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Prime Minister Mulroney to President Bush (3 pp.)
5/8/90
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Prime Minister Mulroney to President Bush (1 pp.)
5/8/90
(b)(1)
01c. Letter
Michel Rocard to President Bush
n.d.
(b)(1)
Re: [French] (1 pp.)
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Prime Minister Mulroney to President Bush (3 pp.)
5/8/90
(b)(1)
03a. Letter
President Bush to Former President Carter (2 pp.)
5/11/90
(b)(1)
03b. Memo
Brent Scowcroft to POTUS
5/11/90
(b)(1)
Re: Proposed Reply to President Carter on Dominican Elections
(1 pp.)
03c. Memo
Donald C. Johnson to Brent Scowcroft
5/10/90
(b)(1)
Re: Reply to Former President Carter on Dominican Republic
Elections (1 pp.)
03d. Letter
Former President Carter to President Bush (1 pp.)
5/4/90
(b)(1)
04a. Summary
Re: Heads of State Correspondence Summary (2 pp.)
n.d.
(b)(1)
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04b. Message
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(b)(1)
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Minister [Thatcher] to the President (2 pp.)
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Chanellor Kohl to President Bush
4/30/90
(b)(1)
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Chanellor Kohl to President Bush
4/30/90
(b)(1)
Re: [German] (1 pp.)
04e. Letter
Chairman Miklos Nemeth to President Bush
4/27/90
(b)(1)
Re: Unofficial Translation (3 pp.)
04f. Letter
President Richard von Wizsacker to President Bush
4/24/90
(b)(1)
Re: German (2 pp.)
04g. Letter
Chairman Miklos Nemeth to President Bush
4/27/90
(b)(1)
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President Richard von Wizsacker to President Bush
4/24/90
(b)(1)
Re: Translation (1 pp.)
04i. Letter
President Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera to President Bush
4/26/90
(b)(1)
Re: [Spanish] (1 pp.)
05a. Memo
Brent Scowcroft to POTUS
n.d.
(b)(1)
Re: Planning for Your Trip to South America (1 pp.)
06a. Memo
Brent Scowcroft to POTUS
6/7/90
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Re: Preparations for Houston Economic Summit (2 pp.)
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Re: Preparations for Houston Economic Summit (1 pp.)
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Re: Heads of State Correspondence Summary (3 pp.)
6/1
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Prime Minister Hawke to President Bush (2 pp.)
5/29/90
(b)(1)
07c. Letter
President Mitterrand to President Bush
n.d.
(b)(1)
Re: Unofficial Translation (2 pp.)
07d. Letter
President Mitterrand to President Bush
n.d.
(b)(1)
Re: [French] (1 pp.)
07e. Letter
President Najibullah to President Bush (2 pp.)
5/29/90
(b)(1)
07f. Cable
Re: Endara Wedding Invitation for President and Mrs. Bush (1
5/29/90
(b)(1)
pp.)
07g. Letter
Prime Minister Thatcher to President Bush (1 pp.)
5/21/90
(b)(1)
07h. Letter
Chairman Mazowiecki to President Bush
5/15/90
(b)(1)
Re: [English] (1 pp.)
07i. Letter
Chairman Mazowiecki to President Bush
5/15/90
(b)(1)
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President Jacques Delors to President Bush (1 pp.)
5/14/90
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Prime Minister Mulroney to President Bush (3 pp.)
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CONFIDENTIAL
RECORD ID: 9003764
NSC/S PROFILE
RECEIVED: 11 MAY 90 10
TO: PRESIDENT
CHRON FILE
FROM: MULRONEY, BRIAN
DOC DATE: 08 MAY 90
SOURCE REF:
ORK
KEYWORDS: CANADA
NATO
CSCE
HS
PERSONS:
SUBJECT: LTR TO PRES FM PM MULRONEY RE NATO & CSCE
ACTION: NO REPLY REQUIRED PER STATE
DUE DATE: 15 MAY 90
STATUS: C
STAFF OFFICER: STATE
LOGREF: 9003490 9003706
FILES: WH
NSCP:
CODES:
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BASORA
NSC CHRON
DECLASSIFIED
White House Guidelines
E.O. 12958, SEC 3.4 (B) September 11, 2006
By CAP NARA, Date 7/13/09
COMMENTS:
DISPATCHED BY
DATE
BY HAND W/ATTCH
OPENED BY: NSMDC
CLOSED BY: NSJRP
DOC 1 OF 1
CONFIDENTIAL
UNCLASSIFIED
CHRON FILE
ARTMENT OF STATE
EXEMPTIVE SECRETARIAT
TRANSMITTAL FORM
S/S 9015440
Date July 18, 1990
FOR: Mr. William F. Sittmann
Executive Secretary
National Security Council Staff
The White House
REFERENCE:
To: The President
From: Prime Minister Mulroney, Canada
Date: May 8, 1990
Subject: Letter to President Regarding NATO and CSCE
WH Referral Dated: 9 July 90
NSCS ID# (if any) : 9003764
The attached item was sent directly to the
Department of State.
ACTION TAKEN:
A draft reply is attached.
A draft reply will be forwarded.
A translation is attached.
An information copy of a direct reply is attached.
X We believe no response is necessary for the reason
cited below.
The Department of State has no objection to the
proposed travel.
Other (see remarks).
REMARKS:
This letter responds to an earlier letter from
the President. The issues raised were discussed at the
London Nato Summit.
UNCLASSIFIED
Kaun
Emmerson
Director
Secretariat Staff
3764
Canadian Embassy
Ambassade du Canada
501 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
May 9, 1990
General Brent Scowcroft
Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs
National Security Council
Old Executive Office Building
Washington, D.C.
Dear General Scowcroft,
I have the honour to transmit the attached copy of a
letter to the President from the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney
on NATO and the CSCE.
There will be no signed original.
Yours sincerely,
Dave
D.H. Burney
Ambassador
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C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
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CONFIDENTIAL
RECORD ID: 9003710
NSC/S PROFILE
RECEIVED: 09 MAY 90 18
othvi-
TO: CARTER, JIMMY
CHRON FILE
FROM: PRESIDENT
DOC DATE: 11 MAY 90
SOURCE REF:
KEYWORDS: DOMINICAN REP
MP
PERSONS: CARTER, JIMMY
SUBJECT: REPLY TO FORMER PRES CARTER ON DOMINICAN ELECTIONS
ACTION: PRES SGD LTR
DUE DATE: 12 MAY 90
STATUS: C
STAFF OFFICER: JOHNSON
LOGREF: 9003638
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White House Guidelines
E.O. 12958, SEC 3.4 (B) September 11, 2006
By CAP NARA, Date 7/13/09
Letter dispatched as follows:
1. original sent through WH Stripping Desk
2. copy sent via CDX to State - to be cabled to
American Ambassador in the Dominican Republic
to be passed to former President Jimmy Carter
As of 9/14/90 no fax number was obtainable in Atlanta
6pm
for direct transmission to Pres. Carter
COMMENTS:
DISPATCHED BY Robert Gerry DATE 5-14-90 BY HAND W/ATTCH
OPENED BY: NSRLG
CLOSED BY: NSRLG
DOC 4 OF 4
CONFIDENTIAL
URGENT
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
ID 9003710
REFERRAL
DATE: 14 MAY 90
MEMORANDUM FOR: ROY, J
STATE SECRETARIAT
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:
TO: CARTER, JIMMY
SOURCE: PRESIDENT
DATE: 11 MAY 90
SUBJ: REPLY TO FORMER PRES CARTER ON DOMINICAN ELECTIONS
REQUIRED ACTION: FOR DISPATCH
DUEDATE:
COMMENT: PLEASE CABLE TO AMERICAN AMBASSADOR IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
IMMEDIATELY / TO BE PASSED TO FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER
Robert L.Gerry L. Gerry
FOR
GEORGE VAN ERON
DIRECTOR NSC SECRETARIAT
URGENT
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 11, 1990
Dear Mr. President Jing
Thank you for your thoughtful letter of May 4
concerning the presidential elections in the
Dominican Republic. You have my very best
wishes as you take on your second election
monitoring effort in three months. The
successful monitoring effort in Nicaragua was
certainly instrumental in making the transition
to democracy in that country possible.
