TO BUILD NEW FACILITIES TO MANAGE NUCLEAR MATERIALS HE THANKED THE SENATORS FOR THE CONGRESS' ASSISTANCE AMO SAID A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE USD400 MILLION IN NUNN-LUGAR FUNDS WOULD BE USED TO DEVELOP SECURE STORAGE FACILITIES RUSSIA HAD DECIDED TO BUILD SUCH FACILITIES IN THE TOMSK AREA CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2014-14906 Doc No C05847026 Date 09 29 2015 From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2014-14906 Doc No C05847026 Date 09 29 2015 PAGE 04 MOSCOW 35873 01 OF 03 252129Z ALTHOUGH HE IMPLIED THE DECISION ON LOCATION HAD BEEN COMPLICATED AT AM EARLIER TIME HE SAID THE SITING OF SUCH FACILITIES WAS EASY PUTTING HIS FINGER ON A PAD HE SAID THE LEADERSHIP WOULD HAVE SAID IT WILL GO THERE AND THAT WAS ALL THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN TO IT NOW IN NEW CONDITIONS OF DEMOCRACY THERE ISA NEED FIRST TO CONVINCE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AMO POPULATIONS THAT THE ENVIRONMENT WILL NOT BE HARMED AND THAT THE FACILITY CAN OPERATE SAFELY 7 NEVERTHELESS IT IS IMPORTANT TO MOVE AHEAD QUICKLY RUSSIA HE NOTED HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO DISMANTLE WEAPONS THAT WILL BE ELIMINATED UNDER THE START AGREEMENT THAT AGREEMENT HAS ALSO BBEN RATIFIED AND ALL OF THIS IS A GOOD FIRST STEP NOW WE ALSO HAVE THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT THAT FORESEES REDUCTION IN THE NUCLEAR FORCES BY TWO THIRDS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THAT AGREEMENT RUSSIA HAS ALSO STARTED THE PROGRAM OF DISASSEMBLING THE SS 18 WE ARE PROCEEDING FROM THE FRAMEWORK SIGNED WITH CONFIDENTIAL NNNN CONFIDENTIAL MOSCOW 35873 02 OF 03 252127Z PAGE 01 ACTION SS-00 INFO LOG-00 ADS-00 000W ----7EEB48 252128Z 38 0 241750Z NOV 92 FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6740 AMEMBASSY KIEV C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 02 OF 03 MOSCOW 035873 C O R R E C T E D C O P Y ADDRESSEE ADDED EXDIS DEPT PLEASE PASS TO SENATOR NUNN AND SENATOR LUGAR UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2014-14906 Doc No C05847026 Date 09 29 2015 From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2014-14906 Doc No C05847026 Date 09 29 2015 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2014-14906 Doc No C05847026 Date 09 29 2015 E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PREL PARM RS US UP SUBJECT YELTSIN TO NUNN LUGAR CONCERN OVER PAUSE IN U S -RUSSIAN RELATIONS WILLING TO GIVE GUARANTEES TO UKRAINE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 MOSCOW 35873 02 OF 03 252127Z THE U S EXPECIALLYIN THE AREA OF ARMS REDUCTION HE HAD HE SAID SENT PRESIDENT ELECT CLINTON A MESSAGE ON THIS AND TALKED TO HIM ON THE PHONE HE HAD ALSO INVITED THE PRESIDENT ELECT TO COME TO RUSSIA OR TO ARRANGE A MEETING ELSEWHERE SOON AFTER JANUARY 20 THE POINT TO UNDERSCORE THE PRESIDENT SAID IS THAT ANY INTERRUPTION IN RUSSIAN-U S RELATIONS WOULD BE VERY BAD 8 SENATOR NUNN SAID HE HAD TALKED TO PRESIDENT ELECT CLINTON BEFORE LEAVING THE U S ALTHOUGH NOT A MESSENGER THE SENATOR SAID ON RETURN HE WILL RECOMMEND THAT THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION PROCEED TO NEGOTIATE AND COMPLETE A START II AGREEMENT FINISH THE AGREEMENT ON HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM AMO COMPLETE WORK ON THE AGREEMENTS TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS TO BE FINANCED FROM THE NUNN-LUGAR FUNDS THE SENATOR AGREED THAT WE DO