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Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
Clinton Library
DOCUMENT NO.
SUBJECT/TITLE
DATE
RESTRICTION
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001. cable
Re: Cable for 11 January 1994 (10 pages)
01/11/1994
P1/b(1)
002. cable
Re: Swiss Begin MTCR Presidency (4 pages)
01/11/1994
P1/b(1)
003. cable
Re: Ambassador Albright's Visit to Slovenia (2 pages)
01/11/1994
P1/b(1)
004. cable
Re: Slovene Foreign Minister's Initiation [Invitation] (2 pages)
01/11/1994
P1/b(1)
005. cable
Re: Iran (5 pages)
01/11/1994
P1/b(1)
006. cable
Re: GOU [Government of Ukraine] Delegation to Washington:
01/11/1994
P1/b(1)
Scenesetter (5 pages)
007. cable
Re: Proposed Bilateral Agreements / Statements for President's
01/11/1994
P1/b(1)
Moscow Visit (2 pages)
008. cable
Re: GOU [Government of Ukraine] Delegation to Washington:
01/11/1994
P1/b(1)
Suggested Agenda Items (13 pages)
009. cable
Re: Estonia - Lithuania (3 pages)
01/11/1994
P1/b(1)
010. cable
Re: President Clinton's Draft Schedule in Kiev (4 pages)
01/11/1994
P1/b(1)
COLLECTION:
Clinton Presidential Records
NSC Cables
Jan 1993-Dec 1994 ([Prague Visit or Havel Meeting])
OA/Box Number: 505000
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001. cable
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Clinton Presidential Records
NSC Cables
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11 1994
BROADCAST MEDIA
NATO SUMMIT / BOSNIA
THE LEAD ITEM ON BBC RADIO'S NEWS BULLETIN AT 10.00 THIS
TEXT:
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USMISSION USNATO FOR USIS;
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11 1994
BROADCAST MEDIA
NATO SUMMIT / BOSNIA
THE LEAD ITEM ON BBC RADIO'S NEWS BULLETIN AT 10.00 THIS
MORNING ANNOUNCED THAT THE NATO SUMMIT HAD PLEDGED TO USE
AIR STRIKES, IF REQUESTED BY THE UN, TO BREAK THE SERB
SIEGE OF SARAJEVO AND OTHER MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN BOSNIA.
DEFENSE CORRESPONDENT MARK LAITY REPORTED: "THIS
REPRESENTS A VICTORY FOR THE BRITISH, WHO URGED THAT THE
SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE BE AMENDED. NEVERTHELESS, THE UN ALSO
HAS TO BE PERSUADED TO GO ALONG WITH IT.
MR WOERNER
SAID THE MEETING MARKED A HUGE STEP FORWARD FOR THE
ALLIANCE, TAKING IT INTO THE NEXT CENTURY8"
A. TODAY'S MAJOR NEWS STORIES
1. NATO SUMMIT
B. SUMMARY
1. NATO SUMMIT
THE SUMMIT FEATURED WIDELY IN THE PAPERS THIS MORNING,
BUT WAS GREATLY OVERSHADOWED BY REPORTS OF POLITICAL
PROBLEMS FOR MR MAJOR IN THE WAKE OF SEVERAL RESIGNATIONS
FROM THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.
COMMENTATORS VARIED DIAMETRICALLY IN THEIR APPRAISALS OF
THE NATO SUMMIT'S PROGRESS. PERHAPS NOT SURPRISINGLY,
GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF BRITISH TROOPS THERE, BOSNIA WAS
ONE OF THE MAIN FOCUSES OF ATTENTION, AND, IN PARTICULAR,
THE STRONG LANGUAGE USED BY PRESIDENT CLINTON IN HIS
SPEECH YESTERDAY. THE CONSERVATIVE TIMES DESCRIBED IT AS
'SOME OF THE HARSHEST LANGUAGE EVER USED BY THE
AMERICAN PRESIDENTS WHO HAVE FOR 45 YEARS SET THE TONE AT
NATO SUMMITS', BUT WARNED: 'MR CLINTON WAS MORE BRUTAL
THAN THE RULES OF SUMMIT DIPLOMACY USUALLY ALLOW, BUT HIS
WORDS WILL NOT SEND NATO AIRCRAFT DOWN THE RUNWAY. AND
THE CONSERVATIVE DAILY TELEGRAPH COMMENTED: 'MR CLINTON
SCARCELY MENTIONED BOSNIA DURING HIS KEYNOTE ADDRESS ON
SUNDAY BUT YESTERDAY, HE RE-VISITED THE ISSUE WITH
THE TOUGHEST COMMENTS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
SEVERAL PAPERS -- MAINLY CONSERVATIVE TABLOIDS -- ALSO
COMMENTED ON WHAT THEY SAW AS PRESIDENT CLINTON'S
CONTINUED 'SNUBS' TOWARDS BRITAIN, ESPECIALLY OVER
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 08 LONDON 00450
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(LSECREST); B/TV/WP;
STATE FOR EUR/P AND PLS PASS ACDA/PA; EUR/PA; EUR/P/SP;
EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
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USDOC PASS USTR/PA
WHITEHOUSE FOR NSC-WEUROPE;
USMISSION USNATO FOR USIS;
PARIS FOR USIS; UNESCO; OECD;
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VIENNA PASS USDEL-CSCE;
RAF MILDENHALL FOR PA;
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SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION REPORT, LONDON, TUESDAY JANUARY
11 1994
BOSNIAN POLICY.
THE CONSERVATIVE TABLOID DAILY MAIL COMMENTED: 'IT
APPEARED A PARTICULARLY BITTER BLOW FOR THE PRIME
MINISTER THAT THE NEW (FRANCE-U.S.) PAIRING SHOULD EMERGE
IN NATO, FROM WHICH FRANCE HAS LOFTILY WITHHELD MILITARY
CO-OPERATION FOR 28 YEARS WHILE BRITAIN HAS PLACED ITS
SOLDIERS LOYALLY ALONGSIDE THOSE OF AMERICA.
WITH MR
CLINTON DECLINING TO VISIT BRITAIN ON HIS FIRST EUROPEAN
TRIP AS PRESIDENT, THE APPARENT SLIGHTS ARE MOUNTING UP.'
AND THE LEFT-LEANING TABLOID TODAY SAID THAT MR CLINTON
HAD USED 'SEVERE PRESSURE TO FORCE A RELUCTANT BRITAIN TO
BACK HIM (ON BOSNIA)', DESCRIBING THE FRENCH-U.S. MOVES
AS A 'DIPLOMATIC HUMILIATION' FOR JOHN MAJOR.
C. HEADLINES
1. NATO SUMMIT
"ALLIANCE OPENS DOOR TO EASTERN EUROPE" (DAILY TELEGRAPH
REPORT)
"CHANGING NATO" (LONDON EVENING STANDARD EDITORIAL 1/10)
"A GOOD DAY FOR NATO AND EUROPE" (INDEPENDENT EDITORIAL)
"CLINTON'S LACK OF WILL" (DAILY TELEGRAPH EDITORIAL)
"BOMBS OVER BOSNIA?" (GUARDIAN EDITORIAL)
"OPEN NATO TO THE EAST" (TIMES COMMENTARY)
"PRESIDENT STINGS EUROPEANS OVER BOSNIA PARALYSIS" (TIMES
COMMENTARY)
"NATO'S HAND OF FRIENDSHIP" (DAILY EXPRESS EDITORIAL)
"MAJOR CALLS FOR AIR RAIDS TO CLEAR PATH FOR AID IN
BOSNIA" (DAILY MAIL REPORT)
"TIME TO SHOOT BACK" (TODAY REPORT)
D. TEXT
1. NATO SUMMIT
YESTERDAY (1/10), THE CONSERVATIVE TABLOID LONDON EVENING
STANDARD EDITORIALIZED:
UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 08 LONDON 00450
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"PERISHABLE INFORMATION - DO NOT SERVICE "
USIA FOR P/M; R/C; R/M; P/P; P/G; (RMCLELLAN); P/F; P/FW;
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(LSECREST); B/TV/WP;
STATE FOR EUR/P AND PLS PASS ACDA/PA; EUR/PA; EUR/P/SP;
EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
CSD ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; OASD/PA;
USDOC PASS USTR/PA
WHITEHOUSE FOR NSC-WEUROPE;
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11 1994
"PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ASSURANCE YESTERDAY AT THE START OF
HIS TRIP TO EUROPE, THAT 'AMERICA'S COMMITMENT TO
EUROPE'S SAFETY AND STABILITY REMAINS AS STRONG AS EVER'
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WERE GOOD TO HEAR, BUT THEY BEG ONE OBVIOUS QUESTION:
WHAT EUROPE IS HE TALKING ABOUT?
"OF COURSE, THERE ARE PROBLEMS ABOUT OPENING UP NATO.
THERE IS THE PROBLEM OF MAKING EASTERN EUROPE'S COMMAND
AND CONTROL STRUCTURES, COMMUNICATIONS AND INTELLIGENCE
COMPATIBLE WITH THOSE OF THE ALLIANCE; THERE IS THE
GENERAL OBJECTION THAT A LARGER NATO IS A LESS COHERENT
NATO. BUT THESE PROBLEMS CAN BE SURMOUNTED. IF
PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE MEANS A STAGING POST TOWARDS FULL
MEMBERSHIP OF THE ALLIANCE FOR THE COUNTRIES THAT NEED
IT, FAIR ENOUGH. IF IT MEANS PUSSYFOOTING ABOUT
GUARANTEEING THEIR BORDERS, IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH."
THIS MORNING, THE CENTRIST INDEPENDENT EDITORIALIZED:
"THE NATO SUMMIT THAT ENDS TODAY IN BRUSSELS HAS ALREADY
YIELDED TWO OUTSTANDING RESULTS. THE FIRST -- UNCERTAIN
THOUGH ITS FULFILLMENT MAY BE -- IS THE DEAL UNDER WHICH
UKRAINE'S LEADERSHIP HAS AGREED TO DESTROY THE COUNTRY'S
NUCLEAR ARSENAL IN EXCHANGE FOR $12BN. THE SECOND IS THE
MUCH MORE POSITIVE THAN EXPECTED TONE ADOPTED BY NATO
LEADERS TOWARDS EXTENDING MEMBERSHIP TO FORMER MEMBERS OF
THE SOVIET BLOC.
"THE AMERICAN COMMITMENT TO UNDERWRITE THE DESTRUCTION OF
THIS POTENTIAL THREAT (UKRAINE NUCLEAR ARSENAL) TO WORLD
PEACE IS WELCOME EVIDENCE OF PRESIDENT CLINTON'S
READINESS TO INVOLVE THE UNITED STATES DIRECTLY IN THE
AFFAIRS OF EASTERN EUROPE.