I have had my people review for me the pre-
election situation in the Dominican Republic.
They tell me that this has been a hard-fought
contest, but we have seen no solid reports that
the integrity of the electoral process will be
compromised. Moreover, our Embassy and senior
State Department officials have gone on record
repeatedly in private meetings with Dominican
officials of all parties stressing the
importance of a free electoral process and the
need to respect the results. We believe this
message is clearly understood, and that the
Dominicans realize the dramatically negative
implications that a fraudulent election would
have for our relations. For these reasons, I
believe that any personal and public involvement
by me on the very eve of the elections would not
be productive.
I have no favorites in the Dominican
presidential race, and I think all sides realize
that we are prepared to work cooperatively with
whomever is chosen by the Dominican people as
their next leader.
Again, my very best wishes for your important
mission. You are involved in a labor of love
for democracy.
Sincerely,
Col
The Honorable Jimmy Carter
1 Copehill Avenue, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30307
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
THE PRESIDENT HAS33EEN
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 11, 1990
17 IIJ 11 INH CSCI
ACTION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
BRENT SCOWCROFT
D
SUBJECT:
Proposed Reply to President Carter on Dominican
Elections
Purpose
To reply to a May 4 letter from President Carter asking you to
send a private message to President Balaguer and issue a public
statement in advance of the May 16 presidential election in the
Dominican Republic.
Background
President Carter's letter recalls that twelve years ago he
followed a similar course to the one he is asking you to take
now. He says presidential candidate Juan Bosch has phoned him
expressing concerns that the election might not be free.
We recommend against the action suggested by President Carter.
Coming at this late date, it would be seen as a clumsy effort on
our part to interfere in the election. We have no indication
that Balaguer is about to steal the election. Juan Bosch is
hardly a disinterested observer.
The draft reply at Tab A wishes Carter well in his monitoring
role in the elections, but declines the suggestion to become
directly involved at this juncture.
RECOMMENDATION
That you sign the proposed reply to President Carter at Tab A.
CC: Vice President
Attachments
Chief of Staff
Tab A
Proposed Reply to President Carter
Tab B
President Carter's letter to you
DECLASSIFIED
PER NSC WAIVER, 1500 2021-02
By SS NARA, Date 3/4/24
CONF IDENTIAL
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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
3710
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20506
May 10, 1990
ACTION
MEMORANDUM FOR BRENT SCOWCROFT
THROUGH:
WILLIAM T. PRYCE
wto
FROM:
DONALD C. JOHNSON Do
SUBJECT:
Reply to Former President Carter on Dominican
Republic Elections
Former President Jimmy Carter has written the President asking
him to make a public statement and send a private message to
President Balaguer of the Dominican Republic. He recalls that
twelve years ago he did the same thing to thwart Balaguer from
stealing the election. He suggests that Balaguer is considering
tampering with the election to assure his victory.
We do not believe that the President should follow Carter's
suggestion in this case. The Embassy has repeatedly delivered
our message about respecting the integrity of the electoral
process. A public statement by us at this time would be a clumsy
interference in the process on the eve of the elections, which
will take place next Wednesday, May 16. We have no solid
evidence (other than the call by presidential candidate Bosch to
President Carter) that points to substantial election-day fraud.
Attached at Tab A is a proposed reply. It thanks President
Carter for his letter, and wishes him well in his election
monitoring mission in the Dominican Republic, but turns down the
suggestion of a statement. This proposed reply has been cleared
with Department of State.
RECOMMENDATION
That you forward the Memorandum to the President at Tab I.
Attachments
Tab I
Memorandum to the President
Tab A
Proposed Reply to President Carter
Tab B
Incoming correspondence
DECLASSIFIED
PER NSC WAIVER, 2021-02 1500
By SS NARA, Date 3/4/24
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Former President Carter to President Bush (1 pp.)
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To President George Bush
Presidential elections will be held in the Dominican Republic
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I am writing to ask if you will would be willing to make a
public statement and send a private message to President Joaquin
Balaguer making clear that our nation's relationship with his will
depend on whether the election is free and fair.
Twelve years ago, Balaguer was President, and the early vote
returns suggested that he was losing the election. Suddenly, the
count stopped, and we received reports that the military were
stealing the ballots. I consulted with a number of Latin American
leaders, including Carlos Andres Perez and the OAS Secretary
General, and made a public statement that U.S. support for the
Dominican Republic would depend on the integrity of the election
process. I also instructed then-Secretary of State Cyrus Vance to
send a stronger private message to Balaguer. Soon, the vote
counting resumed, and Balaguer accepted his loss. The inauguration
of his successor represented the first time in one hundred years
in the Dominican Republic that power was peacefully transferred
from an incumbent to the person who defeated him in an election.
(b)(1)
I am confident that your influence would
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respect the results.
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At Tab I is the Houston Summit thematic paper which will be
discussed by the Sherpas at their meeting in Paris May 17-19.
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HOUSTON ECONOMIC SUMMIT
THEMATIC PAPER
I.
INTRODUCTION
1.
Since the Heads of State and Government last met together at
the Arch Summit in July 1989, unprecedented political and
economic change has taken place in Eastern Europe, Central and
South America, South Africa and the Soviet Union. Democratic
pluralism and market economies are replacing one-party regimes
and command economies, although the progress varies by region and
country. However, the concept of democracy and free markets as
the twin pillars of individual liberty and freedom is finding
renewed favor around the world.
2.
Summit leaders will need to address this remarkable change
and the resulting unparalleled opportunities for a stable,
peaceful and prosperous world. The Heads will need to
demonstrate leadership in ensuring that the political and
economic reforms take firm root and flourish. Where such a
commitment is lacking, as in many developing countries, Summit
leaders will need to encourage, in firm and practical ways,
greater progress towards political and economic reform.
3.
The Houston Economic Summit, therefore, offers Heads a
unique opportunity to further the process of peaceful change and
democratic institution-building and set a course for the world
economy for the 1990s and beyond.
II. THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC SITUATION
4.
In recent years, substantial progress has been achieved in
promoting a stronger world economy. The robust economic
expansion in our countries, now in its eighth consecutive year,
has contributed to notable growth in per capita incomes and
employment. It has been supported by rapid growth of
international trade, to the benefit of developing countries as
well. Inflation, although a matter of concern in some countries,
has remained generally moderate. Considerable reduction of
external imbalances has occurred, particularly those of the
United States and Japan. Nonetheless, additional adjustment
progress remains a priority.
5.
In the developing world, the experience of the late 1980s
varied widely. Some economies, particularly in East Asia,
continued to experience impressive domestic growth rates. The
economies of a number of other developing countries have been
stagnant or declined for a number of reasons: poor domestic
economic policies, insufficient investment, capital flight,
commodity price developments and large external transfers.
Nonetheless, average growth in Africa and the Middle East has
improved since the mid 1980s, although African economic gains
continued to lag behind population increases. Growth in several
Latin American debtor countries has improved in the late 1980s.
New leadership with the courage to implement economic adjustment
and free market policies in many of these countries should
improve the prospects for economic growth.
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6.
The summit countries have developed a process of economic
policy coordination. It has contributed importantly to the
record of success in the industrial countries. This process,
through its indicator-based approach to multilateral
surveillance, represents the most effective means of improving
the functioning of the international monetary system. The Summit
countries, in refining this mechanism over the past five years,
have succeeded in enhancing understanding of the linkages among
economies. This has allowed the group to exercise effective
multilateral surveillance over economic performance and policies
and has helped put in place the consistent and compatible
economic policies needed to achieve our shared objectives.
