CO 68 3 67 64 SIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06836764 Date 10 19 2021 11 03 8 18 07 · tf2024S89180 RELEASE IN FULL 11SC-NICk IURNS 'fo - c'o ' ' Kr •1111i11 No · ·mhc·r 2 W M v Ot•cU Bill · r iff 11tis is an auswc•r tu your lrUc•r of Odobc•r 25 Your idr a r E m·din Uw 'alu ' uul the• priority of our p u·hlC'rship I lJnikd Stnt • 011 tlw ha is r • 1u di y j Cor lL'- str t -gk 'hoi · It is 11· · uud ioniug and wdl drspif c- r m 'rgi11 di r ords Ol 'iou- l ' U1c·s · i ll1 i ct· p p Yr ' tc·c·OJ'd with IU ' approad1 A 1m 1 ually bml ' i 'ial t arhU'r1'hip wilh ti ' fvw' unavoidablr •inr r wir • have• tlmir owu inlrn C 4 h bavi· h1 11 --- UJ f fC·s· llowcvr r Um b sUC • is not so mur h t lw c·xis '11 · o I 1ml iuvc• tl1at tJw degree· of I rust wci hav ' rr ar hro bd W '-CII u · of t hc• partner's 'irw cwrn if if· nmkc s 011 · 1n adjust' his ph 11 rhc r should xist tht basic undcrs anding _that l Russfan-Amqrican partnrrship OU tituk the r cut ral fac t ur ill t llC' worlcl' - poliUr s we e oursc V s weaken it scd ing a tr uL knt gai11 wc•'ll uudcrmit1t• thr po itivP pC' rspec tivc of int ruationaJ devclopm nt m1d rcdut c· the chauces of settlement of spe 'Cifi p1·oblem$ - be it iss es of Bosnia or lrc q -✓ l share your words on the importance of perso al trustworthy r ont aci between the presidents Now regardlI g the speeific is ues On tbe situation around Iraq I vir w thi c misundersta nrling a c settied The main thing i that we bave managed to switch the pJ'occss of the crisis settlement oDto political track I do not haveI au impressiou tl mt wt '1 _- I fe i ' 1 disr rds but· the way in which to approach and overcome lh im prcsupf ses a car 'f I 1r hav come back to a situation we had been in a few 1i1ontbs ago We have a program of actioD The pros ect of legal rec ognit on of I uwaa by Iraq ba'i beco01e more clear Wheu this transfonns into a fact the · His Excellency William J CLlNTON The President of tbe United States of America Washlngton D C UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06836764 Date 10 19 2021 CO 6 8 3 6 7 6 4 IED 11 03 94 U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06836764 Date 10 19 2021 19 08 'Zt2024S69180 NSC-NICK BURNS llJOOJ 003 - inh·nrnt ional C onm1u11ity is c•xt 'd ·cl o acl · 1ua1c•I · rc-sponcl Cu it ' shnulcl not s •al tllC' •x istin ihaatio11 othc·rwis · ·xplosiou will h · i1u· ·ilahh· u1 Ou tlw situation in Bosnia It is imporl uit to support B ·l nul · 'hos · ' mstru lh· · tiu1 I pr •s 'nts tll ' 111c1i11 r-h u1r · to r •op ·11 th ' path o polifirnl sC't tlc•mc·11t 1 priority is c m• he•rc· is t o lc•blnd hunuu ltaria11 d 'I h·c·ri ·s to Yu oslavin A n•gards the· is uc· of ann s c·mhar o which is rntlwr cliffkult for _you 1 h ·lic·vc· thal we- should find a sol utin11 cl ' ' •pt abl · for all nwmhc·r - ' j of Hw c mfac 1 group It is imporf uat t o r ontinm· our c oop rali ' ' worl ou Uw North Kon u issue· I would lik · t o hope· hat hr agrN111H·11t sig wd hdwc 111 Ow J11ifrd ·st afrs u d the· Df RI will lead to a rd uru or t lw DJ RI int o thl' NPT 1low •vr r 11 rt mains 1ucst ionabl · for u how far tlw DPRK' m mitori11 obi igations stipulated by this agrccm • t c orn· sp ncl with the rcquirc•mc•11t s of the NPT ai cl IAEA cc1ually applicable to all There• is an clc pcct