THE CHIEF ANXIETY MUST
NOW BE THAT THE AGREEMENT WILL BE REPUDIATED BY UKRAINE'S
NATIONALISTIC AND HEAVILY PRO-NUCLEAR PARLIAMENT. AT THE
VERY LEAST, THE DEAL WILL BE HOTLY DEBATED.
"EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT FOR THE LONG-TERM SECURITY OF
EUROPE, IF LESS TANGIBLE, WAS THE NATURE OF THE LANGUAGE
ADOPTED TOWARDS NATO'S ENLARGEMENT TO EMBRACE FORMER
WARSAW PACT MEMBERS.
"ONLY OVER THE ADVISABILITY OF LAUNCHING AIR STRIKES
AGAINST THE BOSNIAN SERB FORCES SHELLING SARAJEVO DID THE
ALLIANCE SHOW ITS DIVISIONS. THOSE DIFFERENCES OF
OPINION ARE UNDERSTANDABLE, GIVEN THE POTENTIAL DANGERS
POSED TO THE GROUND FORCES OF NATO MEMBER STATES AS WELL
AS TO BOSNIAN CIVILIANS. YET WESTERN FAILURE TO STOP THE
SLAUGHTER CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE THE LOGIC OF NATO'S
UNCLAS SECTION 04 OF 08 LONDON 00450
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P/FN; P/PFN; P/PPE; P/PFE; P; EU; NEA; VOA NEWS/CA; PL
(LSECREST); B/TV/WP;
STATE FOR EUR/P AND PLS PASS ACDA/PA; EUR/PA; EUR/P/SP;
EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
CSD ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; OASD/PA;
USDOC PASS USTR/PA
WHITEHOUSE FOR NSC-WEUROPE;
USMISSION USNATO FOR USIS;
PARIS FOR USIS; UNESCO; OECD;
VIENNA PASS USDEL-CSCE;
RAF MILDENHALL FOR PA;
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SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION REPORT, LONDON, TUESDAY JANUARY
11 1994
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EXISTENCE."
THE CONSERVATIVE DAILY TELEGRAPH EDITORIALIZED:
"ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE NATO SUMMIT IN BRUSSELS,
PRESIDENT CLINTON SAID THE ALLIANCE SHOULD NOT ISSUE
WARNINGS ABOUT MILITARY ACTION AGAINST THE SERBS WITHOUT
INTENDING TO FOLLOW THEM UP. HOWEVER, HE GAVE NO
INDICATION THAT MEMBERS WOULD BE ANY MORE READY TO ACT
THAN THEY HAVE BEEN SINCE AUGUST, WHEN NATO THREATENED
AIR STRIKES TO RELIEVE THE SIEGE OF SARAJEVO. AS
EXPECTED, WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM THE SUMMIT IS FINE
WORDS ABOUT NEW PARTNERSHIPS FOR PEACE IN EAST EUROPE BUT
A RELUCTANCE TO DEAL WITH THE MOST OBVIOUS SOURCE OF
INSTABILITY IN THE REGION. PERHAPS, AT HEART, THE
PRESIDENT DOES NOT CONSIDER THE WAR IN BOSNIA TO BE A
DIRECT AMERICAN CONCERN; HIS UNWELCOME ENTHUSIASM FOR
FURTHER POLITICAL INTEGRATION ON THIS SIDE OF THE
ATLANTIC SUGGESTS THAT HE WOULD PREFER EUROPEANS TO UNITE
IN SORTING OUT THE CONTINENT'S DOMESTIC PROBLEMS ON THEIR
OWN.
"IN DOMESTIC POLITICAL TERMS, MR CLINTON CAN PERHAPS
AFFORD TO KEEP HIS DISTANCE FROM THE BALKANS. HE CAN
HARDLY DO THE SAME WITH THE THREAT POSED BY NORTH KOREA'S
ADVANCING NUCLEAR PROGRAM; COUNTERING PROLIFERATION IS
ONE OF THE MAIN PLANKS OF HIS FOREIGN POLICY, AND AN
AMERICAN INFANTRY DIVISION IS DEPLOYED BETWEEN SEOUL AND
THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER. YET THE SAME LACK OF WILL IS
PAINFULLY APPARENT.
"THE MAIN CASUALTY OF SUCH CYNICISM TOWARDS THE
INTERNATIONAL NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME IS THE CREDIBILITY
OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY. THE UNITED STATES HAS
RETREATED FROM PRESIDENT CLINTON'S FIERY RHETORIC OF LAST
JULY -- WHEN HE VOWED THE DESTRUCTION OF NORTH KOREA IF
IT USED A NUCLEAR DEVICE -- TO ACTIONS THAT SUGGEST THAT
ALMOST ANY DEAL IS WORTHWHILE.
"THUS, BOTH IN EUROPE AND ASIA, MR CLINTON'S MUCH VAUNTED
EMPHASIS ON ECONOMIC SECURITY IS BEING UNDERMINED BY HIS
RELUCTANCE TO ACT DECISIVELY TO SAFEGUARD POLITICAL-
MILITARY SECURITY."
THE LIBERAL GUARDIAN EDITORIALIZED:
"BOMBING THE SERBS IS BACK ON THE INTERNATIONAL AGENDA --
BUT IS IT MORE THAN WORDS? AND SHOULD IT BE?
ON THE
LAST OCCASION THE PROPOSAL WAS AIRED, IT SEEMED MORE A
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(LSECREST); B/TV/WP;
STATE FOR EUR/P AND PLS PASS ACDA/PA; EUR/PA; EUR/P/SP;
EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
CSD ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; OASD/PA;
USDOC PASS USTR/PA
WHITEHOUSE FOR NSC-WEUROPE;
USMISSION USNATO FOR USIS;
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VIENNA PASS USDEL-CSCE;
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SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION REPORT, LONDON, TUESDAY JANUARY
11 1994
SUBSTITUTE FOR SERIOUS STEPS TO END THE WAR THAN A
COMMITMENT TO TAKE THEM, AND SOON GOT MIRED IN
TRANSATLANTIC BICKERING. IT HAS NOW RESURFACED AT THE
NATO SUMMIT IN AN EQUALLY UNCONVINCING WAY.
"LAST SUMMER THE IDEA WAS ENERGETICALLY PUSHED FROM
WASHINGTON AGAINST A CHORUS OF EUROPEAN DOUBTS,
PARTICULARLY FROM BRITAIN AND FRANCE AS THE TWO NATO
POWERS WITH MOST FORCES IN THE FIELD. THIS TIME THE
INITIATIVE HAS COME, RATHER ODDLY, FROM FRANCE (SUPPORTED
BY BELGIUM) WHILE WASHINGTON PLAYS THE RELUCTANT ROLE.
MR CLINTON NO LONGER HAS THE DOMESTIC POLITICAL SPACE IN
WHICH TO PLAY HEROES ON HIS EXTERNAL MENU. IN EUROPE
THERE IS EVEN LESS COMMITMENT TO INTERVENE ACTIVELY IN
BOSNIA THAN BEFORE. ALL THE NUDGES AND HINTS THESE DAYS
(PARTICULARLY FROM BRITISH MINISTERS) POINT INSTEAD
TOWARDS EVENTUAL DISENGAGEMENT. YET THE DEVASTATION OF
SERB GUNS IN THE STREETS OF SARAJEVO STILL HAS THE POWER
TO SHOCK AND IT WOULD LOOK PARTICULARLY BAD IF THE NATO
SUMMIT HAD NOTHING TO SAY.
"MR CLINTON HAD A POINT YESTERDAY WHEN HE TAXED HIS
EUROPEAN ALLIES WITH LACK OF CREDIBILITY -- THOUGH SINCE
THE LAST ABORTIVE EFFORT HE HAS SWITCHED OFF TOO.
"LIKE so MUCH ELSE IN THE BOSNIAN CRISIS, IT MIGHT HAVE
BEEN WELL IF IT HAD BEEN DONE QUICKLY. BY NOW, WHEN THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAD CONCEDED THE DIVISION OF
BOSNIA MORE OR LESS ON SERB TERMS, AIR STRIKES WOULD BE
AN UNPREDICTABLE DIVERSION. THEY WOULD ALSO BE
IRRELEVANT TO THE GROWING MUSLIM-CROAT CONFLICT, AND THEY
ARE OPPOSED BY NEARLY ALL UN WORKERS AND SOLDIERS IN
BOSNIA. MORE EFFECTIVE POLICING OF THE NO FLY ZONE IS A
LESS PROVOCATIVE POLICY (WHICH MIGHT HELP RE-OPEN TUZLA).
BUT, TRULY, THE BOSNIANS NEED REAL HELP -- MORE AID, MORE
PEACE KEEPERS, MORE POLITICAL COMMITMENT -- ON THE GROUND
RATHER THAN IN THE AIR.
WRITING IN THE CONSERVATIVE TIMES, COLUMNIST WOODROW
WYATT SAID:
"FOR US, WITH NO SUCH UNPREDICTABLE AND UNSETTLING
NEIGHBORS, THE ALARM (OVER ZHIRINOVSKY) SEEMS
EXAGGERATED. BUT CENTRAL EUROPEANS, NOT LONG FREE FROM
THE SOVIET YOKE, SEE THE POTENTIAL THREAT FAR MORE
CLEARLY. MR ZHIRINOVSKY HAS DECLARED HIS DESIRE TO
REOCCUPY THE BALTIC STATES (WHICH STILL HAVE RUSSIAN
TROOPS ON THEIR SOIL) AND TO DOMINATE AGAIN THE LOST
CENTRAL EUROPEAN COLONIES. THAT IS WHY LITHUANIA HAS
UNCLAS SECTION 06 OF 08 LONDON 00450
USIA
"PERISHABLE INFORMATION - DO NOT SERVICE "
USIA FOR P/M; R/C; R/M; P/P; P/G; (RMCLELLAN); P/F; P/FW;
P/FN; P/PFN; P/PPE; P/PFE; P; EU; NEA; VOA NEWS/CA; PL
(LSECREST) ; B/TV/WP;
STATE FOR EUR/P AND PLS PASS ACDA/PA; EUR/PA; EUR/P/SP;
EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
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ALREADY FORMALLY APPLIED TO JOIN NATO.