7.
The summit nations should reaffirm their commitment to the
process of international economic policy coordination as a key
means of addressing global economic challenges in the period
ahead. Surplus and deficit countries alike have a shared
responsibility to contribute to sustained world growth, low
inflation, and effective balance of payments adjustment.
Fulfillment of these shared responsibilities is a critical
element in addressing the present slowdown in the adjustment of
external imbalances.
8.
To sustain the present economic expansion to the benefit of
all countries, each nation must pursue policies that will
contribute to global economic growth. Balanced expansion of
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demand with increasing productive capacity is key, while external
imbalances and structural rigidities require correction. Price
pressures warrant continued vigilance.
9.
In countries with large external surpluses, macroeconomic
policies should be set to ensure strong growth of domestic demand
over the medium-term, with structural reforms to improve the
underlying conditions for growth and adjustment. Countries with
sizeable fiscal and current account deficits should contribute to
the adjustment process by fiscal restraint and by increased
private saving.
10. Other countries have a clear and complementary role to play
in the adjustment of global external imbalances and should pursue
appropriate macroeconomic and structural policies. The Asian
newly industrializing economies should continue to assume greater
responsibilities in this area, in particular by increasing the
openness of their economies to goods, services, and capital.
11. The restructuring of Eastern European economies should
stimulate market-oriented growth and increase their integration
into the global economy. We should support these changes and
seek to assure that the transformation will contribute to global
growth and stability. In this regard, German monetary and
economic union, if properly managed, would contribute to improved
non-inflationary global growth and to a reduction of external
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imbalances. This process would also promote positive economic
developments in Eastern Europe.
12. Developments in financial markets should be kept under
review. Although the Japanese yen has stabilized recently, the
present level may well have undesirable consequences for the
global adjustment process.
13. The summit countries should support the agreement by the IMF
Board of Governors to increase IMF quotas by 50 percent under the
Ninth General Review of Quotas. The measures agreed during the
quota review to strengthen the IMF arrears strategy should also
be endorsed.
14. Structural Issues: Achieving the shared international
economic objectives requires that traditional macroeconomic
policies be complemented by structural reforms to increase
economic efficiency. Considerable progress has been made over
the past few years, especially in the areas of tax reform and
financial market liberalization. Nevertheless, there is
substantial scope and need for additional policy steps to address
persistent structural deficiencies.
15. In some of our countries, regulatory reform to promote
competition is needed in key sectors such as retail trade,
telecommunications, and transportation. Similarly, ensuring
healthy financial market development and unimpeded foreign access
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to domestic financial markets will require financial market
reforms in some countries. Additional tax reform could
strengthen innovation and work incentives while reducing
distortions in savings and investment in all our countries.
Also, reducing public subsidies while increasing their
transparency will improve resource allocation and add flexibility
to fiscal policy formulation. Finally, addressing inflexibility
in labor markets would promote mobility and job creation, thus
ameliorating long-term unemployment.
16. Further progress in implementing such reforms should be a
priority. In this connection, the major contributions of the
OECD in identifying structural policy challenges and options
should be welcomed. The OECD should build upon its past work,
with more frequent and comprehensive peer review of policies and
progress in OECD members.
III. THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM
17. Increasing economic prosperity since 1945 has depended on
progressive liberalization of the international trading system by
opening markets and following agreed rules of conduct. The
highest trade priority of Summit countries is the successful
conclusion this year of an ambitious, balanced and comprehensive
agreement in the Uruguay Round. A failure of the Uruguay Round
could: (a) reinforce current tendencies toward regional blocs,
managed trade, and discriminatory bilateral trade agreements; (b)
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escalate trade tensions; and (c) undermine the nascent efforts of
developing countries to make the difficult transition to market
economies.
18. Consequently, Heads must give clear instructions to their
negotiators to achieve substantial results in all areas: market
access, GATT rules, agriculture, trade-related investment, trade-
related intellectual property protection and services. They
should direct their negotiators to produce provisional agreements
in all areas of the negotiations at the July meeting of the Trade
Negotiating Committee. To achieve this success, Heads must be
willing to devote the necessary effort and political will to
ensure their instructions are carried out expeditiously. Heads
may also wish to discuss institutional arrangements for managing
our trading system after a successful conclusion of the Uruguay
Round.
19. Three issues merit particular attention: agriculture,
industrial subsidies and the integration of developing countries.
A.
Agriculture
20. Achieving the long-term objective of fundamental reform in
agriculture is the linchpin to the success of the Uruguay Round.
For some countries it is the only issue in the negotiations.
Without such reform, developed and developing countries for whom
agricultural exports are an important source of export earnings
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will not participate in the new rules and disciplines negotiated
in the Uruguay Round. For others, multilateral reform is
necessary for its own sake as well as garnering the necessary
support to address other more difficult negotiating issues.
21. Achieving fundamental agricultural reform, as agreed to by
Ministers at the Uruguay Round's Mid-Term Review, will require
countries to commit to substantial progressive reductions in each
area of the negotiations -- (i) internal support, (ii) export
subsidies, (iii) barriers to market access, and (iv) to develop
new rules governing sanitary and phytosanitary measures.
22. Success will require reform at the national level. Current
policies, which tie support of farm income to the level of
production, inevitably create huge surpluses that bloat national
budget expenditures, restrict market access, necessitate the use
of export subsidies and create trade frictions. The level of
trade-distorting agricultural support and protection must be
reduced and disciplined. Similarly, the role of market forces
must be enhanced to foster economic growth and welfare.
23. Negotiations on how far and how fast support and production
are to be reduced in each area must begin immediately if
fundamental reform is to be secured by December. The results of
the negotiations must be translated into binding country programs
that yield quantifiable market liberalization. Such programs
should encompass substantial annual reductions in internal
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supports, the progressive elimination of export subsidies,
increased market access through annual reductions in trade
barriers and rules governing sanitary and phytosanitary measures.
24. A successful outcome also must recognize the distinctive
needs of developing countries and deal with arguments based on
food security concerns.
B.
Industrial Subsidies
25. Greater liberalization of trade has increased the
international distortions resulting from domestic industrial
subsidies. Current GATT rules do not adequately control such
subsidies, nor have they prevented competitive subsidization.
Industries should compete on the basis of comparative advantage
and market forces, not government largesse.
26. The Uruguay Round must produce new enforceable rules that
discipline all trade-distorting subsidies. The new rules must
strengthen the current prohibition on export subsidies as well as
extend that prohibition to domestic industrial subsidies that
distort trade. The new regime must define clearly the limited
circumstances in which government support might be permitted.
The improved discipline also must include effective remedies
that do not become barriers to legitimate trade.
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C.
The Integration of Developing Countries
27. The negotiations should ensure that developing countries
reap the full trade-liberalizing benefits of the world trading
system. Progressive trade liberalization and adherence to
market-oriented rules have proven to be an effective path to
growth and development. More specifically, benefits from the
Uruguay Round would include: the predictability brought about by
stricter adherence to one set of rules by all parties; the
expansion of market opportunities in developed and other
developing country markets; and the attraction of investment and
technology resulting from adherence to rules governing the new
areas.
28. The Uruguay Round should increase the overall level of
rights and obligations in the trading system for all participants
through: (a) a substantial reduction in tariffs and increase in
the percentage of tariffs that are bound; (b) balanced and
effective restraints on all forms of exceptions, including
measures imposed for balance-of-payments difficulties; and (c)
meaningful participation by all countries in agreements
negotiated on services, trade-related intellectual property
issues, and trade-related investment measures. The end result
should be a single set of multilateral rules applicable to all
GATT contracting parties, although developing countries may need
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longer transition periods or other transitional arrangements on a
case-by-case basis.