wbich direr Uy 1 ouchc upon our interests We• h lV ' alrc cly discuss l it with you We c umot l ' sali sfie d if Ruc sia is prn lwd a - idc from a fulJ-flcdg d pa rlidpation i11 restructuring North Korea's nuclear program I expect that our Jight-watcr reactors will be cousidc·red _ without bias the more so sincr they arc r c ptablc- for the OPRK This is what they openly tell us fo Pyongyang 1 would like to note the role you played in ensuring ·Russia's particjpation at tbr Winnipeg c onfereur c on R5Si -ta uce to ccouon1k reform in Ukl·aine H is a question of principle for us Apart from Russia in fact renders currently any Kuchma has complained to --·-----·------ - uo one• - serious assistance to Ukraine President ID about that rccent y in Moscow J l1avc- promisecl to support him and have sent Mr Kozyrev to 'Winnipeg wlwn -' hc ' ' ' presented our new package of assistance to Ukraine The Winnipeg package weighs 700 milHo dolJars Regrettably the reciprocal contributions of other G-8 members are dearly inadequate yet to the scope of most s vere economic problems confronting Ukraine J await your help in tbls issue UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06836764 Date 10 19 2021 '· CO 6 8 3 6 7 6 4 IED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06836764 Date 10 19 2021 -111 C'IIC'ral 'f' ha ' ' c·slahlislwcl · r · ood mutual uml ·rslamliu iududiu iu p 'rsoual tc·nns with Pn· sidc·nt Kudnna I han· 011n· agai11 slr •ss 'd tit · hnportanr • of ·ompli um· with II ' triparlil · agn· ·11w111 n• m•diug Ukrairw's joining th · NJ T uul r •nclc•rin1 f s • 'Urit · guar u1t · ·s to Ki •v by tlw dc ipo liitar · ii la ' or this Trc•at y Tll 'r · -xists no u11biguit · 110w · on thl is u • bct w U nw and Pr 'sid 'n1 Kudmm W · an· plm111i11g to r •solvc• all spcr ifk bilateral issue wit h signing of a hist ork Russi m Ukraiuia 11 trc il1ty 011 fricudship r oopc-rafion ancl partn 'rship duri11g rn v upromiug visit to Kiev · Bearing thi in mind I am rr acly t o m J« a dcicisio11 uow wil li rq iu- I t o - igning a document on guarm1lt1c S It is dear th · lcad ·rs' -ig11at un·s should s •al a r ally milestone dcx umcnt whir h would c ovcr all tlw concerns o lJl rnin ' which i - fraternal to us Until yet thew arr too many caverns in tlH' draft l11 pa rUc uJar in Ukraine's western nauk w11crc Ukrai11c own problems At present against thr background of clisc u sio115 ha- its · 011 expanding NATO these con ' erns loo% even more serious The sam ' is true 11 regarding the issue of fl 1 nk limitations A you know il also exists for Ukraine 1 hat is why I propose to urgently instruct our cxpcrl- to fi11aJ izc· thr draft text of th• agre erit ou guarantees for us to b able to sigi it ilJ Budapest with dear conscienc e Time i s pressiug us here with clue' notic ci t o the work that President Kuchma is couducting uow with the Rada Bill It is utmostly important to fi11 our politica1 mutual w1derstanding regarding partn• rship with practical equal partnership and precisecoordination of actions ou these most vital issues ' I count very much on meeti ng with you in Budapest We have much to ·r talk about and first of all about transforming Europ an stab i 1 ity structures Sincerely B YELTSIN UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06836764 Date 10 19 2021