"PRESIDENT CLINTON IS DISTINCTLY NERVOUS AT THE PROSPECT
OF ANY OF THE BALTIC OR CENTRAL EUROPEAN STATES COMING
UNDER THE PROTECTION OF NATO, STRANGELY REGARDING THIS,
AS MR HURD DOES, AS A PROVOCATION TO RUSSIA. THE EU ON
THE WHOLE REMAINS SHAMEFULLY RELUCTANT TO ALLOW THE
CENTRAL EUROPEAN STATES TO EARN A LIVING THROUGH A TRADE
ASSOCIATION
"AS IT IS UNTHINKABLE THAT AMERICA OR THE WESTERN
EUROPEAN POWERS COULD ALLOW THE ADVENTURIST ZHIRINOVSKY,
OR A CLONE, TO START NIBBLING AT THE FORMER SOVIET
CENTRAL COLONIES, IT WOULD BE MORE REALISTIC TO REASSURE
THEM NOW BY ALLOWING THEM INTO THE EU AND NATO. WE MUST
HOPE THAT THE NATO MEETING TODY REJECTS PRESIDENT
CLINTON'S NAIVE AND DOOMED ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE CENTRAL
EUROPEAN STATES FEEL THAT THEY ARE PROPERLY PART OF
WESTERN EUROPE WHILE ALSO APPEASING RUSSIA, WHICH
BELIEVES THE OPPOSITE."
THE SAME PAPER REPORTED:
"PRESIDENT CLINTON, IN SOME OF THE HARSHEST LANGUAGE EVER
USED BY THE EIGHT AMERICAN PRESIDENTS WHO HAVE FOR 45
YEARS SET THE TONE AT NATO SUMMITS, YESTERDAY CHALLENGED
EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS TO BACK THEIR TOUGH TALKING ON
BOSNIA WITH MILITARY ACTION.
"IN TELLING HIS 15 FELLOW NATO MEMBERS TO PUT UP OR SHUT
UP, HE WENT TO THE HEART OF THE DILEMMAS THAT PLAGUED
YESTERDAY'S SUMMIT OF THE ALLIANCE. ALTHOUGH THE LEADERS
MANAGED TO STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE COMPETING CLAIMS
OF REASSURANCE FOR RUSSIA AND CLOSER LINKS FOR EASTERN
EUROPE, THEIR DISCUSSIONS ON BOSNIA WERE MARKED BY A
QUERULOUS GUILT.
"AS THE PRESIDENT IMPLIED, THE ALLIANCE HAS BECOME EXPERT
AT MAKING THREATS WHICH ITS MEMBERS CANNOT FIND THE
CONFIDENCE TO CARRY OUT. AFTER 12 MONTHS OF INATTENTION,
MR CLINTON HAS BELATEDLY COME TO SEE THAT THE ALLIANCE
DEPENDS NOT ONLY ON ITS TREATY BUT ON THE TRUST PLACED IN
ITS POWER. YESTERDAY HE WAS HONEST ENOUGH TO ADMIT THAT
NATO IS DEVELOPING A CREDIBILITY GAP THAT COULD CORRODE
ITS VERY HEART.
"MR CLINTON WAS MORE BRUTAL THAN THE RULES OF SUMMIT
DIPLOMACY USUALLY ALLOW, BUT HIS WORDS WILL NOT SEND NATO
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EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
CSD ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; OASD/PA;
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AIRCRAFT DOWN THE RUNWAY."
THE FONSERVATIVE TABLOID DAILY EXPRESS EDITORIALIZED:
"THERE SHOULD BE A PLACE FOR FORMER WARSAW PACT ENEMIES
IN NATO. BUT NOT JUST YET, AS NATO LEADERS HAVE DECIDED.
WHAT HAS BEEN OFFERED IN THE MEANTIME, CLOSER co-
OPERATION, IS JUST ABOUT RIGHT.
"FEAR OF UPSETTING POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ELEMENTS HAS
OFTEN BEEN USED AS AN EXCUSE TO JUSTIFY A WEAK FOREIGN
POLICY, AS WE SAW DURING THE APPEASEMENT OF HITLER, AND
LATER IN OPPOSING SOVIET EXPANSION. THIS FEAR IS NOT THE
PROPER BASIS FOR NATO'S CAUTION. RATHER IT IS THAT FROM
WARSAW TO VLADIVOSTOCK, FORMER COMMUNISTS AND THEIR
ALLIES HAVE TRIED TO ENTRENCH THEMSELVES IN THOSE AREAS -
- POLICE, JUDICIARY, INDUSTRY, ADMINISTRATION, BUT
ESPECIALLY SECURITY AND MILITARY -- WHICH THEY HAVE
ALWAYS CONTROLLED.
"GENUINE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS IN THESE COUNTRIES SEE NATO
MEMBERSHIP AS A WAY OF SAFEGUARDING WHAT STABILITY HAS
BEEN ACHIEVED, AND OF CONTRIBUTING TO THE OVERALL
STABILITY OF EUROPE. BUT UNTIL THEY HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO
SECURE THEIR OWN INTERNAL SECURITY, BY DISMANTLING THE
REMAINING AND so FAR UNRECONSTRUCTED SECURITY AND
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICES, IT MAKES SENSE TO KEEP
THEM OUTSIDE THE FOLD. THE HAND OF FRIENDSHIP, YES. NOT
YET THE HAND OF WELCOME."
THE CONSERVATIVE TABLOID DAILY MAIL COMMENTED ON THE
SUMMIT IN DRAMATIC TONES:
"THE (BRITISH) PRIME MINISTER'S CONCESSION (ON BOSNIA)
CAME AFTER PRESIDENT CLINTON, FOR THE SECOND DAY RUNNING,
HAD TRAMPLED ON THE ASHES OF THE ONCE-VAUNTED 'SPECIAL
RELATIONSHIP'. ON SUNDAY, HE PLEDGED A U.S. COMMITMENT
TO A UNITED EUROPE THAT SOUNDED SUSPICIOUSLY LIKE THE
SUPERSTATE OF FRENCH DREAMS. YESTERDAY, HE AND PRESIDENT
MITTERAND BOTH MADE VIRULENT ATTACKS ON WESTERN FAILURES
IN BOSNIA.
"IT LEFT BRITAIN ON THE DEFENSIVE AND FRANCE POISED FOR A
NEW ROLE AS AMERICA'S FAVORED PARTNER IN EUROPE.
"IT APPEARED A PARTICULARLY BITTER BLOW FOR THE PRIME
MINISTER THAT THE NEW PAIRING SHOULD EMERGE IN NATO, FROM
WHICH FRANCE HAS LOFTILY WITHHELD MILITARY CO-OPERATION
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STATE FOR EUR/P AND PLS PASS ACDA/PA; EUR/PA; EUR/P/SP;
EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
CSD ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; OASD/PA;
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11 1994
FOR 28 YEARS WHILE BRITAIN HAS PLACED ITS SOLDIERS
LOYALLY ALONGSIDE THOSE OF AMERICA.
"MR CLINTON BEGAN THE DAY BY MEETING M. MITTERAND A
PRIVILEGE DENIED TO MR MAJOR. WITH CLINTON DECLINING TO
VISIT BRITAIN ON HIS FIRST EUROPEAN TRIP AS PRESIDENT,
THE APPARENT SLIGHTS ARE MOUNTING UP."
THE LEFT-LEANING TABLOID TODAY COMMENTED:
"PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON LAST NIGHT DEMANDED AIR STRIKES
TO BREAK THE SIEGE OF SARAJEVO. AND MR CLINTON USED
SEVERE PRESSURE TO FORCE A RELUCTANT BRITAIN TO BACK HIM.
"THE U.S. FRENCH ALLIANCE WAS A DIPLOMATIC HUMILIATION
FOR MR MAJOR -- A FRESH SIGN THAT BRITAIN'S 'SPECIAL
RELATIONSHIP' WITH THE U.S. IS IN TROUBLE. AND PRESIDENT
CLINTON MET MITTERAND PRIVATELY AFTER TELLING MR MAJOR HE
WAS TOO BUSY TO SEE HIM." O'BRIEN
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SUBJ:
DAILY MEDIA REACTION REPORT -- NATO SUMMIT
PARIS -- TUESDAY JANUARY 11, 1994
(A) SUMMARY OF TYPE OF COVERAGE:
THE NATO SUMMIT MEETING IS STILL THE NUMBER-ONE
INTERNATIONAL STORY IN THE FRENCH PRESS TODAY. THIS
TEXT:
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 07 PARIS 00875
USIA
USIA FOR P/M; P/RC; P/P; P/FW P/FN; PL; VOA NEWS/CA; EU;
AF; STATE FOR EUR/WE (ANN CARSON) /P/SP; AF; INR/P; PM;
OSC ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; WHITE HOUSE FOR NSC/WEUROPE;
DDOC FOR ITA/EUR/FR AND PASS USTR/PA (ANN LUZZATO);
USCINCEUR FOR PAO; NATO FOR USIS; MOSCOW FOR P&C; ROME
FOR USIS/AIO; BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND USEC (PAO); USVIENNA
FOR USDEL CSCE.
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: NONE
SUBJECT: DAILY MEDIA REACTION REPORT -- NATO SUMMIT
PARIS -- TUESDAY JANUARY 11, 1994
(A) SUMMARY OF TYPE OF COVERAGE:
THE NATO SUMMIT MEETING IS STILL THE NUMBER-ONE
INTERNATIONAL STORY IN THE FRENCH PRESS TODAY. THIS
REPORT WILL BE ENTIRELY DEVOTED TO THE SUBJECT.
--ALL COMMENTATORS REPORT THAT BOSNIA DOMINATED THE
TALKS YESTERDAY. IN THE WORDS OF REGIONAL OUEST FRANCE,
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(NATO LEADERS) WERE SUPPOSED NOT TO TALK ABOUT IT (THE
BOSNIAN WAR) ; THEY TALKED ONLY OF IT".
FOCUS IS ON PRESIDENT CLINTON'S AND MITTERRAND'S
SPEECHES. COMMENTATORS SPEAK OF "CONVERGENCE" BETWEEN
THE TWO PRESIDENTS, AND STRESS THEIR CALL TO GO BEYOND
RHETORIC AND PASS TO ACTION. THEY REPORT THAT PRESIDENT
CLINTON SAID THE ALLIANCE SHOULD BE "READY TO ACT", IF
NEED BE BY RESORTING TO AIR STRIKES. MANY COMMENTATORS
WELCOME THIS U.S. POSITION. REGIONAL LE PROVENCAL
SPEAKS OF "A STEP TOWARDS EUROPE IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE
YUGOSLAV CONFLICT"; TV FRANCE 3 SPOKE OF "AN ABOUT-FACE"
ON THE PART OF THE U.S.; RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE QUOTIDIEN
SAYS IN ITS FRONT-PAGE EDITORIAL THAT "FRENCH DIPLOMACY
HAS SCORED POINTS BY FORCING AMERICA TO COME OUTOF ITS
CAUTIOUS RESERVATION".
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE REPORTS ON THE MITTERRAND-CLINTON
MEETING YESTERDAY, QUOTING THE FRENCH SPOKESMAN JEAN
MUSITELLI AS SAYING: "THE MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO
LEADERS HIGHLIGHTED A VERY GOOD CONVERGENCE OF VIEWS AND
GREAT MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING" ON BOSNIA.
