Page 1 of 5 F Cable Data Source Cables CD00 1 MAR93 MSGS M0263504 html Cab 1 e PREC CLASS OSRI LINEl LINE2 LINE3 LINE4 DTG ORIG TO INFO SUBJ IMMEDIATE COMFIDBM'fIAL RUEHCAA OAACZYUW RUEHCAA7584 0650047-CCCC--RHEHAAX ZNY CCCCC ZZH ZEX 0600·14Z MAR 93 FM SECST TE WASHDC 060044 Z MJ ffi 93 0 DECLASSIFIED PER E O 13526 1 -b Ys'- 1 - l o' n -111 rot ri ' SECST TE WASHDC RUFHN USMISSION USNATO IMMEDIATE 0000 ALL NORTH ATLANTIC COOPERATION COUNCIL IMMEDIATE RUFHBE AMEMBASSY BELGRADE PRIORITY 0000 RUCNDT USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0000 RUEHNT AMEMBASSY TASHKENT PRIORITY 0000 THE SECRETARY' S MEETING WITH NATO SYG MANFRED WOERNER MARCH 3 1993 TEXT C O u I l i T I J lo STATE 067584 USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS NATO NAC CSCE EEC WEU NACC' PREL THE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NATO SYG MANFRED SUBJECT WOERNER MARCH 3 1993 1 COUPIDEN'fIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2 SUMMARY IN HIS MARCH 3 MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY WOERNER PROPOSED THAT A NATO SUMMIT BE HELD IN THE FALL OF 1993 Ti DETERMINE THE COURSE OF NATO'S DEVELOPMENT ALSO DISCUSSED WAS HOW THE U S SHOULD BRIEF THE ALLIES ON THE APRIL CLINTON-YELTSIN SUMMIT WOERNER DISCUSSED THE INTEREST OF NACC STATES PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE IN CLOSER ASSOCIATION WITH NATO BECAUSE OF ANXIETY OVER POTENTIAL INSTABILITY AT HOME AND IN THE REGION HE APPEALED FOR FUNDING TO PURSUE NATO OUTREACH ACTIVITIES TO THE EAST AND URGED THE U S TO RENEW ITS SUPPORT FOR THE NATO INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM IN A DISCUSSION OF THE FUTURE OF EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS WOERNER WAS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE EC WEU AND NATO BUT WAS PESSIMIST I C ABOUT THE CSCE END SUMMARY 3 DURING HIS MARCH 1-3 VISIT TO WASHINGTON NATO SYG MANFRED WOERNER CALLED ON THE SECRETARY AT 9 30 AM MARCH 3 SEVERAL ISSUES INCLUDING EX - YUGOSLAVIA HAD BEEN COVERED AT AN EARLIER WOERNER CHRISTOPHER MEETING HELD IN BRUSSELS PRIOR TO THE FEBRUARY 26 NAC ALSO ATTENDING THE MARCH 3 MEETING WERE EUR A S NILES U S - DESIGNATE TARNOFF U S-DESIGNATE DAVIS A S-DESIGNATE OXMAN AND AN EUR RPM NOTETAK ER CLINTON LIBRARY PHOTOCOPY F Cable Data Source Cables CD001 MAR93 MSGS M0263504 html CALL FOR A NATO SUMMIT 4 AFTER A SHORT PHOTO OPPORTUNITY WOERNER LED OFF THE DISCUSSION OTING THAT HE HAD PROPOSED TO THE PRESIDENT AND NJI TIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR LAKE IN HIS MEETING WITH THEM THE PREVIOUS DAY THE IDEA OF NATO SUMMIT HE ASKED FOR EARLY WARNING OF USG PLANNING FOR A SUMMIT SO THAT NATO COULD BE PREPARED HE PREFERRED THAT A SUMMIT NOT BE MERE WINDOW DRESSING BUT LIKE PREVIOUS NATO SUMMITS SHOULD DETERMINE THE COURSE OF NATO S DEVELOPMENT 5 THE SECRETARY ASKED ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF A NATO SUMMIT WOERNER RESPONDED WITH THREE POINTS FIRST A SUMMIT WOULD ALLOW NATO TO DEFINE CLEARLY AND CONVINCINGLY ITS NEW ROLES AND PROPOSE CONCRETE INITIATIVES THE PUBLIC CONTINUES TO ASK ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF NATO IN POST-COLD-WAR EUROPE AND DOES NOT FULLY RECOGNIZE THE CHANGES NATO HAS ALREADY MADE A SUMMIT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICIZE THIS ONGOING TRANSFORf 'I ATION AND NATO'S OUTREACH TO THE EAST 6 SECOND A SUMMIT WOULD GIVE THE U S A FORUM IN WHICH THE PRESIDENT COULD IN ONE EVENT' MEET ALL 15 ALLIANCE LEADERS AND GIVE THEM A CLEAR VIEW OF HIS ADMINISTRATION S AGENDA THIS VISIBLE EXERCISE OF U S LEADERSHIP COULD TAKE P ACE EITHER IN THE U S OR IN EUROPE WOERNER RECALLED THAT PRESIDENT BUSH HAD USED HIS FIRST SUMMIT TO ESTABLISH HIS LEADERSHIP IN NATO SOON AFTER TAKING OFFICE MAY 1989 7 THIRD A SUMMIT COULD FURTHER DEFINE NATO'S RELATIONSHIP TO THE EVOLVING EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENSE IDENTITY ESDI MODALITIES OF THIS RELATIONSHIP STILL NEED TO BE WORKED OUT AND THE FALL OF 1993 WOULD THEREFORE BE THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR A WELL-PREPARED NATO SUMMIT INTER ALIA A NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT WOULD BE IN PLJI CE 8 IN RESPONSE TO A QUERY FROM THE SECRETARY WOERNER NOTED THAT NATO HAD HELD THREE SUMMITS SINCE 1989 BRUSSELS IN MAY 1989 LONDON IN JULY 1990 AND ROME IN NOVEMBER 1991 HE AGREED WITH THE SECRETARY THAT A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF LEAD-TIME WOULD BE DESIRABLE BUT MAINTA NED THAT AS SOON AS THE U S DECIDES TO CALL FOR A NATO SUMMIT THE ALLIES WILL QUICKLY AGREE TO ATTEND NATO'S OUTREACH TO THE EAST 9 THE SECRETARY ASKED WOERNER HOW TO INTEGRATE FORMER WARSAW PACT STATES INTO THE NATO ORBIT AND INCREASE COOPERATION ACTIVITIES WOERNER RESPONDED THAT OUTREACH AND COOPERATION WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT AS LONG AS THE INTERNAL SITUATION IN RUSSIA IS UNSTABLE AND UNPREDICTABLE THERE IS GROWING PRESSURE FROM CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN CEE STATES TO MOVE CLOSER TO NATO HOWEVER AN INCREASE IN NATO TIES WITH CEE STATES CAN BE CLINTON LIBRARY PHOTOCOPY F Cable Data Source Cables CD001 MAR93 MSGS M0263504 html SEEN IN MOSCOW AS THREATENING AND AFFECT RUSSIAN INTERNAL POLITICS 10 WOERNER POINTED TO A RELATED QUESTION - THE EVENTUAL MEMBERSHIP IN THE EC AND POSSIBLY THE WEU OF TRADITIONAL EUROPE �'1 NEUTRALS E G SWEDEN SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA -- WHICH LEADS TO THE ISSUE OF WHETHER A STATE CAN JOIN THE EC WEU WITHOUT JOINING NATO WOERNER SAID THE ALLIES HAD NOT DISCUSSED THE ISSUE BUT HE URGED THE U S TO CONSIDER THE EFFECT OF EC EXPANSION UPON NATO WE HAVE SOME TIME SINCE THE FIRST ADMISSION OF THESE STATES TO THE EC IS NOT SCHEDULED BEFORE 1995 96 AND TO THE WEU BEFORE 1996 97 11 WOERNER ARGUED THAT NACC STATES ARE INCREASINGLY INTERESTED IN MOVING CLOSER TO NATO BECAUSE OF ANXIETY ABOUT RUSSIAN INSTABILITY AND FEARS OF THEIR OWN DOMESTIC INSTABILITY BY AND LARGE MOST DO NOT FEEL MILITARILY THREATENED BY RUSSIA EXCEPT UKRAINE AND THE BALTIC STATES BUT ALL FEAR THAT CONSERVATIVE FORCES IN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES COULD OBTAIN RUSSIAN SUPPORT AND DESTABILIZE THEIR LEDGLING DEMOCRACIES THE NACC STATES BELIEVE THEY LIVE IN A SECURITY VACUUM AND THAT NATO MEMBERSHIP CAN HELP STAVE OFF THE RETURN OF AUTHORITARIAN FORCES 12 THE SYG SAID THE NACC STATES UNDERSTAND THERE IS NO POSSIB LITY OF NATO MEMBERSHIP IN THE SHORT TERM HOWEVER WOERNER URGED THE SECRETARY TO START CONSIDERING POSSIS E TIMEFRAMES CANDIDATES AND CRITERIA FOR MEMBER HIP EXPANSION IN THE