IV. DIRECT INVESTMENT
29. Foreign direct investment plays a vital role in promoting
world prosperity. By redirecting saving among countries, it
helps to move resources to their most productive use. Foreign
investment provides jobs and helps transmit technology and
productive techniques. The financial, trade and technology links
of foreign investment forge a global market place.
30. Foreign direct investment can play an important role in
maintaining and improving the competitiveness of countries. An
increasing number of developing and East European countries are
recognizing the significant benefits that foreign direct
investment can bring to help restructure their economies and
raise their living standards.
31. Protectionist pressures and policies which discourage
foreign investment must be resisted. The OECD and the GATT have
important roles to play in this regard. Governments should
review anti-trust policies, practices restricting shareholder
voting rights, tax laws and treaties, practices regarding access
to financial markets, and other practices which restrict
opportunities for foreign investment.
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V.
TIED AID
32. Important negotiations are underway in the OECD on a
balanced package of measures to strengthen multilateral
disciplines on trade- and aid-distorting export credit subsidies.
This package should improve substantially discipline and
transparency over tied aid credits and eliminate remaining
subsidies in officially supported export credits. It is also
important to avoid trade-distorting ties when offering aid to the
nations of Eastern Europe.
VI. EAST-WEST ECONOMIC RELATIONS
33. Political reform in Eastern Europe has begun the process of
dismantling of antiquated command economies and their replacement
by market-oriented systems. At the recent CSCE Conference in
Bonn, the reforming countries of the region accepted most of the
key principles underpinning market economies. However, the
degree of commitment to economic reform varies widely by country.
34. There are no historic precedents for a transition of this
nature which will require, among other things, the establishment
of efficient, functioning price systems, open markets, and the
break-up of public monopolies to ensure that prices reflect true
costs and relative scarcities. But institutional changes
involving property rights, judicial systems, and measures to
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promote investor confidence also are essential to create the
conditions for a successful transition to a market economy.
35. OECD countries should assist those countries which are
implementing economic reform programs and instituting pluralistic
political systems. Financial assistance to Eastern Europe should
help lay the foundation for self-sustaining economic growth based
on free market principles. International financial and economic
institutions including the IMF, IBRD, GATT, OECD, and the new
EBRD should also help build that foundation. The Center for
Cooperation with European Economies in Transition at the OECD
will encourage reforms that may eventually make these nations
eligible for membership in the OECD. The G-24 coordination
process has already made a significant contribution to Hungary
and Poland, and the G-24 will perform similar functions in other
emerging Eastern European democracies.
36. Market-oriented economic systems are essential for the
Eastern European countries to participate in and fully benefit
from the multilateral trading system. Those countries already in
the GATT can demonstrate their commitment to reform by supporting
an ambitious set of agreements in the Uruguay Round.
37. East and Central European countries that have adopted
meaningful economic reform programs should be eligible for
membership in the IMF and IBRD. Membership in these institutions
will reinforce the process of economic reform and help these
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countries integrate their economies more closely into the
advanced industrialized world.
38. The private sector must play the major role in the
development of these economies. Private direct investment and
other capital will flow to those reforming countries with open
markets and hospitable investment climates. Western governments
can support this process through negotiation of trade and
investment agreements with interested countries.
VII. THE DEVELOPING NATIONS
39. A number of developing economies have achieved major
successes. In South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore,
real product rose at an average annual rate of 7.6 percent during
the decade of the 1980s. In a number of countries, major changes
in both macroeconomic and microeconomic policies are
strengthening the growth process. Some countries, such as Mexico
and Chile, have been restructuring their economies with
encouraging results. Solid, though less impressive, growth
occurred in other countries, including Indonesia and Colombia.
For the developing world as a whole, however, the 1980s cannot be
considered a successful decade. In a number of nations, real per
capita output declined.
40. There is no single cause for the disappointing economic
performance of some nations. Weak macroeconomic policies,
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protectionism, political instability, and inefficient statist
economic systems were among the factors leading to lack of new
investment funds, capital flight, high levels of debt, and
economic stagnation.
41. Countries with large government deficits, extensive
parastatal sectors, rapid monetary growth, import barriers and
unrealistic exchange and interest rates are unlikely to achieve
stability and growth, or to gain the full benefits of
international trade. They not only have difficulty attracting
foreign capital, domestic capital may flee. Important
contributions to a hospitable investment climate can be made by
the protection of intellectual property, transparent and
equitable investment rules, and equality of treatment for foreign
and domestic investors.
42. The advanced industrial economies can make a number of major
contributions to the long-run development of the developing
countries. By sustaining economic growth and price stability, we
can offer stable, growing markets and sources of capital for the
developing world. By providing adequate financial and technical
support, both bilaterally and multilaterally, to those developing
countries undertaking genuine political and economic reform, we
can reinforce their ongoing liberalization. A successful Uruguay
Round is essential for industrialized and developing countries
alike.
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43. The poorest of the developing nations must remain the focus
of special attention. The IDA replenishment of SDR11. 6 billion,
agreed to last December, will provide needed resources for these
countries, and marks the incorporation of environmental concerns
into development lending.
VIII.
THIRD WORLD DEBT
44. Significant progress has been made during the past year
under the strengthened debt strategy, which has renewed the
resolve in a number of debtor countries to continue economic
reforms essential to future growth. In particular, the recent
commercial bank agreements with Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico,
Morocco, the Philippines, and Venezuela involve significant debt
and debt service reduction. Important financial support for debt
and debt service reduction is being provided by the IMF and the
World Bank, as well as by Japan and a few other countries. The
Paris Club has agreed to provide multiyear reschedulings, as
appropriate, to support medium term reform and financing
programs. The combination of debtor reform efforts and
commercial bank debt reduction has had a notable impact on
confidence in debtor economies, as clearly demonstrated through
flows of both new investment and the return of flight capital in
Mexico, in particular.
45. These measures represent major innovations in the
international debt strategy designed to encourage stronger growth
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and improved management of commercial bank debt servicing
problems over the medium term. They are potentially available to
all debtor nations with serious debt servicing problems.
46. The Heads should reaffirm their strong support for the
strengthened strategy and encourage debtor countries, the
international financial institutions, and commercial banks to
continue to implement the strategy on a case-by-case basis.
47. The adoption by debtor nations of strong economic reform
programs with the IMF and World Bank remains at the heart of the
debt strategy, and a prerequisite for debt and debt service
reduction within commercial bank financing packages. As
commercial banks move to restructure and reduce their outstanding
claims, it is vital that debtor countries adopt measures to
mobilize savings and to encourage new investment flows and the
repatriation of flight capital to help sustain their recovery.
Liberalization of investment regimes is a key element for success
of this effort.
48. Commercial banks should take realistic and constructive
approaches in their negotiations with debtor countries and move
promptly to conclude agreements on financial packages including
debt reduction, debt service reduction, and new money.
49. Creditor nations should continue to play an important role
in this process through ongoing contributions to the
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international financial institutions, multiyear rescheduling of
official debt in the Paris Club, and new export finance.
50. Several Summit governments have also moved during the past
year to clarify or modify elements of tax, accounting, and
regulatory regimes to facilitate commercial bank debt and debt
service reduction. Creditor governments have also provided
special support for the poorest countries through the
implementation of Toronto terms in Paris Club reschedulings and
through direct cancellations of debt in several instances, and
will continue to do so.
IX. THE ENVIRONMENT
51. Heads should discuss principles for environmental
protection, including environmental stewardship, sustainable
development (i.e., assuring that economic growth can be
maintained over the long term, consistent with environmental
protection), and market-oriented approaches.