--UN SECRETARY GENERAL BOUTROS BOUTROS GHALI WAS IN
PARIS YESTERDAY. SPEAKING AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
YESTERDAY, HE SAID THAT MEDIATION REMAINS THE ONLY
SOLUTION FOR BOSNIA. "AS LONG AS STATES DON'T WANT TO
USE FORCE, AND UNTIL NOW STATES DO NOT WANT To,
NEGOTIATIONS ARE OUR ONLY SOLUTION ALONG WITH MEDIATING
ACTION WHICH MUST CONTINUE." (AFP QUOTES)
--FRANCE TELEVISION, THE PUBLIC TV CHANNEL GROUPING
FRANCE 2 AND FRANCE 3 BROADCAST A SPECIAL PROGRAM ON
FRANCE 2, "WHO CAN SAVE SARAJEVO?", LAST NIGHT, WITH
PARTICIPANTS FROM PARIS, SARAJEVO AND BRUSSELS.
FOREIGN MINISTER ALAIN JUPPE, INTERVIEWED IN THE
PROGRAM, SAID THAT NATO AIRPOWER COULD BE USED IF UN
FORCES IN BOSNIA WERE ATTACKED OR UNABLE TO ACCOMPLISH
THEIR MISSION. JUPPE ALSO URGED THE CONFLICTING PARTIES
TO ACCEPT THE EUROPEAN UNION PEACE PLAN, BECAUSE HE
SAID, THERE WILL BE NO OTHER PLAN
IT IS CLEAR THAT
WE CANNOT GO BACK TO WHERE THINGS STOOD BEFORE THE WAR
STARTED. HE ANNOUNCED THAT FRANCE, TOGETHER WITH ITS
PARTNERS WHO HAVE TROOPS ON THE GROUND, HAVE DECIDED ON
NEW INITIATIVES TO "RETURN CREDIBILITY TO THE UN", I.E.
TO "FORCE OPEN THE ROAD" TO SREBRENICA TO ENSURE THE
CHANGING OF THE CANADIAN CONTINGENT AND TO OPEN THE
TUZLA AIRPORT. JUPPE ADDED: "THE U.S. PRESIDENT, BILL
CLINTON, AND THE OTHER CHIEFS OF STATE SAID: IF PEACE IS
SIGNED, WE WILL COME." HE SAID, THIS WAS "A SOLEMN"
COMMITMENT ON THE PART OF THE U.S.
A POLL CARRIED OUT BY SOFRES IN FRANCE FOR THE PROGRAM
SHOWS THAT 48 OF THOSE POLLED THINK THAT "A REAL UN
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 07 PARIS 00875
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USIA FOR P/M; P/RC; P/P; P/FW P/FN; PL; VOA NEWS/CA; EU;
AF; STATE FOR EUR/WE (ANN CARSON) /P/SP; AF; INR/P; PM;
OSC ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; WHITE HOUSE FOR NSC/WEUROPE;
DOC FOR ITA/EUR/FR AND PASS USTR/PA (ANN LUZZATO);
USCINCEUR FOR PAO; NATO FOR USIS; MOSCOW FOR P&C; ROME
FOR USIS/AIO; BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND USEC (PAO); USVIENNA
FOR USDEL CSCE.
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E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: NONE
SUBJECT: DAILY MEDIA REACTION REPORT -- NATO SUMMIT
MILITARY INTERVENTION" COULD PUT AN END TO THE CONFLICT;
56 THINK THE CONFLICT WILL NOT SPIL OVER, BUT WILL
REMAIN LIMITED TO BOSNIA. 53 OF THOSE POLLED THINK
THAT FRANCE SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN A UN MILITARY
OPERATION.
--ALL MEDIA REPORT THAT THE 16 NATO LEADERS ENDORSED THE
AMERICAN PLAN OF "PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE". "NATO HALF-
OPENS ITS DOOR TO THE EAST", LE FIGARO FRONT PAGES.
--AFP REPORTS THAT EU COMMISSION PRESIDENT JACQUES
DELORS SAID HE WAS HAPPY AT BILL CLINTON'S REAFFIRMING
HIS SUPPORT FOR THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS. BUT
HE ADDED, so SAYS HIS SPOKESMAN, THAT IT IS THE EUROPEAN
UNION WHICH PROVIDES THE ESSENTIAL PART OF THE ECONOMIC
AID TO EASTERN EUROPE.
--WEEKLY LE POINT PUBLISHES AN INTERVIEW WITH FORMER
PRESIDENT VALERY GISCARD D'ESTAING, WHO SAYS: "IT IS
OBVIOUS THAT THE AMERICANS ARE TRYING TO BE CAREFUL WITH
THE RUSSIANS ON THE QUESTION OF NATO ENLARGEMENT, SINCE
THE RUSSIANS THEMSELVES HAVE MADE THIS AN ISSUE, AND A
TEST OF THE WEST'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THEM. IT IS
THEREFORE NORMAL THAT THE UNITED STATES, AND OURSELVES,
TAKE THIS (RUSSIAN DESIRES) INTO ACCOUNT. ABOUT
YUGOSLAVIA, THE AMERICAN POSITION DEPENDS ON THE DEGREE
OF THE POLITICAL WILL AND INVOLVEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN
UNION. I DON'T THINK IT IS LINKED TO THE U.S. -RUSSIAN
RELATIONSHIP.'
LE POINT ALSO PUBLISHES AN INTERVIEW WITH FRMER
SECRETARY OF STATE ALEXANDER HAIG, WHO SAYS: "WE SHOULD
NOT NEGLECT THE FACT THAT (RUSSIA) MIGHT BECOME AN ENEMY
ANEW. WE WOULD GAIN NOTHING BY GIVING IN TO RUSSIAN
PRESSURE."
--PIERRE LELLOUCHE, THE GENERAL DELEGATE FOR DEFENSE AT
THE RPR, SAYS IN AN INTERVIEW IN CATHOLIC LA CROIX THAT
THE PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE "IS ONLY A SIDELINE ("VOIE DE
GARAGE") ", AND THAT "THE UNITED STATES IS NOT READY TO
GRANT THEIR GUARANTEE OF SECURITY" TO EAST EUROPE.
--ALL MEDIA REPORT THAT UKRAINE HAS DECIDED TO DISMANTLE
ITS NUCLEAR ARSENAL. RADIO EUROPE L'S MOSCOW
CORRESPONDENT VIRGINIE COULAUDON SPOKE OF "AN IMPORTANT
ACHIEVEMENT". LE FIGARO'S STEPHANE MARCHAND WARNS:
"WITH AN OPTIMISM THAT SOME JUDGE PREMATURE, THE
AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION IS REJOICING AT THE SUCCESS OF
ITS FIGHT AGAINST NUCLEAR AND BALLISTIC PROLIFERATION.'
FLOODS IN VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY, MEXICO,
ALGERIA, AND THE LIKELY DEVALUATION OF THE CFA FRANC
(CURRENCY USED IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES) ARE AMONG THE OTHER
MOST COVERED STORIES THIS MORNING.
MASS-APPEAL LE PARISIEN PUBLISHES ITS MONTHLY BAROMETER
FOR POTENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. PRIME MINISTER
EDOUARD BALLADUR HAS GAINED SEVEN POINTS SINCE LAST
MONTH'S BAROMETER, WITH 62 OF THOSE POLLED "TRUSTING
(HIM) AS PRESIDENT". THE SECOND-IN-THE-LEAD IS EU TOP
EXECUTIVE JACQUES DELORS (43), THE THIRD IS FORMER
PRIME MINISTER RAYMOND BARRE (38), JACQUES CHIRAC COMES
FOURTH, WITH 33.
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AF; STATE FOR EUR/WE (ANN CARSON)/P/SP; AF; INR/P; PM;
OSC ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; WHITE HOUSE FOR NSC/WEUROPE;
DOC FOR ITA/EUR/FR AND PASS USTR/PA (ANN LUZZATO) ;
USCINCEUR FOR PAO; NATO FOR USIS; MOSCOW FOR P&C; ROME
FOR USIS/AIO; BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND USEC (PAO) ; USVIENNA
FOR USDEL CSCE.
E.O. 12356: N/A
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SUBJECT: DAILY MEDIA REACTION REPORT -- NATO SUMMIT
FINANCIAL LA TRIBUNE REPORTS THAT VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE
WILL BE PRESENTING TODAY HIS TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM.
A NEW NEWS DAILY WAS PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME
YESTERDAY--INFOMATIN.
(B) STORIES COVERED IN REPORT:
NATO SUMMIT MEETING
(C) HEADLINES:
NATO:
"NATO HALF-OPENS ITS DOOR TO THE EAST" (LE FIGARO-FRONT
PAGE)
"BOSNIA: NATO ONCE AGAIN BANGS ON THE TABLE"
(LIBERATION-FRONT PAGE)
"BOSNIA: NATO ENVISIONS THE USE OF FORCE" (L'HUMANITE-
FRONT PAGE)
"PRESIDENT CLINTON WANTS TO 'REINVIGORATE' TRANS-
ATLANTIC TIES" (LE MONDE-FRONT PAGE)
"PROMISES, AGAIN
"
(FRANCE SOIR-PAGE 3)
(D) SUPPORTING TEXT:
NATO SUMMIT:
BERNARD GUETTA ON RADIO FRANCE INTER THIS MORNING:
"
MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS AFTER THE END OF WW2, FIVE
YEARS AFTER THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL AND THE COLLAPSE
OF THE USSR, IT IS ANYTHING BUT OBVIOUS THAT THE
AMERICANS ARE READY TO DIE FOR EUROPE.
PHILIPPE SASSIER ON TV FRANCE 2 AT 15AM: " FOR SOME,
(PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE) IS A HALF-MEASURE AND LEAVES A
WORRISOME VACUUM WHICH THE RUSSIANS MIGHT BE TEMPTED TO
USE. FOR OTHERS, IT IS A DECISION THAT PRESERVES BOTH
THE FUTURE AND THE RUSSIANS. IN TH COURSE OF THIS YEAR,
WE WILL PROBABLY KNOW WHO WAS RIGHT."