MEANTIME WOERNER BELIEVED NATO MUST ADD TO THE SECURITY OF NACC STATES SHORT OF EXTEND NG FORMAL SECURITY GUARANTEES 13 WOERNER POINTED TO ANOTHER PROBLEM THE CEE STATES SUPPORT DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN GROUPS OF NACC MEMBERS CEE STATES LIKE HUNGARY AND POLAND WHERE STABLE DEMOCRACIES ARE BEING BUILT OBJECT TO EQUAL TREATMENT WITH RUSSIA WOERNER SAID HE CONTINUES TO ASSURE THE CEE STATES THAT NATO IN FACT DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN NACC STATES AND COOPERATES WITH CEE STATES IN WAYS IT COULD NOT WITH RUSSIA IN WOERNER'S VIEW THE TRICK IS TO CONTINUE CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE CEE STATES WITHOUT ANGERING RUSSIA COMMENT WOERNER DID NOT RAISE THE OTHER PERSPECTIVE ON NACC DIFFERENTIATION -- THE DEGREE TO WHICH NATO MAY WANT TO DEVELOP A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA END COMMENT MORE FUNDING NEEDED FOR NATO OUTREACH TO THE EAST 14 THE SYG COMPLAINED THAT ONE OBSTACLE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE NACC WAS FINANCIAL THE WEST SENDS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ECONOMIC AID TO THE EAST BUT HE COULD NOT GET EVEN 2-3 MILLION DOLLARS FOR EFFECTIVE OUTREACH WOERNER STRESSED THAT NATO COULD DO A LOT WITH JUST A LITTLE HE HAD CUT PERSONNEL IN ORDER TO FUND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES HE URGED THE U S AND THE OTHER ALLIES TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE TRAVEL AND PER DIEM OF NACC PARTNER STATE REFRESENTATIVES WHO VISITED BRUSSELS TO PARTICIPATE IN CLINTON LIBRARY PHOTOCOPY Page 3 of 5 F Cable Data Source Cables CD00 1 MAR93 MSGS M0263504 html OUTREACH ACTIVITIES WITH FUNDING WOERNER COULD FOR EXAMPLE INVITE UZBEK DELEGATIONS TO ATTEND NATO SEMINARS FOLLOW UF ON RUSSIAN REQUESTS TO INVITE CORPS COMMANDERS TO VISIT NATO HQ AND OPEN NATO SCHOOLS TO THE POLES 15 WOERNER SAID MORE SECURITY DISCUSSIONS WITH NACC PARTNER STATES WERE NEEDED AS WELL AS CRISIS MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE CSCE HE OFFERED HIS PERSONAL VIEW THAT NATO WAS A REGIONAL ORGANIZATION AND COULD �OT ACT MILITARILY ON A GLOBAL BASIS THE SECRETARY AGREED THAT THE NACC COULD BE STRENGTHENED THROUG� CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES CONFERENCES JOINT MANEUVERS AND CRISIS PREVENTION ACTIVITIES 16 THE SYG OPINED THAT CEE STATES HAD MORE TRUST IN NATO THAN IN CSCE SINCE NATO WAS AN ORGANIZATION WITH POWER WOERNER SAID THAT IN VIENNA CSCE AMBASSADORS COMPLAINED THAT EASTE� STATES WERE MORE INTERESTED IN CLOSE TIES WITH NATO HE EXPLAINED THAT THE ATTRACTION WAS BASED IN AN EASTERN VIEW THAT NATO WAS THE POWER INSTRUMENT OF THE U S IN EUROPE FOR NACC PARTNERS CLOSER TIES TO NATO MEAN C�OSER TIES TO THE U S 17 THERE ARE LIMITS TO NACC OPERATIONS WOERNER NOTED THERE WOULD BE NO NATO CONSENSUS TO SEND NATO TROOPS TO ARMEN AZERBAIJAN OR GEORGIA HE SAID SHEVARDNADZE HAD INVITED HIM TO VISIT GEORGIA AS A SIGNAL THAT NATO IS INTERESTED WOERNER ACCEPTED BUT CONTINUES TO POSTPONE HIS TRIP OUT OF CONCERN FOR RUSSIAN SENSITIVITIES THE FUTURE OF EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS 18 THE SECRETARY ASKED WOERNER TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF EUROPEAt� ORGANIZATIONS WHICH TO MANY AMERICANS ARE AN ALPHABBT SOUP WITH