52. Heads should also address the international nature of
environmental issues. A framework for this discussion could
involve the role of existing international organizations and
state to state channels as well as the importance of
international environmental law, including efforts to conclude
the Siena Forum on International Law of the Environment. The
industrialized nations may also want to discuss their potential
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roles in assisting with environmental protection efforts in
Eastern Europe and in the developing nations through development
assistance and the transfer of environmentally sound
technologies. The role of the private sector and of multilateral
development banks (MDBs) in assisting in environmentally sound
development could also be discussed. Programs to protect
tropical forests and promote energy efficiency and provisions for
environmental impact assessments and environmental action plans
should be part of this discussion.
53. We should promote cooperative environmental scientific
research and analysis efforts. Heading the agenda could be
priority setting for environmental research programs, including
global climate change research, the coordination of data from
Earth observation satellites in conjunction with the
International Space Year 1992, and the guaranteeing of free and
open exchanges of monitoring and other scientific data related to
the global environment.
54. Heads will wish to discuss as well economic research and
analysis on the potential impact of global climate change on
developed and developing countries. The ongoing efforts of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and of the OECD to
develop and provide environmental indicators and to assess on a
worldwide basis the economic costs, benefits and other human
implications of alternative net greenhouse gas response
strategies could be useful examples for this discussion.
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55. Heads may want to discuss an environmental action agenda on
programs and policies to improve the quality of the Earth's air,
land and water. A number of response strategies could be
discussed to combat atmospheric pollution. They include:
efforts by individual governments to set realistic pollution
emissions goals; energy conservation and market-based incentive
approaches; efforts to adopt a sound framework convention on
climate change; the Noordwijk Declaration's recognition of the
need to stabilize emissions of green house gases, while ensuring
stable development of the world economy; and the Montreal
Protocol negotiations to phase-out the use of all
chloroflourocarbons by the year 2000.
56. Concerning efforts to preserve the precious resources of the
land, Heads may wish to discuss a number of proactive measures.
They include: strengthening and improving the Tropical Forestry
Action Plan; continuing development and implementation of the
action plan of the International Tropical Timber Organization to
help emphasize sustainable forest management and improve market
operations; initiating and expanding projects to preserve
biological diversity, establish and maintain protected areas, and
implement more effective resource management systems outside
protected areas; and implementing wetlands preservation standards
and programs consistent with the Ramsar Convention.
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57. Efforts to protect the environment do not stop at water's
edge. In recognition of the importance that the industrial
nations ascribe to the planet's oceans, Heads may want to focus
on proposals for protecting the unique environment of the seas.
Among the topics that could be discussed include: updating and
expanding the UNEP Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of
Marine Pollution report on the health of the oceans; working to
prevent maritime oil spills and to contain and alleviate the
consequences of spills when they occur; and assisting developing
countries in preparing for and responding to catastrophic oil
spills.
X. ENERGY
58. Reliable supplies of safe, competitively priced energy are
essential to non-inflationary growth in all countries. Energy
markets continue to adjust in response to economic and energy
developments of both OECD and non-OECD markets. However, renewed
growth in the global demand for oil may result in a tighter oil
supply/demand balance in coming years. Consequently, existing
OECD policies to improve our energy security, including emergency
preparedness, strategic oil stocks, improved energy efficiency,
diversification of energy supply and enhanced energy R&D, must be
maintained.
59. Nuclear energy is, and will continue to be, an important
contributor to OECD energy supply and can play a significant role
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in reducing the growth of greenhouse gas emissions. Summit
countries should continue efforts to ensure highest performance
standards, both within the OECD and among developing countries,
for nuclear and other energy technologies in order to protect
health, safety and the environment.
XI. NARCOTICS
60. Following a series of meetings over the last year and the
work of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), three areas merit
continuing attention: general, cocaine and heroin issues.
61. From a general perspective, ratification of the UN
Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances (the Vienna Convention) should be
expedited. The Convention represents a significant step toward
dealing with the drug trade around the world. Summit countries
should pledge to complete ratification this year, setting an
example for others. We urge all governments to amend domestic
legislation, if necessary, and to apply provisionally the terms
of the Convention.
62. We support the declaration adopted at the Ministerial
meeting on drugs convened by the United Kingdom that drug demand
reduction should be accorded the same importance in policy and
action as the reduction of illicit supply. Developed countries
should adopt stronger prevention efforts, not only in their
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material support for drug awareness and other prevention-oriented
initiatives, but also to assist demand reduction initiatives in
other countries, especially producer and transit countries.
63. The Heads should endorse the report of the FATF and urge
prompt implementation by all the participants and call all
nations to consider adopting and implementing the 40
recommendations of this report. The Heads should reconvene the
group for another year and invite the French to continue to chair
the Task Force. The reconvened group would further share
members' experiences with money laundering methods and
investigatory techniques. It could report to the next Summit on
(1) the status of implementation of the recommendations, (2) how
best to expand the application to other countries, including
whether to expand the Task Force to include other countries,
particularly other financial centers, and (3) what mechanisms are
needed for continuing review and action against money laundering.
64. In order to curb the production of cocaine, heroin, and
other illicit drugs and psychotropic substances, a more
aggressive campaign should be adopted to ensure that the
precursor chemicals are not diverted to manufacture these
substances. A Summit task force similar to the FATF should
address this problem and report to next year's Summit. The task
force would work toward an international consensus on regulations
and controls on the trade in essential and precursor chemicals.
Both our efforts in this area and with regard to money laundering
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support the Vienna Convention and would place our governments in
an important leadership role.
65. Summit Heads should take note of the Declaration of
Cartagena which lays out a viable strategy for attacking the
cocaine trade. It would be helpful if the Summit could endorse
the Declaration and support Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia with
economic, law enforcement and other assistance and advice.
Summit partners and other members of the Financial Action Task
Force should, as requested in Cartagena, consider sharing seized
drug assets with Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru in conjunction with
seizures based on information provided by those countries.
66. Regarding heroin, the situation is becoming much worse as
countries such as Myanmar and Afghanistan continue to expand
opium production. While cocaine may be the principal drug
problem in the U.S., heroin represents a more serious threat in
Europe. We should consider measures for dealing with heroin,
including expanded information sharing, expanded support for
international institutions, and possibly a Summit task force on
the heroin trade.
67. Finally, we should consider whether to form an informal
narcotics consultative arrangement with developed countries
active in international narcotics control. Such a group could
strengthen cooperation in efforts to reduce supply and demand and
could seek to improve the international flow of information.
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MEMORANDUM FOR BRENT SCOWCROFT
THROUGH:
WILLIAM F. SITTMANN
FROM:
GEORGE VAN ERON Vanther
SUBJECT:
Heads of State Correspondence Summary as of
May 16.
Attached at Tab I is a summary of the Heads of State
correspondence received by the Secretariat since Friday,
May 11.
Don Johnson was helpful in translating the Paz Zamora letter.
RECOMMENDATION
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President Yang Shangkun - China
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PM Thatcher
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Translation
1990
The Federal Republic of Germany
The Federal Chancellor
Bonn, 30. April 1990
Dear George,
Thank you so much for your and Barbara's congratulatory message on my
60th birthday.
During recent weeks and months we have indeed all been moved by the
dynamic developments in Germany on the path towards unity, with the first
free and secret elections and the first convening of a democratica!ly sanc-
tioned parliament in the GDR being further important milestones.
I extend my special thanks to you personally, your Government, Congress
and the American people for their firm support of the process of German
unification.
Warm regards from Hannelore and myself to you and Barbara.
Sincerely,
(sgd) Helmut Kohl
His Excellency
Mr George Bush,
President of the United States of America,
Washington, D.C.
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND
DER BUNDESKANZLER
Bonn, den 30. April 1990
Seiner Exzellenz
dem Präsidenten der Vereinigten
Staaten von Amerika
Herrn George Bush
Washington, D.C.
Lieber George,
über Ihre und Barbaras Glückwünsche zu meinem 60. Geburtstag habe
ich mich sehr gefreut. Ich danke Ihnen herzlich.