BERNARD VOLKER ON TV TF-1 LAST EVENING: "CAUTION,
CAUTION. SUCH WAS THE MOTTO AT THE NATO SUMMIT
YESTERDAY. CAUTION VIS-A-VIS THE SITUATION IN
BOSNIA
CAUTION ALSO VIS-A-VIS EASTERN COUNTRIES,
WHICH WOULD LIKE TO ADHERE TO NATO IMMEDIATELY. "
SERGE JULY, THE DIRECTOR OF LIBERATION, SAID IN AN
EDITORIAL ON RADIO EUROPE 1 YESTERDAY:
THE
(AMERICANS') MESSAGE TO THE EUROPEANS IS WITHOUT
AMBIGUITY: LET THE EUROPEANS TAKE THEIR
RESPONSIBILITIES, THE AMERICANS OBVIOUSLY RETAIN THE
RIGHT TO LOOK. THIS IS WHY THE AMERICANS SUPPORT THE
EUROPEAN UNION. THEY SEE IT AS A MEANS TO TAKE THEIR
DISTANCE FROM OLD EUROPE. THIS SITUATION IS
PARADOXICAL: NEVER HAS THE WORLD BEEN so EAGER FOR THE
UNITED STATES TO ASSUME ITS WORLD LEADERSHIP; NEVER
PROBABLY HAS THE U.S. so MUCH TRIED TO ESCAPE FROM THIS
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ROLE. so FORGET ABOUT THE NEW WORLD ORDER, AMERICA (IS)
FIRST--MORE THAN EVER. "
PIERRE BRIANCON REPORTS FROM BRUSSELS IN INFLUENTIAL
UNCLAS SECTION 04 OF 07 PARIS 00875
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AF; STATE FOR EUR/WE (ANN CARSON) /P/SP; AF; INR/P; PM;
OSC ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; WHITE HOUSE FOR NSC/WEUROPE;
DOC FOR ITA/EUR/FR AND PASS USTR/PA (ANN LUZZATO);
USCINCEUR FOR PAO; NATO FOR USIS; MOSCOW FOR P&C; ROME
FOR USIS/AIO; BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND USEC (PAO) ; USVIENNA
FOR USDEL CSCE.
E.O. 12356: N/A
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SUBJECT: DAILY MEDIA REACTION REPORT -- NATO SUMMIT
LIBERATION: "SINCE THE SUCCESS OF A SUMMIT MEETING LIKE
THE NATO ONE IS MEASURED BY THE HARMONY OF THE DEBATE
AND THE COMMON VIEWS OF ITS PARTICIPANTS, BILL CLINTON
HAD GOOD REASON TO BE OPTIMISTIC LAST NIGHT AFTER THE
FIRST DAY OF THE NATO SUMMIT. BY HAVING ALL HIS
PROPOSALS ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND ON A GRADUAL NATO
REFORM BE ACCEPTED (BY HIS PARTNERS), THE U.S. PRESIDENT
HAD ALREADY WON HIS BET EVEN BEFORE THE MEETING
STARTED
BY HALF-OPENING THE DOOR OF THE ALLIANCE TO
EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WITHOUT HURTING RUSSIA, BY
OFFERING A KIND OF MILITARY AND STRATEGIC AUTONOMY TO
THOSE EUROPEANS THAT WERE MOST EAGER FOR IT--ONE THINKS
OF FRANCE, CLINTON WAS PLAYING ON VELVET
THIS
(CLINTON'S AND MITTERRAND'S SPEECHES) SOUNDS LIKE AN
OFFICIAL RECONCILIATION AFTER ALMOST THIRTY YEARS OF
SKIRMISHES AND CRACKLING ON THE FRANCO-AMERICAN
LINE
IN THIS MARATHON-TRIP THAT WILL DRIVE HIM, IN
THREE IMPORTANT LEAPS, TO MEET WITH EASTERN EUROPE,
CLINTON WAS YESTERDAY ON THE VERGE OF SUCCESS
AFTER
HIS FIRST TEST. NOW TWO OTHER TESTS (PRAGUE AND MOSCOW
STOPS) REMAIN.
DEFENSE SPECIALIST DOMINIQUE GARRAUD SAYS IN LIBERATION:
ON A STRICTLY TACTICAL POINT OF VIEW, THE EUROPEANS
DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO WAGE MODERN AIR STRIKES WITHOUT
AMERICAN SUPPORT.
PIERRE LELLOUCHE, THE DELEGATE GENERAL FOR DEFENSE AT
THE RPR PARTY, AUTHORS AN OP-ED PIECE IN CONSERVATIVE LE
FIGARO:
AT BEST, THIS NATO SUMMIT WILL BE THAT OF
MISSED OPPORTUNITIES. AT WORST, THE SPECTACULAR
EVIDENCE OF DEMOCRACIES' PARALYSIS VIS-A-VIS
INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS UPHEAVALS IN THE WORLD SYSTEM. A
MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR THE UNITED STATES OF BILL
CLINTON, TO FINALLY DEFINE A COHERENT POLITICAL AND
MILITARY STRATEGY VIS-A-VIS WESTERN AND EASTERN
EUROPEANS. INSTEAD, THE EUROPEANS ARE CONTINUING TO
SILENTLY WITNESS THE GRADUAL WITHDRAWAL OF U.S. FORCES,
WHICH HAD BEEN FOR FIFTY YEARS ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL
CONDITIONS FOR PEACE ON THE OLD CONTINENT. THE MOST
STRIKING IS THAT THIS WITHDRAWAL
NO LONGER HAS A
STRATEGIC JUSTIFICATION TODAY, AT THE MOMENT WHEN
SEVERAL WARS HAVE EMERGED IN EUROPE
THE TRUTH IS
THAT THE AMERICANS, MOVED BY THEIR OWN DOMESTIC NEEDS
AND ATTRACTED BY THE PACIFIC BASIN, ARE ABANDONING AN
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OVERLY COMPLICATED EUROPE TO ITS OWN FATE. AS A
CONSEQUENCE, THE ATLANTIC ALLIANCE WILL SURVIVE ONLY IF
IT IS DEEPLY RESHUFFLED AROUND A POWERFUL EUROPEAN
MAINSTAY
A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EUROPEANS TO
PRECISELY UNDERSTAND THIS NEW REALITY AND TO DRAW THE
CONCLUSIONS
A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR (THE WEST'S
RELATIONS WITH) THE RUSSIANS. THE NATO SUMMIT COULD
HAVE BEEN THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SET THE DOCTRINE OF
DEMOCRACIES VIS-A-VIS YELTSIN'S AND ZHIRINOVSKY'S
RUSSIA
BUT IT WAS ENOUGH FOR THE RUSSIAN BEAR,
ALTHOUGH WEAKENED, TO MOVE ONE PAW FOR THE WHOLE WEST TO
STEP BACK
THE KREMLIN HAS CHANGED ITS MIND (ABOUT
INTEGRATING EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES INTO NATO) AND
NATO IS OBEDIENTLY STEPPING BACKWARDS. IS THIS
A
PRAISEWORTHY CAUTION VIS-A-VIS A RUSSIA WHICH MUSTN'T BE
ISOLATED NOR PROVOKED? OR, ON THE CONTRARY, THE OUTLINE
OF AN APPEASEMENT POLICY THAT FORESHADOWS OTHER
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AF; STATE FOR EUR/WE (ANN CARSON)/P/SP; AF; INR/P; PM;
OSC ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; WHITE HOUSE FOR NSC/WEUROPE;
DOC FOR ITA/EUR/FR AND PASS USTR/PA (ANN LUZZATO)
USCINCEUR FOR PAO; NATO FOR USIS; MOSCOW FOR P&C; ROME
FOR USIS/AIO; BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND USEC (PAO) USVIENNA
FOR USDEL CSCE.
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: NONE
SUBJECT: DAILY MEDIA REACTION REPORT -- NATO SUMMIT
CAPITULATIONS--IN CAUCASUS, UKRAINE OR THE BALTICS?"
MARC PAOLINI REPORTS ON THE BACK PAGE OF FINANCIAL LA
TRIBUNE:
WHEN TO RIPOST? WHERE TO STRIKE? WHAT TO
DO IF UNPROFOR IS ATTACKED IN REPRISAL?, DOUGLAS HURD
ASKED. BILL CLINTON ANSWERED RATHER CLEARLY THE LAST
QUESTION, BY BEING THE NICE GUY, THE SUPPORTIVE BIG
BROTHER, ASKING THE EUROPEANS TO ASSUME ALONE THE
CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR DECISIONS: IF AIRPOWER IS USED,
'EVERYONE WILL TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTION'
PHILIPPE MARCOVICI AUTHORS THE FRONT-PAGE EDITORIAL OF
RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE QUOTIDIEN: "UNDER PRESSURE FROM
PARIS--SUPPORTED BY SEVERAL OF ITS EUROPEAN PARTNERS,
BILL CLINTON BRANDISHED A THREATENING STICK GAINST
BOSNIAN SERBS YESTERDAY--AGAINST HIS WILL
FRENCH
DIPLOMACY HAS SCORED POINTS BY FORCING AMERICA TO COME
OUT OF ITS CAUTIOUS RESERVATION
IN BRUSSELS,
CLINTON AND MITTERRAND SAID THAT WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH IF
NO ACTION FOLLOWS. WE WON'T BLAME THEM FOR THIS. BY
DINT OF HAVING ALREADY SPOKEN TOO MUCH, THEY--ABOVE ALL
THE AMERICANS--HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO KEEP UP THE BOSNIAN
FIRE INSTEAD OF EXTINGUISHING IT. THEY HAVE MADE
MISFORTUNATE BOSNIAN PRESIDENT IZETBEGOVIC BELIEVE THAT
A MILITARY INTERVENTION WAS IMMINENT, AND ENCOURAGED HIM
TO REJECT ALL SUCCESSIVE PEACE PLANS, EVEN IF THESE WERE
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MUSLIMS' DEMANDS. TODAY, THE
SAME CAUSES MAY PRODUCE THE SAME EFFECTS.
PAUL CAMBON IN LE QUOTIDIEN
FOR THE FIRST DAY OF
THE SUMMIT YESTERDAY, EUROPEANS AND AMERICANS RAISED
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MORE QUESTIONS THAN THEY GAVE ANSWER TO."
ALAIN FRACHON IS LE MONDE'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO BRUSSELS:
"THE UNITED STATES AND WESTERN EUROPE MUST
'REINVIGORATE' THEIR TRANS-ATLANTIC TIES, NOT IN ORDER
TO RECREATE A 'BLOC' THAT WOULD CONFRONT ANOTHER ONE,
BUT IN ORDER TO INTEGRATE EASTERN EUROPEAN NATIONS,
INCLUDING RUSSIA, INTO THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRATIC
COUNTRIES. THE MESSAGE WAS CLEAR, EXPECTED, DETAILED.
BY LAUNCHING THIS CALL, BILL CLINTON HAS NEITHER
SURPRISED ANYONE NOR RAISED GREAT ENTHUSIASM. BECAUSE,
FOR HIS FIRST VISIT TO EUROPE, ONE YEAR AFTER HE TOOK
OFFICE, THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT CHOSE CAUTION
(IN
HIS BRUSSELS SPEECH) BILL CLINTON DID NOT LOOK INSPIRED.
