CO6 6 9 4 4 8 s IED U S Department of State Case No F· 2017-13804 Doc No C06694488 Date 03 29 2019 Thu Jan 20 21 17 1 199' MOSCOW 0001457 SNIS COPY 05 OP o oi o to Page PTP5507 PTPSS07 PAGB 01 eINPO MOSCOW 01457 01 OP 07 J fl s ig fOl SN J b ac c • • 202123L GNS RELEASE IN FULL 2010S0Z s n SS Ol DECLASSIFIED TOTAL COPIES 006 - ACTION NODS·OO CCOB·OO ADS·OO OOOW •··············· · ·lBD0BS 0 201050Z JAN 94 PM AMBMBASSY MOSCOW TO WHITBHOUSB WASHDC IMMEDIATE SBCSTATB WASHDC IMMBDIATE 6736 2010S0Z 38 9 Be RB• SECTION 01 OP 07 MOSCOW 001457 NODIS STATB S NIS DECAPTIONED TALBOTT ONLY AND WHITB HOUSE NSC BURNS ONLY PROM PICKBRING B O 12356 DBCL OADR TAGS PRBL BAID EFIN US RS SUBJECT PRBSIDBNT'S DINNER WI'nl PRBSIDENT YELTSIN JANUARY 14 19 4 1 SBCRBT • ENTIRE TEXT THIS CABLE IS FORWARDED FOR YOUR CLEARANCE SOMMARY IN A SBRIBS OP DISCUSSIONS ABOUT DOMBSTIC AND WORLD AFFAIRS ON 'nm BVBNING OP' JANOARY 13TH PRBSIDBNT YELTSIN AND PRBSIDBNT CLINTON TALKED ABOUT THB TRILATBRAL AGRBBMBNT FOR OKRAINB AND ITS CHAHCBS FOR StJCCBSS THBY ALSO DISCUSSBl ATTITODBS IN THB COUNTRY AMONG THB RUSSIAN PBOPLB PRBSIDBNT YBLTSIN'S NBW BP'PORTS TO ORGANIZE THB PARLIAMBNT AND RUSSIAN INTBRBST IN REDUCING ARMS TRADB WITH IRAN AND OPENING UP 'nm SANCTIONS RBGIMB AGAINST IRAQ IN AH ' · BPP'ORT TO BNSURB IRAQI RBPAYMBNT OP A PORTION OP Its· DEBT TO RUSSIA 1Jit-r-·THBRB WAS A DISCUSSION OP MILITU Y COOPBRATI-rn WBLL AS BOSNIA PRESIDENT CLINTON AND PRBSIDBNT -- YBLTSIR BOTH DISCUSSED -nm · NA l'URB OP THB U S ·RtJSS RBLATIOHSHIP AND THB IMPORTANCE OP' THAT RBLATIONSHIP 'l'O 2• 3• THB PUTURB OP WORLD STABILITY AND PBACB PARTICOLMl Y •• IN BOROPB AND IR THB CONTEXT OP THB PARTHBRSHIP POJf E i PBACB PRBSIDBNT YBLTSIN SIGNALBD A POSSIBLE CHANOB -1-H HIS CABINBT DROPPING PORMBR PRIMB MIRISTBR GAYDAR-'-'1'0 WORK IN LO fB_R_- SB OP THB NBW PBDBRAL LBGISLA't$8 PRBSIDBNT CLINTON BXPLAINBD THB CORCBPT OP ENSURING A LONG TERM PBACB IR BtJROPB 'THROtJGH PRANK - CONSULTATION AND STRONG AND CLOSI COOPERATION BBTWBBN • RUSSIA AND THB ONITID STATES BUT WITH CARB TAICBN TO ENSURB RBSPBCT FOR THB INTBRBST OP OTHBRS BND SOMMARY 4 THB PRBSIDBNT MBT WITH PRBSIDBNT YBLTSIN AT THB DACHA AT NOVA ·OGARBVA OOTSIDB OP MOSCOW OH JANUARY 14TH FOR A DINNBR IN WHICH A NOMBBR OP BUSINESS ISStJBS AROSB · THIS MBMCOM RBCORDS THB BUSINESS DISCUSSION THB PRBSIDBNT WAS ACCOMPAHIBD BY SECRBTARY CHRISTOPHER SBCRBTARY BBNSON NATIONAL SBCORITY ADVISOR LAD AMBASSAD0R AT LM GB -STROBi TALBOTl' AND AMBASSADOR PICICBRING PRBSIDBNT YBLTSIN WAS ACCOMPANIED BY PRIME MINISTBR CHRNOMYRDIN PIRST DBPUTll' PRDm MINISTER SOSKOVBTS PORBIGN MINISTBR KOZYRBV DBP'BNSB MINISTBR