CONFIDENTIAL WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM PAGE 01 or 03 CC MM SIT OLEAR ' PRIVA CY OUT SI GLE R Sl M SUM2 ------ ----- ---·- ----- ----- ----- -- - ----- - ---- ----- -- ----- DTG 05203 62 DEC 92 MMED ' ATE CLAS ffNFi btNT IAt · PREC PR T SIT --- - ----- -- _bJ Cr 0000 EY ES ONLY FOR AMBA SS D OR POPA DI UK GE TO AMBAS SADOR POP ADI UK - PLEASE DE LI VER THE FOLLOWING MESSA PRES I DENT KRAVCHUK FRCM PRE SI DEN T BUSH BEGIN TEXT DE CE MBER 4 1992 DEAR LEONID i ATULATE ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN PEOP LE I WOULD L KE TO CONGR RATIC NATION U RAINE ON ITS FIRST YEAR AS AN I NDEPENDENT DEMOC SOLID FOUNDATION UNDER YOUR STRONG LEADERSHIP UKRAINE IS BUILD NG A E FOR THE FOR PO IT ICAL AND ECONOM 1C REFORM ANO A BRIGH TER FUTUR UKRAINIAN PEOPLE ERS HAVE WELCOM ED OVER THE PAST YEAR THE UN I TED STATES AND ITS PARTN UKRAINE IS A PARTY UKRAINE INTO THE WESTERN COMMUNITY OF t-4ATIONS ATLAN TIC TO CSCE AND THE CFE TREATY AND A MEMBER OF THE NORTH UKRA I NE HAS DEMONSTR ATEO ITS COMMITMENT TO COOPERATION COUNCIL IN BOSNIA PEACE BY THE BRAVERY OF YOUR PEACEKEEPERS NOW ON DUTY TO 8£ A NONUKRAINE'S PLEDGE IN ITS DECLARATION OF SOVEREIGNTY TH£ WORLD NUCLEAR STATE HAS BEEN PART I CULARLY WELCOMED THROUGHOUT CEDLAsslFJEO IN PART PER E O 12958 co IBENT IA-L '2 O f - I l 'I f - - ·t2 2J Joc fli From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive F M WH I TE HOU SE £0 IATE --tONFIDEHTIAL WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM 01 BU I L DI NG DN DUR E XCE LL ENT ME ET I NG l N WASH I NG TDN WE WE RE AB LE TD CONCLUDE THE AGREEMENT IN L ISBDN WHICH MAKES UKRAINE A FULL PA RTY TO THE ST ART TRE AT Y I AM EXTREMELY PLE ASE D THAT THE PAR L I AMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES RUSSIA AND KAZAKHSTAN HAVE OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED THE START TREATY WITHOUT CHANGES I AM FOLLOWING CLO SELY UKRAINE S PROGRESS IN RATIFYING START AND ACCEDING TO THE NONPROLIFERATION TREATY AS A NON-NUCLEAR WEAPON STATE THE NEED FOR PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE AND ACTION ARE WELCOME HALLMARKS OF A DEMOCRATIC NATION I STRONGLY BEL I EVE THAT IT IS IN THE VITAL INTEREST OF UKRAINE TO RATIFY START AND JOIN THE NPT· THE ENTIRE WORLD WI L L WE LCD ME THAT ACT I DN 0 s tll r' ' 1 C1I tll AS I WR DTE TD YD U I N OCT DBE R THE UN I TED ST ATE S I S EAGER TO ASS I ST UKRAINE TD HELP ELIMINATE THE STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE ARMS ON YOUR TERRITORY IN YOUR SEPTEMBER LETTER TO ME YOU REQUESTED Sl 7 4 MILLION IN U S ASSISTANCE AND PROPOSED THAT OUR EXPERTS DISCUSS SPECIF IC PROJECTS THAT WE COULD UNDERTAKE TOGETHER AS YOU KNOW IN OCTOBER A TEAM OF U S EXPERTS LED BY GENERAL BURNS AGREED IN PRINCIPLE WITH YOUR GOVERNMENT ON A WIDE RANGE OF MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL PROJECTS THAT COULD BE UNDERTAKEN WITH U S ASSISTANCE W AS A RESULT I CAN INFORM YOU THAT THEUS IS PREPARED TO PROVIDE ASS I ST AN CE WORTH AT LE AST S 17 5 MI L L I ON TO UK RA l NE DF CDUR SE BEFORE WE CAN DO SO THE START TREATY AND THE NONPROLIFERATION TREATY MUST BE APPROVED THE UMBRELLA AGREEMENT ON ASSISTANCE AND APPROP IATE IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENTS MUST BE SIGNED AND U S LEGAL REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET I ENVISION THAT THE MAJORITY OF THIS SUM WILL BE USED TO ASSIST IN THE DISMANTLEMENT OF STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE AR MS HO WEVER I AS I WR DTE TO YOU I N DC TOBE R AND GENER AL BURNS DI SCUSSED I N K I EV WE AL SO L OOK F OR WA RD T O SUPPDR T I NG A NU MB ER OF OTHER IMPORTANT PROJECTS IN UKRAINE I PROPOSE TD SEND GENERAL BURNS TO KIEV IN JANUARY TO CONTINUE HIS DISCUSSIONS WITH THE AIM OF GETTING ASSISTANCE PROJECTS UNDER WAY AS SOON AS THE APPROPRIATE ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS ARE SIGNED AND IN FORCE e8Ii I ftf N11 AL C1I J - E -·jr er r 0 - 0 ' 0 'O ' From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive PAGE 02 OF ' ---- - - ' 4 8tff I BENT I At WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM PAGE 0j DF 03 THE UNITED STATES LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING CLOSE LY WITH UKRAINE PARTNERS IN ENHANCING THE SECURITY AND PROSPERITY OF OUR TWO NAT IONS SINCERELY GEORGE BUSH END TEXT DEC L OADR l 004B NNNN · MSC ID M0100 58 0 ti I f'JII F IR_f NJ I Al AS From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive YOUR GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO ASKED FOR SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO START PROCEDURES TO HELP UKRAINE IMPLEMENT THE TRE ATY MORE EFFECTIVELY I AM HAPPY TO INFORM YOU THAT THE UNITED STATES AGREES THAT KIEV CAN BE MADE THE POINT OF ENTRY FOR ALL START ANO INF INSPECTIONS ON THE TERRITORY OF UKRAINE WE ARE ALSO READY TO WORK WITH YOU TO HELP RE DUCE THE BUR DEN OF I NS PECT I DN COST S FOR UKRAI NE WE WI LL BE I N TOUCH WITH YOUR GOVERNMENT SHORTLY TO DISCUSS BOTH OF THESE STEPS