THE U.S. PRESIDENT, WHO KNOWS HOW TO BE LYRICAL AND
CONVINCING WHEN HE TALKS OF HEALTH CARE REFORM IN THE
U.S., DID NOT HAVE THE (RIGHT) TONE FOR AN EXERCICE--
SPEECH TO WORRIED EUROPEANS--WHICH WOULD HAVE REQUIRED
GREATER THRUST. HE READ, WITHOUT PASSION, A LONG AND
VERY SERIOUS SPEECH WHICH CARRIED LESS HIS EARMARK--
USUALLY WARMER--THAN THAT--EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS- OF HIS
FOREIGN POLICY ADVISERS. (THE EUROPEANS) DID NOT EXPECT
THE EQUIVALENT OF JOHN KENNEDY'S 'ICH BIN EIN BERLINER',
BUT AT LEAST MORE FIRE THAN IS IN A STRATEGIC, SOCIAL
AND ECONOMIC LECTURE. THE SCORE WAS SOLID, THE
PERFORMANCE WAS MONOTONOUS
AT THE MOMENT WHEN THE
EUROPEAN UNION IS SOUNDING ITS AUTONOMY ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SCENE, WHEN IT WANTS TO GET GREATER
POLITICAL AND MILITARY INDEPENDENCE, IT ALSO SEEMS TO BE
SOLLICITING, MORE THAN EVER, AMERICA'S INTERVENTION ON
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DOC FOR ITA/EUR/FR AND PASS USTR/PA (ANN LUZZATO)
USCINCEUR FOR PAO; NATO FOR USIS; MOSCOW FOR P&C; ROME
FOR USIS/AIO; BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND USEC (PAO); USVIENNA
FOR USDEL CSCE.
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SUBJECT: DAILY MEDIA REACTION REPORT -- NATO SUMMIT
THE OLD CONTINENT. THIS CONTRADICTION WILL BE AT THE
HEART OF THE (NATO) SUMMIT
MILITARY, ECONOMIC AND
POLITICAL INTEGRATION OF THE FORMER EASTERN BLOC--THIS
PERSPECTIVE, ALTHOUGH POORLY PRESENTED IS HOWEVER
AMBITIOUS. MR. CLINTON SAYS THAT THIS IS THE (BEST)
FORMULA TO PREVENT (THE EMERGENCE OF) NEW BOSNIAS. THE
PROBLEM OF THE BRUSSELS SUMMIT IS THAT IT WILL PROBABLY
BE JUDGED NOT ON WHAT IT PROPOSES FOR THE FUTURE, BUT ON
WHAT IT SUGGESTS TO CALM DOWN TODAY'S BOSNIA."
JACQUES MALMASSARI IN MASS-APPEAL FRANCE SOIR: IT IS
OBVIOUSLY BOSNIA THAT WILL BE THE TEST OF NATO'S
EFFECTIVENESS. IF
NATO DOES NOT MANAGE TO PUT AN END
TO THIS OUTRAGEOUS AND CONTAGIOUS WAR, ONE WILL WONDER
ABOUT ITS USEFULNESS, AND START FEARING THAT THIS
CENTURY MIGHT END JUST LIKE IT STARTED (WORLD WAR) "
JEAN-RENE LAPLAYNE IN REGIONAL LE PROVENCAL: "BILL
CLINTON DID NOT FAIL IN HIS FIRST TRIP TO EUROPE. HE
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DID NOT PERHAPS ANSWER ALL OF THE EU'S EXPECTATIONS;
BUT, ON ONE HAND, THE 12 ARE SATISFIED BY PARTNERSHIP
FOR PEACE AND, ON THE OTHER HAND, THE AMERICAN POSITION
ON BOSNIA SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED
LET'S SAY THAT THE
U.S. HAS MADE A STEP TOWARDS EUROPE IN THE ANALYSIS OF
THE YUGOSLAV CONFLICT. NOW WE HAVE TO SEE HOW THIS
RAPPROCHEMENT WILL BE MIRRORED ON THE GROUND."
JEAN-CLAUDE KIEFER IN REGIONAL LES DERNIERES NOUVELLES
D'ALSACE: BILL CLINTON SAID THAT THE U.S. WOULD
SUPPORT ANY NATO DECISION so LONG AS IT IS NOT JUST
'RHETORIC' BECAUSE 'THE ALLIANCE'S CREDIBILITY IS AT
STAKE'. CLEARLY SPEAKING: IF YOU WANT TO USE AIRPOWER,
WE WILL SUPPORT YOU. 'MESSRS. THE EUROPEANS, SHOOT
FIRST'. VERY DIPLOMATICALLY, THE EUROPEANS HAVE BEEN
PUT BACK BEFORE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES."
JEAN-CLAUDE ARBONA IN REGIONAL LA NOUVELLE REPUBLIQUE DU
CENTRE-OUEST: IT WAS UP TO SOME STRONG VOICES IN
NATO--THAT OF THE U.S., INEVITABLY--T GIVE THE EXAMPLE
OF NATO'S DEFENSIVE REALITY"
ANDRE MAZIERES IN REGIONAL LA CHARENTE LIBRE:
"OVERCOMING HIS ADMINISTRATION'S AND HIS CONGRESS'
RELUCTANCE TO MILITARILY ENGAGE IN BOSNIA, THE AMERICAN
PRESIDENT SEEMS TO HAVE GIVEN IN TO EUROPEAN PRESSURE ON
THAT POINT (AIR STRIKES)
WILL THE NATO WARNING TO
THE BELLIGERENTS LEAD THEM TO COMPROMISE?"
JEAN LEVALLOIS IN REGIONAL LA PRESSE DE LA MANCHE: "IT
IS CLEAR THAT BILL CLINTON'S AMERICA IS MORE CONCERNED
ABOUT ITS COMFORT THAN ABOUT PLAYING ITS LEADERSHIP
ROLE.
DOMINIQUE VALES IN REGIONAL LA MONTAGNE: "THE FACT THAT
BILL CLINTON HAS WAITED ONE YEAR BEFORE MAKING HIS FIRST
TRIP TO EUROPE MIRRORS A U.S. DISENGAGEMENT ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SCENE AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET
UNION. THE FACT THAT THE U.S. PRESIDENT FINALLY
SEEMED TO RALLY HIS ALLIES ON THE QUESTION OF NATO AIR
STRIKES IN BOSNIA MIRRORS WASHINGTON'S HESITATIONS ON
WHICH ATTITUDE TO ADOPT VIS-A-VIS A CONFLICT IN WHICH
THE AMERICANS DON'T FEEL IN THE END, VERY MUCH
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OSC ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; WHITE HOUSE FOR NSC/WEUROPE;
DOC FOR ITA/EUR/FR AND PASS USTR/PA (ANN LUZZATO)
USCINCEUR FOR PAO; NATO FOR USIS; MOSCOW FOR P&C; ROME
FOR USIS/AIO; BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND USEC (PAO); USVIENNA
FOR USDEL CSCE.
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: NONE
SUBJECT: DAILY MEDIA REACTION REPORT -- NATO SUMMIT
CONCERNED. THIS IS WHY THESE POSITIONS MUST BE WELCOMED
WITH CAUTION, BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE TO BE CONFIRMED BY
CONCRETE ACTION."
MICHEL COLOMES IN WEEKLY LE POINT:
"
(FRENCH FOREIGN
AND DEFENSE MINISTERS) JUPPE AND LEOTARD ARE DETERMINED
TO SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE NATO SUMMIT TO PUT THE
ALLIANCE BEFORE ITS RESPONSIBILITIES, AND THE AMERICANS
BEFORE THEIR CONTRADICTIONS. INDEED, THE FRENCH WANT TO
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BENEFIT FROM THE BRUSSELS MEETING TO UNDERLINE THE
INCOHERENCE OF THE U.S. POLICY--ON ONE SIDE, AN EXTREME
RELUCTANCE TO TAKE LIMITED RISKS ON THE OTHER SIDE,
THE PROMISE MADE TO CENTRAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. TO
ASSOCIATE THEM TO A VAGUE PLAN FOR MILITARY COOPERATION,
THE 'PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE' WHOSE MAJOR OBJECTIVE WILL
BE TO ORGANIZE JOINT EXERCISES AND CHIEFS OF STAFF
DISCUSSIONS. ONE UNDERSTANDS LECH WALESA'S ANGER."
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PRESIDENT CLINTON'S VISIT TO KIEV
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CLINTON'S JANUARY 12 VISIT TO KIEV WAS MADE OVER
UKRAINIAN STATE TELEVISION IN THE 7:00 P.M. NEWS
TEXT:
UNCLAS KIEV 000189
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SUBJECT: UKRAINIAN PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT OF
PRESIDENT CLINTON'S VISIT TO KIEV
THE FIRST PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRESIDENT
CLINTON'S JANUARY 12 VISIT TO KIEV WAS MADE OVER
UKRAINIAN STATE TELEVISION IN THE 7:00 P.M. NEWS
BROADCAST ON JANUARY 10. THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS
BEING REPEATED IN SUBSEQUENT TELEVISION AND RADIO
NEWSCASTS. THE TEXT OF THE UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT
ANNOUNCEMENT FOLLOWS:
ACCORDING TO THE PRESS SERVICE OF THE PRESIDENCY
OF UKRAINE AND CABINET OF MINISTERS OF UKRAINE,
WHICH WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED, AGREEMENT HAS BEEN
REACHED ABOUT A CONSULTATIVE MEETING ON JANUARY 12
IN KIEV BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE LEONID
KRAVCHUK AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA BILL CLINTON DURING WHICH QUESTIONS OF
BILATERAL RELATIONS WILL BE DISCUSSED. ALSO
PLANNED IS A JANUARY 14 UKRAINIAN-RUSSIAN-AMERICAN
MEETING ON THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN MOSCOW, THE
PURPOSE OF WHICH IS COMPLETION OF THREE-WAY
NEGOTIATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE IN
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AMBASSADOR ALBRIGHT'S JANUARY 13-14 VISIT TO
TEXT:
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 SOFIA 000223
PRAGUE FOR AMBASSADOR ALBRIGHT'S DELEGATION
E.O. 12356:N/A
TAGS: PREL, NATO, ECPS, PGOV, OVIP (ALBRIGHT, M.), BU
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR ALBRIGHT'S JANUARY 13-14 VISIT TO
SOFIA: PRESS BRIEFING
1. THE BULGARIAN PRESS HAS GIVEN EXTENSIVE COVERAGE TO
THE PRESIDENT'S AND AMBASSADOR ALBRIGHT'S TRAVEL TO
EUROPE AND THE NATO AND PRAGUE MEETINGS IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE INITIATIVE. MORE THAN
FORTY REPORTERS WATCHED AMBASSADOR ALBRIGHT'S JANUARY 4
WORLDNET INTERVIEW, AND MOST COVERAGE OF HER COMMENTS
WAS STRAIGHTFORWARD.