NOT WAMT TO SEE A SIXTY DAY RECESS IN RELATIONS ON THE CONTRARY HE SAID THIS COULD BE A PERIOD OF REAL ACHIEVEMENT 9 YELTSIN SAID HE WANTED TO MAKE SOME FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE NUCLEAR ISSUE IN HIS DISCUSSION WITH THE 350 GENERALS A MAJOR POINT MADE BY THEM WAS THAT ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS MUST BE UNDER RUSSIAN JURISDICTION AND ON RUSSIAN TERRITORY RUSSIA HAS AN AGREEMENT WITH BELARUS TO WITHDRAW THE STRATEGIC WEAPONS AND EXPECTS TO SIGN ONE WITH KAZAKHSTAN BUT THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE UKRAINIANS THEY YELTSIN SAID WITH VISIBLE EMOTION ARE GOING TO BREAK THE LISBON ACCORDS AND THIS IS NOT PERMISSIBLE THE CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2014-14906 Doc No C05847026 Date 09 29 2015 From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive PRESIDENT BUSH AND NOW WE HAVE ALSO READIED A DRAFT AGREEMENT NOTE SENATORS NUNN AND LUGAR WERE INFORMED ON THE MARGINS OF AM EARLIER MEETING WITH MINISTER KO2YREV NOVEMBER 23 THAT THE U S WOULD RECEIVE THE DRAFT ON NOVEMBER 24 VIA DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS IN THIS REGARD THE PRESIDENT CONTINUED RUSSIA DOES NOT WANT ANY PAUSE IN COOPERATION WITH CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 MOSCOW 35873 02 OF 03 252127Z U S CAN HELP INFLUENCE UKRAINE AND SHOULD DO SO WARMING FURTHER TO THE SUBJECT THE PRESIDENT SAID HE DID NOT KNOW WHETHER THE SENATORS HAD DISCUSSED THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS ISSUE IN KIEV BUT HE DID KNOW THE UKRAINIANS THEY ARE TRYING HE SAID TO HAVE IT BOTH WAYS TO DECLARE THEMSELVES A NON-NUCLEAR POWER AND TO KEEP THE WEAPONS SAYING HE WOULD SPEAK BLUNTLY YELTSIN CONTINUED THAT THE U S MADE A TACTICAL MISTAKE IN HANDLING THE NUCLEAR ISSUE WITH UKRAINE IT WAS AN ERROR TO RECOGNIZE UKRAINE BEFORE KIEV SIGNED THE NPT THIS WAS MY VIEW AND ADVICE HE CLAIMED SENATOR NUNN SAID HE AND SENATOR LUGAR HAD TAKEN UP THE NUCLEAR ISSUE IN KIEV IN A FORCEFUL VERY FORCEFUL MANNER THEY MADE CLEAR TO THE UKRAINIANS THAT UKRAINE MADE A PUBLIC COMMITMENT IN LISBON AND THE U S EXPECTS THAT COMMITMENT TO BE HONORED--START I RATIFICATION AND NPT SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION--WITHOUT DELAY AND WITHOUT AMENDMENTS IN RESPONSE SENATOR NUNN CONTINUED THE UKRAINIANS EMPHASIZED TWO POINTS THEY SOUGHT ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AND PUT GREAT STOCK IN THE IMPORTANCE OF SECURITY ASSURANCES FROM THE U S NEITHER OF THESE MATTERS WAS RAISED AS A CONDITION IT WAS EMPHASIZED HOWEVER THAT ASSISTANCE ON THESE TWO ISSUES WOULD HELP WITH RATIFICATION LO IN RESPONSE TO THE SENATOR'S PRESENTATION YELTSIN 8AID RUSSIA IS READY TO GIVE GUARANTEES IF THEY ARE NBEDED FURTHERMORE HE SAID IF THE U S WANTS A JOINT STATEMENT THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE BUT THE AIN POINT IS TO GET START I RATIFIED GET START II SIGNED AND PROCEED WITH DESTRUCTION THE UKRAINIANS CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL MOSCOW 35873 02 OF 03 252127Z PAGE 04 SAY THEY WANT TO DESTROY THE MISSILES THEMSELVES THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE THREE RUSSIAN FACTORIES MAKE THE MISSILES AND ONLY THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY AND THE SPECIALISTS TO DISMANTLE THEM THE POINT HERE IS THAT NO MATTER WHICH ADMINISTRATION IS INVOLVED THE U S SHOULD TRY TO FINALIZE THE AGREEMENTS WITH UKRAINE RUSSIA HAS DONE ALL THAT THE U S ASKED START