GRAOIBV AND BY HIS LiGAL ADVISOR ILLYOSHIH · I DECLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY Geoffrey W Chapman Senior Reviewer A GIS IPS 3 25 2019 _ -- _ _ --------_ UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06694488 Date 03 29 2019 From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive INFO LOG•OO CO 6 6 94 4 8 8 IED o•• I C • • ' • II •' Tbu Jan 20 21117 14 1994 xoscow 0001457 SKIS COPY 05 OP Oi Page 03 or io I 5 APTBR OPENING PLBASANTRIBS PRBSIDBNT CLINTON NOTBD THB IMPORTANCB HB A'lTACHBD TO HAVING HAD A CHANCB TO SBB RUSSIAN PBOPLB ON THB STRBBTS OF MOSCOW HB TOLD PRBSIDBNT YBLTSIN THAT HB HAD PASSED ON HIS CONCBRNS TO PRBSIDBNT YBLTSIN'S ADVISORS ABOtJT THB PBOPLB AND THBIR RBACTIONS 6 PRBSIDBNT YBLTSIN CHANGBD THB SUBJBCT AND NO'l'BD MRS YBLTSIN HAD CALLED HIS ATTBNTION TO A WONDBRPOL ARTICLB IZVESTIA NBWSPAPBR HAD RON ON PRBSIDBN'l' CLINTON THB ARTICLB AL$0 COVBRBD MRS CLIRTON'S ACTIVITIBS 7 PRBSIDBNT YBLTSIN THBN RBTURNBD TO THB INITIAL COMMBNT ABOtJT PBOPLB BBING WORRIBD THBY ARB CRITICAL OP OS AND THBY ARB CBRTAINLY RIGHT HB SAID TO DO BBTTBR I HAVB SBNT SBRGBI ALBXANDROVICH PILATOV THB ICRBMLIN CHIBF-OF-STAPP TO LBARN ABOUT YOOR SYSTBM WB ARB TRYING TO FIND OtJT ABOUT HOW TO BB MORB BFFICIBNT AT OUR WORK AND TO SPRBAD THB RBSPONSIBILITIBS TO THOSB WHO CAN CARRY THBM OtJT THB COLLABORATION BBTWBBN OUR COLLKAGOBS IN THB CABINET IS STRONG AND WB HAVB A STRONG CABINBT 8• PRBSIDBNT CLINTON NO'l'BD THAT IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO SPREAD AROUND THB DECISION MJUCING IF I DON'T HA VB TO MAKB A DBCISION I ASK THB CABINBT TO DO IT • PRBSIDBNT YELTSIN AGRBBD AND SAID THAT IT lS THB SAMB IN HIS OWN GOVBRNMBNT MRS YBLTSIN HAD TOLD HIM THAT IT APPBARBD AS IP THB AMERICANS HAD A GOOD ORGANIZATION FOR RONNING THBIR GOVBRNMBNT AND QUBSTIONBD WHY HB DID NOT TAKB SOMB LBSSONS PROM THBM ' PRBSIDBNT CLINTON NOTBD THAT THBRB IS AN OLD SAYING ABOtJT A PROPHBT WITHOOT HONOR IN HIS OWN COUNTRY HB THBN COMPLIMBNTBD VICB PRBSIDBNT GORB NOTING THAT HB RBLIBD HEAVILY ON THB VICB PRBSIDBNT WHO HAS AN BXCBLLBNT MINQ •DOBS MANY DIPPBRBNT THINGS AND DOBS THEM WBLL PRBSIDBNT CLINTON THBN 'raANKBD PRBSIDBNT YBLTSIN POR WORKING SO CLOSELY WITH VICB PRBSIDBNT GORB AND PRIMB MINISTBR CHBRBOMYRDIN AND THB LATTBR POR HIS LBADBRSHIP IN THB WORK OF THB COMMISSION • - d ' -f 9 B@eRIIRllll'l'r- SBCSTATB WASHDC IMMKD J ATB 6737 9 Be R T SBCTION- OP 07 MOSCOW OOU57 • - - - -- · - 10 PRBSIDBNT C L I D THBN TO TffB -RBCBPTION · WHICH HB HAD JOST · CeMB7'ROM AT SPASO HOOSB ·NOTING THAT · HB HAD MST MANY RBPRBSBNTATIVBS OP VARIOOS PARTIBS PRBSIDBNT