2. NONETHELESS, THE BULGARIAN PRESS HAS TENDED TO FOCUS
MORE ON ATMOSPHERICS, THE LACK OF PROSPECT FOR EARLY
MEMBERSHIP, AND THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS FROM RUSSIA
(YELTSIN AND ZHIRINOVSKIY ALIKE) THAN ON THE P4P
SUBSTANCE. IN SUCH CASES, THE LOCAL MEDIA TEND TO ECHO
FOREIGN COMMENTARY. INDEED, INITIAL REACTION TO THE
NATO SUMMIT'S FIRST DAY HAS BEEN MIXED, A DIRECT
REFELCTION OF THE MIXED REACTION IN OTHER CEE CAPITALS
(I.E., WARSAW AND BUCHAREST; THE LOCAL PRESS ALSO GAVE
PROMINENT PLAY TO LAST WEEK'S EXPRESSION OF DIFFIDENCE
TOWARD A COMMON VISEGRAD POSITION ON THE PART OF THE
CZECH DEFENCE MINISTER).
3. THE LOCAL MEDIA ARE LIKELY TO FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWING
ISSUES DURING AMBASSADOR ALBRIGHT'S VISIT:
--WHETHER BULGARIA WILL BE TREATED LESS FAVORABLY THAN
THE VISEGRAD FOUR (QUESTIONS ARE POSSIBLE ABOUT WHY
BULGARIA WAS NOT INVITED TO PRAGUE AND WHY GEN.
SHALIKASHVILI DID NOT CONTINUE TO THE BALKANS) ;
--TIMETABLE FOR MEMBERSHIP AND THE COST (PRESIDENT
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ZHELEV'S FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HAS PUBLICLY
CLAIMED IT WOULD COST BULGARIA USD 35 BILLION TO ADAPT
TO NATO MILITARY STANDARDS);
--WHY AMBASSADOR ALBRIGHT IS MEETING OFFICIALLY ONLY
WITH PRESIDENT ZHELEV, AND NOT WITH THE PRIME MINISTER
OR RELEVANT PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES;
--U.S./NATO REACTION TO RUSSIA'S RESENTMENT OF NATO
EXPANSION;
--LACK OF NATO INTERVENTION TO DATE IN B-H;
-CONTINUATION OF CASCADING OF TLE TO TURKEY AND GREECE
AND, IN BULGARIAN EYES, DETRIMENTAL CONSEQUENCES FOR THE
SOUTHERN BALKAN BALANCE;
--U.S. SUPPORT FOR TURKEY.
4. SINCE BULGARIA IS NOT REPRESENTED AT THE PRAGUE
MEETING, AMBASSADOR ALBRIGHT'S VISIT WILL BE WATCHED FOR
SIGNS OF BULGARIA'S RELATIVE STANDING. OUR DRAFT
ARRIVAL STATEMENT AND JANUARY 14 PRESS STATEMENT TAKE
THIS ATTITUDE INTO ACCOUNT. WE HAVE COUCHED OUR DRAFTS
IN TERMS OF WHAT WE THINK CAN BE REASONABLY STATED IN
APPRECIATION OF BULGARIA'S POSITION AND RECORD.
5. WE ANTICIPATE THAT UP TO 30 JOURNALISTS MAY APPEAR
AT THE PRE-DEPARTURE PRESS CONFERENCE. WE ARE
REQUESTING SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION. THERE SHOULD BE
20-25 MINUTES FOR Q'A AND A'S. IF TIME PERMITS, WE
WOULD APPRECIATE AMBASSADOR ALBRIGHT'S SITTING AS WELL
FOR A FIVE-MINUTE TAPED INTERVIEW FOR THE EVENING
NEWSCAST (THE MOST RELIABLE AND EFFECTIVE LOCAL MEDIUM).
6. THE FOURTH ESTATE HERE IS GENERALLY RESPECTFUL AND
ORDERLY IN ENCOUNTERS WITH FOREIGN DIGNITARIES, BUT
SPECULATIVE, CARELESS, OR TENDENTIOUS IN THE STORIES IT
THEN WRITES. BULGARIA UNDER THE 1944-1989 COMMUNIST
REGIME DID NOT DEVELOP THE DISSIDENT MOVEMENTS, AND THUS
THE DIVERSITY IN THE OPEN AND UNDERGROUND PRESS, WHICH
AMBASSADOR ALBRIGHT EXAMINED IN HER STUDIES OF THE ROLE
OF THE PRESS AT CRITICAL MOMENTS IN CONTEMPORARY POLISH
AND CZECHOSLOVAK HISTORY. IN SHORT, THERE IS NO
BULGARIAN ADAM MICHNIK. JOURNALISTS ARE UNRELIABLE
OBSERVERS OF BASIC GROUNDRULES FOR COMMENTS OFF THE
RECORD OR ON BACKGROUND. A POPULIST STRAIN IN LOCAL
JOURNALISM AND THE HANGOVER FROM YEARS OF REPEATING THE
CLICHES OF DILAECTICAL AND HISTORICAL MATERIALISM OFTEN
RESULT IN DEFENSIVE ANTI-U.S./ANTI-WESTERN COMMENTRY.
THUS THE BEST APPROACH SEEMS TO BE TO EMPHASIZE THE
POSITIVE, MIX IN A BIT OF HUMOR, AND STICK TO WHAT CAN
BE SAID ON THE RECORD. DRAFT STATEMENTS FOLLOW:
DRAFT STATEMENT FOR JANUARY 13 ARRIVAL:
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 02 SOFIA 000223
PRAGUE FOR AMBASSADOR ALBRIGHT'S DELEGATION
E.O. 12356:N/A
TAGS: PREL, NATO, ECPS, PGOV, OVIP (ALBRIGHT, M.), BU
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR ALBRIGHT'S JANUARY 13-14 VISIT TO
SOFIA: PRESS BRIEFING
I AM DELIGHTED TO BE IN SOFIA. I LOOK FORWARD VERY
MUCH TO MEETING PRESIDENT ZHELEV, TO WHOM I WILL DELIVER
A LETTER FROM PRESIDENT CLINTON. I WELCOME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF HIM ON THE RESULTS OF THE NATO
SUMMIT AND PRAGUE MEETING AND THE PROSPECTS FOR THE
PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE INITIATIVES. I ALSO HOPE TO
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CONSULT ON IMPORTANT ISSUES OF REGIONAL SECURITY AND
OTHER ISSUES OF MUTUAL INTEREST.
I LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
HAVE AT MY PRESS BRIEFING TOMMOROW MORNING.
DRAFT AIRPORT DEPARTURE STATEMENT (BEFORE PRESS
CONFERENCE) :
BEFORE TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO
EMPHASIZE HOW PLEASED I WAS TO MEET PRESIDENT ZHELEV AND
TO PRESENT HIM A LETTER FROM PRESIDENT CLINTON. IN
BRIEFING PRESIDENT ZHELEV ON THE RESULTS OF THE NATO
SUMMIT AND PRAGUE MEETING, I REVIEWED THE DETAILS OF OUR
PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE PROPOSAL AS ADOPTED. MY
GOVERNMENT IS PLEASED THAT BOTH THE BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT
AND PARLIAMENT HAVE WELCOMED THE PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL.
WE HOPE BULGARIA WILL TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE
PARTNERSHIP, WHICH WE SEE AS A KEY EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
TOWARD STRENGTHENING COOPERATION AND SECURITY THROUGHOUT
EUROPE.
IT WAS EXCEPTIONALLY VALUABLE FOR ME AS WELL TO
CONSULT WITH PRESIDENT ZHELEV ON OTHER ISSUES OF MUTUAL
INTEREST, INCLUDING REGIONAL SECURITY. I APPRECIATED
THE OPPORTUNITY BOTH TO HEAR PRESIDENT ZHELEV'S
EVALUATION OF THE SITUATION IN THE BALKANS AND TO
EXCHANGE VIEWS ON HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER
TO CONTAIN THE TRAGEDY THERE.
I ALSO WISH TO ADD A NOTE ABOUT DEMOCRATIC
REFORMS. IN ESSENCE WE THINK THE QUESTION OF SECURITY
IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AND IN THE FORMER SOVIET
UNION IS INEXTRICABLY LINKED WITH THE FATE OF DEMOCRATIC
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REFORMS. THE RULE OF LAW,
PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS, THE SANCTITY OF
PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISE IN AN OPEN
MARKET SYSTEM ARE ESSENTIAL PREREQUISITES FOR STABILITY,
ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND NATIONAL SECURITY. THEY THUS LAY
THE GROUNDWORK FOR DEVELOPMENT OF LINKS WITH NATO, WHOSE
STRENGTH THROUGH ALMOST 45 YEARS HAS FLOWED FROM
PROMOTION OF SHARED DEMOCRATIC VALUES.
I WOULD LIKE TO SALUTXPRESIDENT ZHELEV AND OTHER
BULGARIAN DEMOCRATIC REFORMERS FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS TO
DATE DURING A DIFFICULT TRANSITION AND FOR THEIR
COMMITMENT TO FURTHER REFORM. I UNDERSTAND THAT IN 1994
THE BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONCLUDE
CRUCIAL AGREEMENTS WITH THE IMF, WORLD BANK, AND LONDON
CLUB. IN WISHING BULGARIA SUCCESS IN THIS ENDEAVOR AND
PROSPERITY IN GENERAL, I HOPE YOUR DEMOCRATIC REFORMS
PROCEED WITH RENEWED VIGOR. MONTGOMERY
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SUBJ:
SLOVENE MEDIA REACTION TO AMBASSADOR
ALBRIGHT'S UPCOMING VISIT TO LJUBLJANA
POST REPEATS THE FOLLOWING MEDIA REACTION WHICH WAS
SENT VIA E-MAIL TO USIA ON JANUARY 10:
LEFT OF CENTER INDEPENDENT DAILY "DNEVNIK" OF JAN. 8,
TEXT:
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SUBJECT: SLOVENE MEDIA REACTION TO AMBASSADOR
ALBRIGHT'S UPCOMING VISIT TO LJUBLJANA
POST REPEATS THE FOLLOWING MEDIA REACTION WHICH WAS
SENT VIA E-MAIL TO USIA ON JANUARY 10:
LEFT OF CENTER INDEPENDENT DAILY "DNEVNIK" OF JAN. 8,
1994 FEATURES A PAGE 3 COMMENTARY ON AMBASSADOR
ALBRIGHT'S VISIT TO SLOVENIA TITLED "THE COUNTRY OF THE
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IT IS NOT A COINCIDENCE THAT SLOVENIAN MEDIA MORE
OR LESS AVOIDED COMMENTARIES ON THE LETTER TO (SLOVENE
PRESIDENT) KUCAN AND (SLOVENE P.M.) DRNOVSEK BY THE
AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION IN WHICH PRESIDENT CLINTON PUT
SLOVENIA AT THE SIDE OF "BALKAN DEMOCRACIES - ALBANIA,
BULGARIA, AND ROMANIA". THE TOPIC IS PAINFUL (FOR
SLOVENIA) BECAUSE IT INDICATES
A SUCCESS AND A
FAILURE OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY
FOR THE FIRST TIME,
AMERICANS
DO NOT SPEAK OF SLOVENIA AS A PART OF THE
FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, BUT NEVERTHELESS UNDOUBTEDLY LIST
IT AS PART OF THE BALKANS.