I IS RATIFIED THE START II AGREEMENT DRAFT IS READY THE UKRAINIANS ON THE OTHER HAND ARE FOCUSSING ON ONE THING WHEN THEY GIVE UP THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS THEY FEAR NO ONE WILL TAKE UKRAINE SERIOUSLY MAYBE THE U S CAN HELP IN THIS BUT THE UKRAINIANS HAVE THE IDEA THAT THEY WILL LOSE STATUS AND IMPORTANCE IF THEY GIVE UP THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS THEY ARE AFRAID OF BECOMING LIKE THE BALTICS OR TAJIKISTAN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE BEGAN WORKING ON THE NUCLEAR ISSUE VERY ENERGETICALLY AND THE QUESTION OF TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS WAS RESOLVED QUICKLY THEN UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2014-14906 Doc No C05847026 Date 09 29 2015 From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2014-14906 Doc No C05847026 Date 09 29 2015 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2014-14906 Doc No C05847026 Date 09 29 2015 HOWEVER THE UKRAINIANS BEGAN TRAVELLING AND GOT THE IDEA THE STRATEGIC WEAPONS GAVE THEM STATUS AND CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL MOSCOW 35873 03 OF 03 252123Z PAGE 01 ACTION SS-00 INFO LOG-00 ADS-00 000W ----7EEAE6 252124Z 38 0 241750Z NOV 92 FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6741 AMEMBASSY KIEV C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 03 OF 03 MOSCOW 035873 C O R R E C T E D C O P Y ADDRESSEE ADDED EXDIS DEPT PLEASE PASS TO SENATOR NUNN AND SENATOR LUGAR E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PREL PARM RS US UP SUBJECT YELTSIN TO NUNN LUGAR CONCERN OVER PAUSE IN U S -RUSSIAN RELATIONS WILLING TO GIVE GUARANTEES TO UKRAINE BARGAINING LEVERAGE PERHAPS HE CONCLUDED THE U S CAN HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM BUT ONE THING RUSSIA MUST STRESS RUSSIA WILL NOT PAY UKRAINE FOR TAKING AMO DESTROYING THEIR MISSILES 11 YELTSIN SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO RETURN TO THE MATTER OF A POSSIBLE PAUSE IN RUSSIAN-U S CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 MOSCOW 35873 03 OF 03 252123Z UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2014-14906 Doc No C05847026 Date 09 29 2015 From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive NNNN UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2014-14906 Doc No C05847026 Date 09 29 2015 12 WITH THE TIME FOR THE MEETING COMING TO A CLOSE SENATOR NUNN ASKED PRESIDENT YELTSIN FOR HIS SENSE ABOUT THE DIRECTION THE UPCOMING CONGRESS WOULD TAKE AND HOW HE AND HIS GOVERNMENT WOULD COPE WITH IT IN REPLY YELTSIN SAID HE PERSONALLY AND THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN CONTACTING ALL RELEVANT GROUPINGS PARTIES INTERESTS AND REGIONS WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF INFLUENCING THE AGENDA OF THE CONGRESS THAT PROCESS WILL CONTINUE AND HE EXPECTS TO MEET WITH THE CIVIC UNION AGAIN AND WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MANUFACTURING AND AGRICULTURAL SECTORS PERSONALLY YELTSIN SAID HE HAS NO CONCERNS THERE ARE ONLY TWO ISSUES TO DEFEND REFORM AND THE GOVERNMENT HE HAS SUGGESTED THAT THE CONGRESS HEAR THREE REPORTS FROM THE PRESIDENT ON THE POLITICAL CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL MOSCOW 35873 03 OF 03 252123Z PAGE 03 SITUATION FROM SPEAKER KHASBULATOV ON WHAT THE PARLIAMENT HAS DONE TO ADVANCE THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR REFORM AND FROM GAYDAR ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REFORM