CO 61-9 9 4 8 3'IED U S Department of State Case No F-2016-10194 Doc No C06199483 Date 01 13 2017 SECRET RELEASE IN FULL KIEV 03225 0210322 PAGE 01 ACTION NODS-00 INFO LOG-00 CCOE-00 ADS-00 000W ----C6405C 0210342 38 0 0209222 JUN 93 FM AMEMBASSY KIEV TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0075 S E C R E T KIEV 003225 _ ni r J REVIEW AUTHORITY Theodore Sellin s e jOECAPTIONEDJ Reviewer _ SIS PLEASE PASS TO S NIS FOR STROBE TALBOTT AND NSC FOR ANTHONY LAKE FROM ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PREL PINR PGOV ECON RS UP US SUBJECT MESSAGE FROM BRZEZINSKI 1 SECRET- ENTIRE TEXT 2 FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL DIRECTOR ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI REQUESTED THE EMBASSY PASS THE FOLLOWING TO S NIS FOR AMBASSADOR TALBOTT AND THE NSC FOR DIRECTOR LAKE BEGIN TEXT SINCE I WILL NOT BE BACK UNTIL AFTER LES ASPIN'S VISIT TO KIEV A READ-OUT ON MY TALKS HERE INCLUING A VERY SECRET SECRET PAGE 02 KIEV 03225 0210322 CANDID ONE-HOUR WITH KRAVCHUK MIGHT BE HELPFUL - LES WILL BE COMING HERE AT A TIME OF STRIKING PESSIMISM IN NONE OF MY PREVIOUS VISITS DID I EVER FEEL SUCH ANXIETY SUCH SENSE OF ABANDONMENT BY THE WEST AS WELL AS VULNERABILITY TO RUSSIA EVEN KRAVCHUK HIMSELF SPOKE IN RATHER DARK TERMS OF UKRAINE'S FUTURE PROSPECTS AS A NATION - SOMETHING QUITE UNLIKE ALL MY PREVIOUS TALKS WITH HIM AND I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW HIM QUITE WELL SOME OF IT -- TO BE SURE - MAY BE MOOD MUSIC FOR THE FORTHCOMING U S UKRAINIAN TALKS BUT I DO THINK THAT THE ABOVE ACTUALLY CONVEYS THE REAL STATE OF MIND HERE -- SPECIFICALLY THE UKRAINIANS REMAIN PREOCCUPIED WITH WHAT THEY PERCEIVE TO BE U S RUSSIAN DISCUSSIONS UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2016-10194 Doc No C06199483 Date 01 13 2017 From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive NODIS E 0 6 9 9 4 8 3'1ED U S Department of State Case No F-2016-10194 Doc No C06199483 Date 01 13 2017 SECRET PAGE 03 KIEV 03225 0210322 - I HAVE THE FEELING THAT SOME GENUINE INVOLVEMENT COULD BE ATTAINED IN A WIDER NEGOTIATING CONTEXT IN WHICH UKRAINE'S REITERATED ADHERENCE TO LISBON COMMITMENTS COULD BE INITIALLY EXPRESSED THROUGH THE REMOVAL ONLY OF WARHEADS WITH STORAGE HERE WHILE THE U S WOULD EXPRESS PUBLICLY ITS STRONG INTEREST IN UKRAINE'S INDEPENDENCE AND INTEGRITY AND PLEDGE TO INITIATE DISCUSSIONS WITHIN THE G-7 ON A MULTILATERAL PACKAGE FOR UKRAINE PREMISED ON UKRAINIAN MOVEMENT ON A REFORM PROGRAM -- LES' KEY MEETING HERE WILL BE WITH KRAVCHUK THIS OFFERS A CHANCE FOR REAL ENGAGEMENT TO ENSURE THAT THAT HAPPENS THE MEETING SHOULD BE KEPT SMALL I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT LES TAKE ONLY STROBE WITH HIM - PERHAPS THE ABOVE IS CARRYING COAL TO NEWCASTLE BUT I FELT I SHOULD PASS IT ON REGARDS ZBIG END TEXT BYRNES SECRET UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2016-10194 Doc No C06199483 Date 01 13 2017 From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive REGARDING THEIR UKRAINIAN INTERESTS AND BY THE PROPENSITY OF THE WEST SN GENERAL TO IGNORE THEIR DIFFICULT FINANCIAL-ECONOMIC SITUATIONS THEY TEND THEREFORE TO THINK OF THEIR NUCLEAR WEAPONS AS A CRITICAL ASSET OVERESTIMATING BOTH THE NEGOTIATING LEVERAGE THAT GIVES THEM WITH THE U S AND THE ALLEGED RESULTING ENHANCEMENT OF THEIR SECURITY VIS-A-VIS RUSSIA - LES COULD ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING QUITE VITAL BY REITERATING VERY EXPLICITLY WHAT HAS BEEN SAID TO THE UKRAINIANS BEFORE THAT THE U S THINKS THAT UKRAINE IS HERE TO STAY THAT ITS EXISTENCE IS IN OUR GEOPOLITICAL INTEREST THAT WE ARE NOT INDIFFERENT TO THEIR SECURITY CONCERNS -AND IF ALL THAT COULD BE SAID PUBLICLY ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT ALL TO THE BETTER SECRET