In der Tat bewegt uns alle in diesen Wochen und Monaten die dyna-
mische Entwicklung in Deutschland auf dem Weg zur Herstellung der
Einheit, die mit den ersten freien und geheimen Wahlen und dem
ersten Zusammentreten eines demokratisch legitimierten Parlamentes
in der DDR einen weiteren wichtigen Meilenstein erreicht hat.
Ihnen ganz persönlich, Ihrer Regierung, dem Kongreß und dem ameri-
kanischen Volk insgesamt gilt mein besonderer Dank für die große
Unterstützung, die der Prozeß der deutschen Einigung bei Ihnen
findet.
Mit herzlichen Grüßen von Hannelore und mir an Sie und Barbara,
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Der Präsident
der
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Bonn, den 24. April 1990
Seiner Exzellenz
dem Präsidenten der
Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika
Herrn George Bush
Washington D.C.
Sehr geehrter Herr Präsident,
über Ihre liebenswürdigen Wünsche zu meinem Geburts-
tag habe ich mich aufrichtig gefreut. Sie sind mir
wertvolle Beweise der persönlichen Verbundenheit und
des Vertrauens, die ich wohl zu schätzen weiß.
Sie haben die bewegenden Bilder wachgerufen, die uns
bei der friedlichen Revolution der Demokratie und
Freiheit entlang der Mauer und der Demarkationslinie
in Deutschland vor Augen standen.
Wenn wir nunmehr an die Aufgabe herangehen, die Ein-
heit zu vollenden, so wollen wir das verantwortungs-
bewußt und in gesunder Weise zustandebringen. Dabei
ist uns wohl bewußt, daß eine solche Entwicklung
nicht nur uns Deutschen, sondern den Europäern im
ganzen und unseren Verbündeten zugute kommt.
- 2 -
Marianne und ich grüßen Sie und Barbara von ganzem
Herzen.
Im Richard within
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The President of the
Federal Republic of Germany
Bonn, 24 April 1990
His Excellency
Mr George Bush
President of the
United States of America
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr President,
It was a great pleasure to receive your kind congratulations and good wishes
on my birthday. I regard them as a valued expression of personal affection
and trust which I very much appreciate.
You spoke of the moving pictures along the Wall and the demarcation line in
Germany during the peaceful revolution for democracy and freedom.
As we now proceed to establish unity, we will do so responsibly and in a
healthy fashion. At the same time, we are well aware that such a develop-
ment will benefit not only us Germans, but also Europeans in general and
our allies.
Marianne and I convey our warmest wishes to you and Barbara.
Yours sincerely,
(sgd) Richard von Weizsäcker
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Presidente de la República Oriental del Uruguay
Montevideo, 26 de abril de 1990
Señor Presidente:
Le agradezco sinceramente el fax
que me enviara recientemente y sus palabras de confian-
za en nuestra administración.
Asimismo quiero reiterarle mi deseo
de poder recibirle en Uruguay próximamente pues su
visita será de importancia para las relaciones bilate-
rales entre nuestros países.
Agradezco su interés en realizar
una contribución mayor para el bienestar de nuestro
hemisferio y en ocasión de su visita podremos conversar
sobre los importantes temas que Ud. mencionara: deuda,
comercio, inversiones, política de reforma y ayuda.
Reciba las seguridades de mi mayor
consideración.
Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera
Al Excelentísimo Señor
Presidente de los Estados Unidos de America
don George Bush
Wáshington.
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BRENT SCOWCROFT
SUBJECT:
Planning for Your Trip to South America
Purpose
To get your approval for the dates and sequence of your trip/to
South America this September.
Background
Stop
waybe
Your trip to South America is scheduled for Sunday September 16,
to Saturday, September 22.
As we prepare to step up the tempo of preparations, we would like
you to approve an outline of the trip, with dates. This would
allow our Embassies to inform host governments, and begin
planning against a more specific time frame.
There is method to the trip sequence. Starting off in Brazil is
an important statement of our interest in that country, and your
personal friendship with Collor. Finishing off in Venezuela will
allow you to brief President Perez at the end of the tour. Other
stops were set to economize your time.
There is time at the end of the visit for a very brief stop in
either Jamaica or Panama. There is no need for decision on this
possibility now.
RECOMMENDATION
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AM Departure for Uruguay
Mid-day Arrive Montevideo
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AM Departure for Argentina
Late morning Arrive Buenos Aires
RON
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Saturday, September 22
Mid-day Departure for Washington
PM Arrive Washington
NOTE:
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be possible to schedule a brief stopover in either
Panama or Jamaica, if the President would like, and if
circumstances on the ground warrant.
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SUBJECT:
Planning for the President's Trip to South America
Our Embassies are eager to start work on the President's visit to
South America in September. A PCC on the President's trip is
scheduled for May 29 at the Department of State. At that time,
we hope to set visit themes, outline significant achievements
that we would like to make in each country, and draw up work
calendars.
A tentative calendar for the visit has been worked out with the
Scheduling Office. Joe Hagin suggested that we formalize the
schedule by having you clear it with the President. We would
like to discuss it at the PCC, and have our Embassies inform host
governments. The memorandum at Tab I could serve this purpose.
RECOMMENDATION
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INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Brent
Brent Disfores AM
FROM:
BRENT SCOWCROFT
NOTED
SUBJECT:
Preparations for Houston Economic Summit
The "Sherpa" team held its third preparatory meeting for the
Houston Summit on May 17-19 in Paris. Discussions focused on
five issues: the Houston theme, the environment, trade, Eastern
Europe and developing countries.
1.
Houston Theme
All G-7 countries agree that Houston should stress democracy and
free markets and that the communique should have strong language
supporting this. Along those lines, NSC staff are working on a
proposed Charter for Democracy and Growth, which would set forth
general principles to promote market-based growth
internationally.
2.
Environment
The environment, which Kohl, Thatcher, Mitterrand and Mulroney
all wish to highlight at Houston, risks being divisive unless we
can bridge serious differences, particularly on steps to deal-
with global climate change (CO2 and ozone) and assistance to
developing countries. The other Sherpa teams sharply criticized
the approach outlined in our thematic paper as inadequate and
unresponsive to growing political pressure in their countries for
strong action on the environment. The Europeans and Canada want
a commitment for a framework climate change convention by 1992,
along with a CO2 protocol. They also support an environmental
fund in the World Bank, as well as an action plan to deal with
tropical deforestation. As next month's London conference on
amending the Montreal Protocol to the Vienna Convention
approaches, we will be under increasing pressure to reverse our
decision not to contribute financially to a fund to transfer
CFC-reducing technology to developing countries. The British and
German Sherpas indicated that Thatcher and Kohl will be writing
you to stress the importance of a strong environmental statement
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Trade
We stressed that the Uruguay Round will be a key issue at Houston
and that success of the round depends on agriculture. The
Europeans (except the British) would be content with bland,
hortatory language which does not commit their governments to an
ambitious outcome. Canada shares our view that Summit leaders
must give clear instructions to the negotiators and provide the
political muscle to ensure that they are carried out
expeditiously and completely. Agriculture, industrial subsidies
and integrating the developing countries into the GATT are the
key issues. You will be pressed to give up our unilateral
measures (Section 301 and certain provisions of the 1988 Trade
Act) in return for improved multilateral dispute settlement
procedures.
4.
Eastern Europe
All countries agree that the G-7 should continue to work closely
with Eastern Europe to ensure that democracy and market forces
take root. The Europeans were preoccupied at this meeting with
the economic situation in the Soviet Union and took almost every
opportunity to turn the discussion back to that question. They
want the Houston Summit to send an economic message to Gorbachev,
but are uncertain yet about the content. Some believe Gorbachev
will send you a message and others suggested that, as host, the
V.S. should offer to brief Gorbachev on the outcome. Our
delegation demurred on the latter point, but indicated that we
would expect to reply to any message from Gorbachev as Mitterrand
did at Paris. The Japanese remain skeptical of Soviet intentions
in East Asia and consequently remain wary about doing anything
that appears to "help" Gorbachev.