YELTSIN M_Jglq IP NBMBBRS OP THB UPPBR·HOUSB WBRB THBRB AND PRBSIDBNT CLIRTON SAID THAT THBY HAD BBBN PRBSIDBNT CL IN'l'OH SAID 'fflBSB PARLIAMBNTARIANS · --· RBMINDBD HIM OP HOMi HAD DIPPBRBNT IDBAS Alm · -·SOMI OP THBM WBRB Qbftl GOOD WB TRY TO MJUCB IT A PRACTICE OP LOOJCING AT l'IIBSB GOOD IDBAS AS A WAY TO IMPROVB OUR JOB PBRJ' CB PRBSIDBNT YBLTSIII SAID HB VBRY MOCH AGRBBD AND THAT HB '1'00 WAlfflm TO WORK WITH THB PARLIAMENTARIANS ON THBIR IDBAS · _ · - · - - - - - - - - - p- - - _ '- - · - -T 11 PRBSIDBNT CLINTON- RBMMKED THAT ONB OF THB BIOOBST SURPRISBS PR HIM IN COMING INTO OPPICB WAS GAINING A CLBAR VIBW OF WHAT HB COULD DO AND WHAT HB COULD NOT DO AS PRBSIDBNT IN S9MB MBA$ IT IS MOCH HARDBR TO ACT THAN OTHERS KB p· - -_ IN SOMB AREAS HB CAN DO MORB HJ ALSO NO'l'SD TO PRBSIDBNT YBLTSIN THAT KB WAS · IMPRBSSBD BY SOMJI OP THB IMPROVED PIGURBS ON THB BCONOMY WHICH HAD BBBN DJ SCOSSBD THAT MORNING INCLUDING THB RBDOCTION OP THB DBF ICIT FROM 20 TO 9 PBRCBNT THB IMPROVBD FIGURES ON BRINGING DOWN INFLATION AND THB PIGORBS WHICH SHOWED THAT THB ROBLB WAS BEING STABILIZBD OVBR TIMB • •i PRBSIDBNT YBLTSIN SAID THBRB ARB STILL LOO'S OF l IFPICOLTIBS AHBAD IN 19 4 •SINCB LAST JANUARY WHBN UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06694488 Date 03 29 2019 - ' From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06694488 Date 03 29 2019 CO 6 6 9 4 4 8 8 FIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06694488 Date 03 29 2019 ··· •• - I • Tbu Jan 20 21117 14 1994 MOSCOW 0001457 SKIS COPY 05 OP ' THB PRIMB MINISTBR AND I FIRST GOT BNGAGBD IN THBSB • PROBLEMS THBRB HAVB BBBN MANY CHANGBS AND DIPFICULTIBS l o Page 04 or io THB GBNTLBMA N SI'lTING NEXT TO THB PRIMB MINISTBR FIRST DEPUTY PRIMB MINISTER SOSKOVBTS IS PARTICOLARLY AWARB OF THBSB SINCB HB RBPRBSBNTS OUR INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION SBCTOR IP THINGS GO WRONG THEY ARB GOING TO BB HIS RESPONSIBILITY • From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive 13 PRBSIDBNT YBLTSIN -THBN SAID TOMORROW WB BXPBCT WB CAN DISCUSS MILITARY SECURITY AND INTBRNATIOHAL RELATIONS QUBSTIONS - BXCBPT OP COORSB FOR OkRAINB WHICH IS NOW SB'lTLBD AND ON· WHICH WB EXPBCT TO HAVB A SIGNING HB NCYI'BD TO THB PRBSIDBNT THAT HB WOULD BB TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THB AMBRICAN INFORMATION ON UKRAINE JWU IBR PRBSIDBNT CLINTON SPOKB TO PRBSIDBNT YBLTSIN ABOtJT SOMB OP THB PROBLEMS THAT HAD COMB OP OVBR THB DAY IN CONFORMING THB AGRBBMBNT TBXT AND SOMB CHANOBS THB RUSSIANS HAD WARTBD TO INTRODUCB AND ASKBD HIM NOT TO DO SO YBLTSIN CONTINOBD THAT THIS WAS A GOOD AGRBBMBNT