PROGRAM STRUCTURING THE CONGRESS THIS WAY WILL PREVENT IT FROM BECOMING A LYNCH MOB FOR THE GOVERNMENT THE LIKELY RESULT IF GAYDAR WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE THE ONLY REPORT ON THE OTHER HAND YELTSIN SAID HE DID NOT SEE THE CONGRESS DEFEATING ALL THREE REPORTS AS FOR A FORECAST YELTSIN SAID HE EXPECTS A BIG FIGHT HE ALSO EXPECTS TO HAVE TO SACRIFICE SOME IN THE GOVERNMENT BUT HE WILL DEFEND REFORM AND WILL PREVAIL THERE WILL BE MANY TACTICAL MAMEUVERS BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE WILL NOT GIVE UP REFORM IT WILL REMAIN INTACT OR I WILL NOT REMAIN PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA 13 SENATOR NUNN AND SENATOR LUGAR THANKED PRESIDENT YELTSIN FOR HIS TIME AND SAID THEY WANTED THE PRESIDENT TO KNOW THAT ALL IN THE U S WISH HIM THE UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2014-14906 Doc No C05847026 Date 09 29 2015 From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive RELATIONS THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS ARE A CONCERN HE SAID BUT ALSO OF CONCERN ARE THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS OF THE NEW ADMINISTRATION WHEN THE NEW PRESIDENT WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISES AMO WILL FOCUS ON DOMESTIC MATTERS THE RUSSIAN VIEW IS THAT 160 DAYS--HALF A YEAR--IS TOO LONG TO PERMIT A HIATUS SENATOR NUNN SAID HE AND SENATOR LUGAR WILL STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT NO SUCH PAUSE BE PERMITTED IT IS TRUE THAT IN THE NATURAL COURSE OF THINGS AN INCOMING PRESIDENT-ELECT AND AN OUTGOING PRESIDENT TRY NOT TO INTERFERE WITH EACH OTHER THE RESULT OF THAT SITUATION CAW BE THAT NOTHING HAPPENS DURING THE TRANSITION WE CANNOT ACCEPT THAT SENATOR NUNN SAID TOO MUCH DEPENDS ON THE U S -RUSSIAN RELATIONSHIP UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2014-14906 Doc No C05847026 Date 09 29 2015 CONFIDENTIAL MOSCOW 35873 03 OF 03 252123Z PAGE 04 EFFORTS TO BRING UKRAINE ALONG ON RATIFICATION OF START I AND ADHERENCE TO THE NPT YELTSIN LEFT NO DOUBT ABOUT HIS SKEPTICISM THAT UKRAINE'S GOVERNMENT IS PREPARED TO MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE LISBON PROTOCOLS 15 THIS MESSAGE WAS NOT CLEARED BY SENATOR NUNN OR SENATOR LUGAR PRIOR TO THEIR DEPARTURE FROM MOSCOW COLLINS CONFIDENTIAL NNNN UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2014-14906 Doc No C05847026 Date 09 29 2015 From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive BEST AND ALL SUCCESS IN HIS EFFORT TO ESTABLISH CONSITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT AND TO PROCEED WITH ECONOMIC EFORM 14 COMMENT WE FOUND YELTSIN TIRED AFTER HIS FAR EAST TRIP BUT CONFIDENT AND DETERMINED THERE WAS NO INDICATION FROM HIM THAT HE FORESEES INSURMOUNTABLE PROBLEMS EMERGING AT THE UPCOMING CONGRESS HE WAS ELOQUENT ON THE NEED TO PREVENT ANY INTERRUPTION IN OUR RELATIONS DURING THE U S POLITICAL TRAMSITION AND WAS CLEARLY PLEASED AT THE SUPPORT BOTH SENATORS EXPRESSED FOR MAINTAINING CONTINUITY IN THE WORK ON THE U S -RUSSIAN AGENDA AL THOUGH SUPPORTIVE OF U S CONFIDENTIAL CO 58 4 7 O3 2 'IED U S Department of State Case No F-2014-14906 Doc No C05847032 Date 09 29 2015 CONTINUED PROGRESS IN ARMS CONTROL 17 CODEL DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS CABLE COLLINS NNNN UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2014-14906 Doc No C05847032 Date 09 29 2015 From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive SECRET