5.
Developing Countries
The G-7 will be under pressure to reassure the non-Eastern Europe
developing countries that we have not forgotten them. In
general, aid to Eastern Europe has not come at the expense of
developing countries, but that fact is not understood. All the
Sherpas agreed that Houston should send the message that similar
support would be available to other developing countries, if
they, too, undertake genuine political and economic reforms. On
debt, there was an animated, sophisticated discussion about the
eventual need for donor governments to provide some relief on
outstanding official debt. The Brady plan's success in reducing
the burden of commercial debt had highlighted the importance of
similar action on the official side. However, any action here
would have important budgetary implications. In all discussions
about debt, the Europeans referred repeatedly to the situation in
East Europe, particularly Poland, another indication of Western
European preoccupation with events closer to home.
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MEMORANDUM FOR BRENT SCOWCROFT
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FROM:
ERIC MELBY as
SUBJECT:
Preparations for the Houston Summit
At Tab I is a memorandum to the President reporting on the
May 17-19 Sherpa meeting in Paris.
The main issues discussed were the environment, trade, developing
countries and economic assistance to Eastern Europe. We are
isolated from our Summit colleagues on the environment. Nigel
Wicks (UK) and Horst Kohler (Germany) said Thatcher and Kohl
would probably write the President, urging that we be more
forthcoming on this issue. We will need the President's active
involvement to get something substantive on trade at Houston.
European interest in East-West issues, particularly the
deteriorating economic situation in the Soviet Union and Poland's
indebtedness, was intense.
We will now revise the thematic paper in light of the Paris
meeting. The next Sherpa meeting will be June 15-17 in Newport.
After the Newport meeting, we will prepare a first draft of the
communique.
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GEORGE VAN ERON me for
SUBJECT:
Heads of State Correspondence Summary
as of May 30.
Attached at Tab I is a summary of the Heads of State
correspondence received by the Secretariat since Friday,
May 25.
RECOMMENDATION
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Unofficial Translation
PRES NOTED SUMMARY
Dear George,
As you know, I have met with Mikhail Gorbatchev in Moscow on
May 25. The meeting was originally set up for the 5th but Mr. Gorbatchev
had asked me to postpone it. Our discussions went on for around five
hours.
The majority of this time was devoted to the problems which will
arise as a result of German unification, a matter which is clearly of
great concern to him.
His hostility to the participation of an unified Germany into
NATO does not appear to me as being either fake or tactical. On this
subject, he is both firm and determined. He even gives an indication that
should he have to face a ' fait accompli', he would be compelled to
alter his behavior on many issues, particularly on disarmament in
Europe. His commentary aims at rejecting beforehand on the Western
powers the responsibility of the imbalance of forces which would
ensue, and as a result of tensions to come.
I have argued that it was not reasonable to think of another solution
than the one of Germany 's participation in the Atlantic Alliance, and
I indicated that, on the Western side, we would certainly not refuse
to detail the guarantees that he would have a right to expect for
his country's security. I then mentioned some of the possible guarantees
that I deem important after the conclusion of a peace settlement in
International law. Mr. Gorbatchev was paying a great deal of attention
to my presentation.
I think that we must try to dispel Mr. Gorbatchev's worries. I
will present to you and to our partners a number of proposals when
we meet.
Mr. Gorbatchev and I also talked about Lithuania.
Mr. Gorbatchev is open to a dialogue, but is not ready to give up on
fundamentals. He keeps on insisting that the Lithuanians renounce
their vote of independence. It seems to me that he does not rule out
a negotiation, but it would have to take place after a certain delay.
In brief, my impression is that Mikhail Gorbatchev does not
have much of a margin of maneuver left when it comes to the question
of nationalities ( Baltic states) or of the consequences of German
unity. Regarding this last point the calendar contemplated by Helmut Kohl
will encounter, in my opinion, serious obstacles. I assume that your
conversation with the Soviet president will be essentially on this
subject. The usual course of diplomacy will not prevent a difficult
climate in the summer and in the fall.
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Mr. Gorbatchev appeared however to be well aware of the difficulties
of all kinds that he will have to expect, particularly in terms of economy,
but at the same time confident in his approach. I believe that he is truly
hoping for an agreement, but within the limit of his power.
I look forward, My Dear President, to the prospect of seeing you
soon in Great Britain, and later in Houston. In the meantime, you will have
met with Mr. Gorbatchev. We will have the opportunity to talk about it.
I dont't forget either the extreme interest and the pleasure I had
in meeting you in Key Largo, and I thank you for your hospitality.
François Mitterrand
CHER GEORGE,
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COMME VOUS LE SAVEZ J'AI RENCONTRE MIKHAIL GORBATCHEV A
MOSCOU LE 25 MAI DERNIER, RENDEZ-VOUS FIXE POUR LE 5 ET QUE
M. GORBATCHEV M'AVAIT DEMANDE DE REPORTER. J'AI EU AVEC LUI DES
ENTRETIENS QUI ONT DURE ENVIRON CINQ HEURES.
UNE GRANDE PARTIE DE CE TEMPS A ETE CONSACREE AUX PROBLEMES
DEVANT RESULTER DE L'UNIFICATION ALLEMANDE, QUI SE TROUVE
VISIBLEMENT AU COEUR DE SES PREOCCUPATIONS.
SON HOSTILITE A LA PRESENCE DE L'ALLEMAGNE UNIFIEE DANS L'OTAN NE
ME PARAIT ETRE NI FEINTE NI TACTIQUE. IL EST SUR CE SUJET FERME ET
DETERMINE. IL LAISSE MEME ENTENDRE QUE, MIS DEVANT LE FAIT ACCOMPLI,
IL SERAIT CONTRAINT DE MODIFIER SON ATTITUDE DANS DE NOMBREUX
DOMAINES NOTAMMENT SUR LE DESARMEMENT EN EUROPE. SON COMMENTAIRE VISE
A REJETER PAR AVANCE SUR LES OCCIDENTAUX LA RESPONSABILITE DU
DESEQUILIBRE DES FORCES QUI S'EN SUIVRAIT ET DONC DES TENSIONS A
VENIR.
J'AI FAIT VALOIR QU'IL N'ETAIT PAS RAISONNABLE DE SONGER A UNE
SOLUTION AUTRE QUE CELLE DE LA PARTICIPATION DE L'ALLEMAGNE A
L'ALLIANCE ATLANTIQUE ET J'AI INDIQUE QUE, DU COTE OCCIDENTAL, ON NE
SE REFUSERAIT CERTAINEMENT PAS A METTRE AU NET LES GARANTIES QU'IL
SERAIT EN DROIT D'ATTENDRE POUR LA SECURITE DE SON PAYS. J'AI INDIQUE
QUELQUES UNES DE CES GARANTIES EVENTUELLES IMPORTANTES A MES YEUX A
PARTIR DE LA CONCLUSION D'UN REGLEMENT DE PAIX DE DROIT
INTERNATIONAL. M. GORBATCHEV S'EST MONTRE ''ATTENTIF'' A MON EXPOSE.
JE PENSE QUE NOUS DEVRONS CHERCHER A DESAMORCER LES INQUIETUDES
DE M. GORBATCHEV. JE VOUS FERAI, AINSI QU'A NOS PARTENAIRES, DES
PROPOSITIONS QUAND NOUS NOUS RENCONTRERONS.
M. GORBATCHEV ET MOI AVONS EGALEMENT PARLE DE LA LITUANIE.
M. GORBATCHEV EST OUVERT AU DIALOGUE SANS ETRE PRET A CEDER SUR LE
FOND. IL CONTINUE D'EXIGER LA RENONCIATION PAR LES LITUANIENS A LEUR
VOTE D'INDEPENDANCE. IL N'EXCLUT PAS, ME SEMBLE-T-IL, UNE NEGOCIATION
MAIS APRES UN CERTAIN DELAI.
