-CONFIBENTiAl THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON MEMOBANDUM OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION 9253 DECLASSIFIED PER E O 13526 t4'« t-o1731 - Ml o SUBJECT Telcon with President Kravchuk of Ukraine on December 24th 1992 PARTICIPANTS The President President Kravchuk Interpreter Marta Zielyuk Notetaker Christine Potts DATE TIME AND PLACE December 24th 1992 at 10 58 to 11 10 Camp David The President Hello Mr President how are you President Kravchuk The President U Good day I am glad to hear from you U Merry Christmas I am glad to hear from you U President Kravchuk Mr President I want to congratulate you and wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you peace and U prosperity I am only sorry I won't be in the job The President Thank you 5 in the past as you with next year to work I would be glad Thank you and never mind President Kravchuk country my to Barbara and you of host the be to The President here That's nice What business do we have to conduct I would like to confirm the letter I President Kravchuk received from you on December 4th and express gratitude for your promise to help us get 'rid of our nuclear weapons ¢ The President f I'm sure the new administration will also agree President Kravchuk Both myself and the government and key ministries -- including Defense Foreign Affairs and the National Security Council -- all want to confirm that we will stick to the course as I agreed with you in May of this year ut I also want to say that the Supreme Rada and various committees have conducted two sittings to analyze the documents There is not any delay on our part We are just studying the question as '1 necessary to be sure all documents are adopted CONFID g JTIA l Declassify on OADR CONFI OENTIAI From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive QOHF IDEHT IAL ·r'· r- BElJTI ilT AL - ctJf j j 11 I 2 COJ Hi'I DE NT IAL Is there any way for you to make a public The President statement of your commitment to START and the NPT and also to call for positive Rada action on the earliest possible date That would be good and it would calm any concern here and in Europe on this nuclear issue Are you confident that the Rada will go along with the government The President Obviously if there is anything I can do before It is a very important issue leaving office please let me know to the world and your leadership is vital The key problem is reaching an agreement President Kravchuk p with Russia but we are working on it The President Maybe we can help there but good luck appreciate the call I surely President Kravchuk Thank you As we are approaching the end of the year I am satisfied with the processes started in May and I i' hope the next administration will also support this process The President As we come to year's end I'd like to make a simple press statement -- no details -- to show that we are in close contact if you agree I support your idea especially the part President Kravchuk dealing with the essence of our course that we are prepared to go on adopting START and the NPT to convince parliament to adopt e' these two treaties as soon as possible The President Do you want to say that do you want me to say ¢ that or do you just want a general press statement I think it is good that you tell it in your President Kravchuk own country and I will tell my press as well The President That's fine my best to your family r Have a wonderful New Year and give The same to you Mr President Please give President Kravchuk U my best to Barbara and all the good people of America End of Conversation -COHFIDmHIAl CONFIDENTIAi From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive President Kravchuk Yes I am sure that the Supreme Rada will adopt the documents because they have more elements of a deeper understanding We are still studying the financial issue We are talking with Russia on the question of compensation The Rada is now feeling better about adopting the treaties