OVERLAPPING RESPONSIBILITIES AND BLOATED BUREAUCRACIES WOERNER REPLIED THAT THE EC WILL SURVIVE AND WITH IT THE WEU EUROPEANS WANT A SEPARATE INSTRUMENT TO USE IF AND WHEN THEY REACH THE GOAL OF A COMMON SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY THIS INSTRUMENT WOULD BE USED IN CASES WHERE THE U S FOR WHATEVER REASON CHOSE NOT TO BE INVOLVED THE EC S PAINFUL AND PUBLIC FAILURE IN EX-YUGOSLAVIA FOSTERED A DETERMINATION TO BE READY TO ACT IN ANY CASE IN WHICH THE U S DOES NOT WANT TO ENGAGE 19 FOR THIS REASON THERE SHOULD BE TWO PILLARS UNDER THE NATO ROOF -- THE U S AND THE WEU THE WEU IS NATO'S EUROPE N PILLAR INSTITUTIONAL MODALITIES FOR ACTION SHOULD 3E DECIDED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS BUT IN EACH CASE THE COMMON INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR USE WOERNER ARGUED THAT THE KEY IS TO REACH AGREEMENT ON THE MODALITIES OF THE NATO WEU RELATIONSHIP AND TO AVOID CONSTRUCTING A SECOND DUPLICATIVE SEPARATE WEU SECURITY STRUCTURE IN WOERNER'$ VIEW' THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE EASIER TO REACH WHEN FRANCE MOVES CLOSER TO KEY NATO DEFENSE BODIES 20 W• ERNER WAS OPTIMISTIC THAT NATO WOULD SURVIVE - - AS CLINTON LIBRARY PHOTOCOPY Page 4 of 5 F Cable Data Source Cables CD001 MAR93 MSGS M0263504 html LONG JI S THE U S MAINTAINS ITS COMMITMENT TO EUROPE AND THE EUROPEAN PILLAR IS FIRMLY IN PLACE AFTER THE STRUCTURE IS COMPLETE THE ALLIES CAN CONSIDER FURTHER REORGJI NIZATION 21 THE SYG SAID HE PERSONALLY DOUBTED THE CSCE WOULD SURVIVE ALTHOUGH CSCE DESERVES A CHANCE WOERNER WORRIES THAT IT IS NOT DEVELOPING AS A REGIONAL UN DUE TO THE LACK OF A STEERING ORGANIZATION HE BELIEVES THE CSCE IS A TALKING SHOP WITHOUT ENOUGH SUBSTANCE WOERNER NOTED THIS WAS ONLY HIS PERSONAL VIEW NATO IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN STRENGTHENING THE CSCE U S SUPPORT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE 22 W1 ERNER ASKED IF HE COULD RAISE AN ADDITIONAL SUBJECT RENEWED U S SUPPORT FOR NATO INFRASTRUCTURE HE SAID NATO WAS DOWN TO THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM AND LOWER FUNDING LEVELS WOULD THREATEN THE EXISTENCE OF THE PROGRAM WHICH ALONG WITH THE INTEGRATED MILITARY STRUCTURE WAS THE BACKBONE OF NATO THE SYG ASKED FOR A U S COMMITMENT OF 250 MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR NOTING THE GERM ANS PAY ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT AND THE UK JUST A BIT LESS 23 THE SECRETARY ASKED WHAT THE HILL'S RESPONSE HAD BEEN TO WOERNER $ LOBBYING THE PREVIOUS DAY ON INFRASTRUCTURE WOERNER SAID THAT CONGRESS HAD BEEN FRIENDLY BUT NONCOMMITTAL THE SECRETARY SAID HE UNDERSTOOD WOERNER'S POINT BUT IT WAS A TIME OF COMPETING PRIORITIES AND MANY WERE NOT YET AWARE OF NATO'S ADAPTATION AND NEW ROLE NATO BRIEFING ON THE CLINTON YELTSIN SUMMIT 24 IN CLOSING THE SECRETARY MENTIONED THAT HE WAS CONSIDERING HOW THE U S COULD BEST BRIEF THE NAC ON THE RESULTS OF THE APRIL 4 CLINTON YELTSIN SUMMIT WOERNER RESPONDED THAT DEBRIEFING THE NAC WAS A GOOD TRADITION WHICH 3HOULD BE CONTINUED HE ASKED THAT A SENIOR OFFICIAL BE SENT TO NATO WHO HAD PARTICIPATED IN ALL THE SUMMIT MEETINGS THE SECRETARY REPLIED THAT MODALITIES OF THE DEBRIEFING WOULD HAVE TO BE WORKED 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