BREF IL M'APPARAIT QUE MIKHAIL GORBATCHEV N'A PLUS GUERE DE MARGE
DE MANOEUVRE AUSSI BIEN SUR LE PROBLEME DES NATIONALITES (PAYS
BALTES) QUE SUR CELUI DES CONSEQUENCES DE L'UNITE ALLEMANDE.
LE CALENDRIER ENVISAGE SUR CE DERNIER POINT PAR HELMUT KOHL
RENCONTRERA, JE LE PENSE, DE SERIEUX OBSTACLES. JE SUPPOSE QUE VOTRE
CONVERSATION AVEC LE PRESIDENT SOVIETIQUE SERA ESSENTIELLEMENT
CONSACREE A CETTE AFFAIRE. LES CHEMINS HABITUELS DE LA DIPLOMATIE NE
NOUS EVITERONT PAS UN ETE ET UN AUTOMNE AU CLIMAT DIFFICILE.
CELA DIT M. GORBATCHEV M'EST APPARU TOUT A FAIT CONSCIENT DES
DIFFICULTES DE TOUS ORDRES QU'IL RENCONTRE NOTAMMENT DANS LE DOMAINE
ECONOMIQUE, MAIS CONFIANT DANS SA DEMARCHE. JE LE CROIS AU FOND
DESIREUX D'UN ACCORD, MAIS A LA LIMITE DE SON POUVOIR.
JE ME REJOUIS, MON CHER PRESIDENT A L'IDEE DF VOUS RETROUVER
BIENTOT EN GRANDE-BRETAGNE PUIS A HOUSTON. ENTRL TEMPS VOUS AUREZ
RENCONTRE M. GORBATCHEV. NOUS AURONS L'OCCASION D'EN PARLER.
JE N'OUBLIE PAS NON PLUS L'EXTREME INTERET ET LE PLAISIR QUE J'AI
EU A VOUS RENCONTRER A KEY LARGO ET VOUS REMERCIE DE VOTRE
HOSPITALITE.
SIGNE FRANCOIS MITTERRAND.
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PRES NOTED SUMMARY
J.
EMPASSED THE
REPT BLIC of AFGHANISTA
WASHING TON DC
May 29, 1990
Your Excellency,
Only a few days are left until talks between Your Excellency
and the Soviet leader Mikhael Gorbachev in Washington. Since
cuestions related to Afghanistan will be discussed in your meeting,
I would like to bring to the notice of Your Excellency some conside-
nations on the part of the government of the Republic of Afghansitan.
It seems that a full agreement of views on searching a peaceful
solution to the Afghan problems and on achieving a nation peace
through universal, equal, free, secret, and direct elections has
been reached. To this end, the start of negotiation and dialogue
amomg all the Afghan sides, who sincerely advocate peace, under
the condition of a ceasefire and by the cooperation of the United
Nations is in dispensable.
Negotiation would pave the way for convening a national peace
conference with the assistance of the United Nations and with the
participation of all Afghan parties concerned. The conference will
agree on the principle of preservation and consolidation of the
independence, territorial integrity, national sovereignity and unity,
Islamic and non-aligned characters of Afghanistan, and on guaranteeing
the human rights and freedoms of the entire Afghans. The conference
will also set up a coordinating committee to make preparations for
the convocation of the Loya Jirgah and the General Elections. The
committee, in turn, will create commissions to draft the constitution
and the electoral law, and will act on the basis of consensus.
In that juncture, it would be reasonable that a meeting is
called with the participation of the signatories to and co-guarantors
of the Geneva Accords, and turn to discuss the feasible and effective
methods of compliance with the Accords through an international super-
vision over the Afghan borders, and assess provision of international
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assistance to Afghanistan. The Afghan delegation to the meeting
will be appointed by the coordinating committee. The meeting will
3 SO pave the way for convening a broader international conference
: reassert the legal status of Afghanistan's permanent neutrality
$ 0 its demilitarization through a complete and overall termination
of arms delivery, accumulation of the existing weapons in the country,
and an effective international supervision over the Afghan frothier.
The results of the conference must, of course, be ratified by the
Loya Jirgah of Afghanistan and incorporated in the new consitution.
The elective Loya Jirgah will be convened in conformity with
the Afghan tradition, and among other things will elect the President
y the Republic and ratify the new constitution and the electoral
law, according to which general elections will be held and a new
government will be formed. An international supervision over the
whole process of elections will be maintained and proper securities
and freedoms guaranteed for all Afghans in all corners of the country.
The elections will begin in the peaceful regions and the domain of
peace zones will be widened with the help of the United Nations.
In order to assert the genuine will of the Afghan people, it
is necessary that Afghan refugees return home before the elections
reld. The mechanism for ceasefire should be adjusted in such
a way that it would contribute to the repatriation of Afghan refugees
on the one hand, and rule out the possibility of any use of force
during the elections, on the other.
I should stress that a transition period shall begin when the
process of negotiation is set out, and shall end when the results
of the elections and the formation of a new government which must
be respected by all sides are announced.
Excellency, I sincerely believe that having such a peace stra-
tegy, one can overcome the atmosphere of mistrust, and remove with
patience, concession and cooperation all the barriers in the way
of ensuring a lasting and just peace. We expect you as the leader
of the most powerful country in the world to make any efforts to
put an end to the calamities and griefs of the suffering people of
Afghanistan. You eill not allow, I am confident, the opportunity
provided by your forthcoming meeting with the Soviet leader to be
wasted.
Please accept, Your Excellency, my best wishes for your good
health and further success.
NAJIBULLAH
President of the Republiv
of Afghanistan
His Excellency George BUSH
President of the United States
Washington, D.C.
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MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
07h. Letter
Chairman Mazowiecki to President Bush
5/15/90
(b)(1)
Re: [English] (1 pp.)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Scowcroft, Brent, Collection
Series:
Chronological Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Other (May 1990)
Date Closed:
7/13/2009
OA/ID Number:
91149-001
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2009-0275-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
07i. Letter
Chairman Mazowiecki to President Bush
5/15/90
(b)(1)
Re: [Polish] (1 pp.)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Scowcroft, Brent, Collection
Series:
Chronological Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Other (May 1990)
Date Closed:
7/13/2009
OA/ID Number:
91149-001
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2009-0275-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
07j. Letter
President Jacques Delors to President Bush (1 pp.)
5/14/90
(b)(1)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Scowcroft, Brent, Collection
Series:
Chronological Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Other (May 1990)
Date Closed:
7/13/2009
OA/ID Number:
91149-001
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2009-0275-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - |44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
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PRES NOTED SUMMARY
REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA
STATE HOUSE
Tel.: (061) 220010
Private Bag 13339
Fax: (061) 221805
WINDHOEK
Telex:
9000
10 May 1990
His Excellency
Mr George Bush
President of the United States of America
The White House
Washington D.C.
USA
Dear Mr President,
I have the honour to acknowledge with thanks receipt of your two letters,
one dated 8 March 1990, in which you have extended congratulations to me
personally on my election as President of the Republic of Namibia as well as
the other one dated 23 April 1990, in which you have again extended
congratulations to our new nation on the occasion of Namibia's admission as
160th Member of the United Nations.
We are grateful for the positive role the United States has played in
ensuring the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 435 (1978),
in Namibia. Equally, we are confident that the USA will support our young
nation's economic development programmes in order to maintain multiparty democracy,
peace, harmony and stability in Namibia.
I am looking forward to visit your great country in the foreseeable future
in order to discuss various issues of mutual benefit.
Accept, Mr President, the assurances of my highest consideration and esteem.
SAN NUJOMA
PRESIDENT