Cl 752832413 '97 r • i i 01 31AM USlS PRESS UH U NU c 1 Dcc97 Memorandum for Amb Hambley Subj SW1Ullary of Discussion Between Capt Weaver and Mr Ly scom of'the UK Delegation 1was engaged at the delegates' reception thiJ iwcning by Mr David Lyscom of1be UK delegation I had previously met Mr Lyscom in Bonn and 3avc him some ibitial info oo the National Security Provision NSP wuc Mr Lyscom greeted me by balling me u Mr National Security 11 followed by a fiiendly lamathm that I was •causing a lot of trouble 11 He wu IWltC of Lt Col Salomon's and my previoua mDeting this evening with Dr Penman of bis delcgtion and appeared to have been briefed on the substance of that convcmticm He asked £or additional clarif' ICltion on what we were a king for in our m itiative Ho expres sed concem lhat we were seeking e-Mlusion for domestic operatiom and training in support of international operations He ued that that would leave the Briti h Army able to seek exemption for traming they were doing at home in prcpmtioo for multilateral opemkms and hat the UK govcmment wasn't going to plll ' that game I responded to Mr Ly scam lb r ceiumly hoped that he didn't 1hink that what militaries do la a game lo which he quickly baclced IWl fl verbally I contimted that it was not our intention to subsume dome stic mllitaey 1rainfng and operations hi an exemption I further expressed that an important aspect of our initiativo was u ' ensure allies are as preprzed as we are to conduct multilateral operations and that I wu concemed that the EU NA TO somehow felt they were accommodating the US In stead of embracing 111 issue relating to their own miliW' ' readiness Mr Lyscom somewhat acidly added mat this seemed to be yet another US demand for flexibility on the Protocol with which the EU was becoming rather fatigued I 11DSwerc d that I can undmtand the perception bu that the militmy issue should be viewed as something separate that all militarics interested in their readiness should be concerned about He didn't 1eem convinced He added that they had been in touch with their MOl and fek-chat their miliwy wu oo board with the UK government's policy on this issue I am practically cenain ot a fink between this evening' encounter and my conversations last Weds with the UK LNO in the Peniagon and then CDR Whitaker of the µK embassy on tbis topic My prevjou e- mail wriuen immediately after the cooverutlons la st Weds details their substance We paned in good spirits with my thenking Mr Lyscom for his interest and cq ressing hope thnt the EU will remain gaged in working toward a mutually beneficial resolution of the mitmtivc He responded that they would stay engaged but that he wasn't sure they could give us what wc'rt asldng for Lt Col Salomon and I have an appointment to meet again with Drs Dumcbmidt and Pemnaii later today 2 Dee C V r Chris Weaver