ARD THAT IT IIAS GOOD li'OR ALL THB PARTIES HB NOTBD THB 'l'WBNTY•BIGHT AND ONB•HALP MONTHS THAT THB tnCRAINIANS HAD AGRBBD IN THB SBCRBT LBT'l'BR TO BB THB PBRIOD WITHIN WHIOI THBY 110DLD DISMANTLB AND MOVB ALL WARHBADS OtJT OP 1 JKRAINB ARD TOMORROW PRBSIDBNT YB·LTSIN SAID •WB WILL MBBT AND THBN GO INTO THB ROOM AND SIGN THB OTHBR AGRBBMBm'S AND ANSWBR A PBW QUBSTIONS - THAT HAS ALL BBBN AGRBBD BY OUR PROTOCOL HOPLB AND APTBR THAT WB WILL NOT PAY ANYMORB ATTBNTION TO ICRAVCHUK WHO WILL LBAVB 11 lt PRESIDENT CLim'ON SAID HB W00LD WORK TO HONOR THB AGRBBMBNTS PRBSIDBNT YBLTSIN SAID THAT HIS PBOPLB HAD TO DO THB TBCHNICAL WORX IN OKRAINB ON THB MISSILBS HB SAID •WB ·CAN NOT BB RBSFONSIBLB HOWBVBR POR THB STATE OF AFFAIRS OP THOSB WARHBADS AND MISSILBS IP WB A RB NOT PBRMITTBD ACCBSS TO THEM OR TO RBCBIVB THEM BACK IN THIS COUNTRY • WHBN WB DISMANTLB THIM WB WILL GBT BACK THB NUCLBAR - L AS YOU lCNOW JIB TOLD PRESIDENT CLINTON - n · WILL GIVB UKRAINB ONI HONDRBD TONS OP URANIUM RBFBRRING TO THB POBL ASSBMBLIBS CONTAINING LOW·BNRICHBD URANIUM AND WB WILL RBCBIVB BACK THB FIRST TWO HONDRBD WARHEADS - 15 PRBSIDBNT YBLTSIN THBN SAID IZVBSTIAft HAD WRI1TBN THAT IP THBY 1fBRB WR ING '1'HB PROGRAM FOR BILL CLINTON IN RUSSIA THBY W0tJLD HAVB DONE IT DIFPBRBNTLY '1'HBY RBCOMMBNDBD MORB INFORMAL MBBTINOS AND WITH DIFPBRBNT CiltCLBS THBY SAD _ - · - - I · - •· - · · •• • ' YOU SHOULD SPBAJ WITH MORB RANK AND ' · ' •· - ••·· ' ' ' ·' •· • • PILB PBOPLB PRBS D BNT CLINTON SAID THAT or 00 CRSB_ JB HAI DONB IT TODAY 'AIID PRBSIDBNT YBLTSIN RBBD· THAT WAS •· 's · ' · · - VBRY GOOD • • • ·•• - ' _ ' - •• • • ·· I - - • • J - _ _ - - 16 APTIIR SOMB DIStoSSION ABOUT THB MBAI - RBSJDBNT · YBLTSIN N0TBD THAT ' TIJ J RUSSIANS WBRB STILL PRIMARY y - · y• · -- - - ·--· - - ·-- - ·- g rx JP I SSO WBRB CONSIDIRBD TQ BB A STATB MONOPOLY ·NOTB-YOOR-' •·- -- -- RBQOBST AB0tJT IRAR Am IRAQ W8 1 0 NOT lRTBBD TO · -' - ' · l - · _ EXPORT TO IRAN HB-- TOLD PRBSIDBNT CLINTON T WITH L eaeRH SBCSTATE WASHDC IIOQU IATB 6738 8 B RB P SBCTIQ _Q3 OP 07 MOSCOW 001 7 RBSPBCT TO IRAN AND 1118 RBPORTS THAT WB ARB BUILDING A TANK FAC'Jl RjJ_ IN IRMJ ARB TOTALLY INCORRECT WB ARB NOT DOI S01 HB ADDED THAT WB HAD ONLY TRJUfSFBRRBD ONB S 'J'HAT AGRBBMBNT HAD BBBN IW B BY THB FORMBR w RUSSIA HAD CARRIBD IT OOT 17 T b- I RAQ PRBSIDBNT YBLTSIN SAID THAT 'l11BY WANTBD - UCB THB CTIONS AGAIHS'l' IRAQ THB IRAQIS o n • OSSIA OVBR SIX BILLION DOLLARS THB RUSSIANS f'SJ REALISTICALLY OF GITTING BACK 'l'HRBB ' BI · V li1-ooLLARS IP IRAQ COOLD SBLI OIL THBY UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06694488 Date 03 29 2019 • • l