THE (LETTER) SHOWS A UNIQUE HIERARCHY IN THE
LISTING OF FORMER COMMUNIST STATES, FOR ITS SPEAKS
OF THE STRATEGY ON ACCEPTING NEW STATES IN NATO, ABOUT
WHICH THE "BALKAN DEMOCRACIES" WOULD BE ONLY INFORMED,
WHILE THE THREE VYSEGRAD STATES WOULD "DISCUSS" (THE
STRATEGY) WITH THE PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL ENVOY.
ALTHOUGH SLOVENIA, ACCORDING TO ITS ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, BELONGS AMONG THE
VYSEGRAD STATES, IT
IS STILL PLACED IN THE BALKANS BY AMERICAN POLITICAL
INTERESTS AND (AMERICAN) UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD.
WITH THE END OF COMMUNISM AND DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE, SLOVENIANS HAVE ACQUIRED A STATE WHICH,
FROM THE AMERICAN POINT OF VIEW IS GEOSTRATEGICALLY
LESS IMPORTANT THAN SOME OTHER FORMER COMMUNIST STATES,
AND LESS IMPORTANT THAN (YUGOSLAVIA) USED TO BE. AND
EVEN MORE - WE STILL HAVE THE STATUS OF A BALKAN STATE
OUR TRIP TO THE "EUROPE OF NATIONS" HAS ENDED IN A
"BALKAN DEMOCRACY".
SUCH SITUATIONS CANNOT BE
SOLVED BY EMOTIONAL OUTBURSTS
WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND
ANOTHEGO (STATE'S) VIEWPOINT AND TRY TO INFLUENCE IT.
FOR THE BEGINNING, SLOVENIA WOULD NEED MORE
DIPLOMATS WHO UNDERSTAND AMERICAN POLICY AND KNOW WHAT
TO DO (CHANGE) IT. WITH AGGRESSIVE ECONOMIC POLICY,
SLOVENIA SHOULD PLACE ITSELF so FIRMLY AMONG THE "FIRST
LEAGUE STATES" THAT NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO OUST IT FROM
IT
MINIMIZE CONSIDERED. SANTORO
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SUBJ: GERMAN MEDIA REACTION REPORT
FOLLOWING IS A REVIEW OF GERMAN MEDIA OF JANUARY 11, 1994
TEXT:
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 08 BONN GE 00712
USIA
USIA FOR EU, P/M, P/FW, P/FN, P/P, R, VOA/BRE; STATE FOR
EUR/P/PA (VTADIE), EUR/CE, S/CSCE, PM, INR/RWE, ALSO PASS
FSI/CSFA; FRG POSTS FOR USIS; BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND
USEC; EMBASSIES FOR USIS, LONDON ALSO FOR POL; USNATO
ALSO FOR USDELMC; USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN ALSO FOR ECPAO,
POLAD, CJ1-HN, ECJ5-E, ECPA (CAPT. PETERSON); USSUPPORT
ELEMENT HQ BALTAP ALSO FOR PIO/NATO; HQUSAF WASHDC ALSO
FOR XOXX; FRANKFURT FOR GAO (SBIGGS)
"PERISHABLE INFORMATION -- DO NOT SERVICE"
PART ONE OF TWO
E.O. 12356: N/A
SUBJECT: GERMAN MEDIA REACTION REPORT
FOLLOWING IS A REVIEW OF GERMAN MEDIA OF JANUARY 11, 1994
CONTENTS:
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A. LEAD STORIES SUMMARY
B. NATO: BRUSSELS SUMMIT
C. U.S.-EUROPE: CLINTON VISIT
D. BOSNIA: NATO THREATENS AIR STRIKES
E. VIZEGRAD NATIONS: REACTIONS TO NATO SUMMIT
F. MIDDLE EAST: ISRAELI-PLO PEACE TALKS
G. RUSSIA: FIRST SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
A. LEAD STORIES SUMMARY
TUESDAY, JANUARY 11
HEADLINES
"NATO COUNTRIES UNANIMOUSLY APPROVE 'PARTNERSHIP FOR
PEACE' CONCEPT" (FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE)
'PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE' WITH EASTERN EUROPE - BUT NO
CONCRETE PROMISES OF (NATO) MEMBERSHIP" (SUEDDEUTSCHE
ZEITUNG)
"NATO AGREES ON PEACE PARTNERSHIP" (FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU)
"NATO OPENS TO THE EAST" (DIE WELT)
"NATO TO OPEN TO THE EAST" (GENERAL-ANZEIGER)
EDITORIALS CENTER ON THE STATEMENT OF INTERIOR MINISTER
KANTHER THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT BE WILLING TO AGREE
TO A PAY INCREASE OF FOUR PERCENT AS THE CIVIL SERVANTS
UNION DEMANDED, ON THE NATO SUMMIT AND THE
BOSNIAN-CROATIAN PEACE TALKS IN BONN. ALL PAPERS CARRY
ON THEIR FRONT PAGES THE SAME PICTURE SHOWING PRESIDENT
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 08 BONN GE 00712
USIA
USIA FOR EU, P/M, P/FW, P/FN, P/P, R, VOA/BRE; STATE FOR
EUR/P/PA (VTADIE), EUR/CE, S/CSCE, PM, INR/RWE, ALSO PASS
FSI/CSFA; FRG POSTS FOR USIS; BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND
USEC; EMBASSIES FOR USIS, LONDON ALSO FOR POL; USNATO
ALSO FOR USDELMC; USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN ALSO FOR ECPAO,
POLAD, CJ1-HN, ECJ5-E, ECPA (CAPT. PETERSON); USSUPPORT
ELEMENT HQ BALTAP ALSO FOR PIO/NATO; HQUSAF WASHDC ALSO
FOR XOXX; FRANKFURT FOR GAO (SBIGGS)
"PERISHABLE INFORMATION -- DO NOT SERVICE"
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SUBJECT: GERMAN MEDIA REACTION REPORT
CLINTON SHAKING HANDS WITH CHANCELLOR KOHL WHILE WARREN
CHRISTOPHER AND KLAUS KINKEL LOOK ON. ZDF-TV EARLY
EVENING NEWSCAST HEUTE FOCUSED ON THE NATO SUMMIT IN
BRUSSELS, THE BOSNIAN-CROATIAN PEACE TALKS, AND THE
UPCOMING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TALKS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS AND THE CIVIL SERVANTS' UNION.
B. NATO: BRUSSELS SUMMIT
1. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT KURT KISTER COMMENTS IN
CENTRIST SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG OF MUNICH UNDER THE
HEADLINE:
"RUSHING TO EMBRACE THE OLD CONTINENT."
KISTER BEGINS BY QUOTING NATO SECRETARY GENERAL
WOERNER'S SPEECH TO THE SUMMIT:
"'THE HEADLINE: WHY NATO? HAS DISAPPEARED. MANY
WANT TO JOIN OUR ALLIANCE OR AT LEAST ESTABLISH CLOSER
LINKS.' IT IS PRECISELY THESE CLOSER LINKS WHICH HAVE
BEEN KEEPING THE ALLIANCE ON TENTERHOOKS FOR THE PAST FEW
WEEKS. THE MUCH-DISCUSSED AND CONTROVERSIAL
(PARTICULARLY IN EASTERN EUROPE) PROPOSAL FOR A
'PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE' WAS TO BE APPROVED AT THIS SUMMIT
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- AND IT WAS APPROVED ASTONISHINGLY QUICKLY. AS EARLY AS
MIDDAY, SPOKESMEN FOR THE VARIOUS DELEGATIONS REPORTED
THAT NOBODY HAD ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE CONCEPT. THE
EASTERN EUROPEANS, SAID HELMUT KOHL IN HIS SPEECH, FELT
AS IF THEY WERE LIVING 'IN A SECURITY GREY ZONE: THIS IS
WHY WE ARE OFFERING ALL THESE COUNTRIES A PARTNERSHIP FOR
PEACE AND ALSO THE PROSPECT OF MEMBERSHIP OF NATO AT THIS
SUMMIT.' THIS SOUNDS GOOD, IS WELL MEANT BUT DOES NOT
INCLUDE ONE THING: 'NOBODY IS CURRENTLY IN A POSITION TO
NAME A CONCRETE DATE,' ADDED KOHL. JOHN MAJOR SPOKE IN A
SIMILAR VEIN: 'WE CANNOT NOW DEFINE WHO WILL BE ABLE AT
WHAT JUNCTURE TO FULFILL THE CONDITIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP.
THE TRICKY THING IS THAT NATO HAS NOT DEFINED THESE
CONDITIONS. MAJOR NEVERTHELESS OFFERED THE EAST
COMFORT: 'THE DOOR IS OPEN.'
"IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, EVERYONE GOT THEIR WAY OVER
THE ISSUE OF EXPANDING NATO - PARTICULARLY THE
AMERICANS
THE ALLIANCE WILL NOW HAVE TO DECIDE HOW
TO FINANCE THE CONCEPT. BILL CLINTON MADE REFERENCE TO
THIS DURING HIS SPEECH: 'EACH OF US MUST WILLINGLY TAKE
PAINS TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESS.' CLINTON SAID THAT THE
PARTNERSHIP COULD NOT REMAIN A GESTURE. INITIAL
REACTIONS FROM THE EAST SUGGEST THAT THE VIZEGRAD STATES
WILL RELUCTANTLY ACCEPT THE OFFER BECAUSE THEY - PROBABLY
RIGHTLY - CAN SEE NO OTHER WAY TO ACHIEVE THE MEMBERSHIP
WHICH THEY WANT so BADLY.
UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 08 BONN GE 00712
USIA
USIA FOR EU, P/M, P/FW, P/FN, P/P, R, VOA/BRE; STATE FOR
EUR/P/PA (VTADIE), EUR/CE, S/CSCE, PM, INR/RWE, ALSO PASS
FSI/CSFA; FRG POSTS FOR USIS; BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND
USEC; EMBASSIES FOR USIS, LONDON ALSO FOR POL; USNATO
ALSO FOR USDELMC; USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN ALSO FOR ECPAO,
POLAD, CJ1-HN, ECJ5-E, ECPA (CAPT. PETERSON); USSUPPORT
ELEMENT HQ BALTAP ALSO FOR PIO/NATO; HQUSAF WASHDC ALSO
FOR XOXX; FRANKFURT FOR GAO (SBIGGS)
"PERISHABLE INFORMATION -- DO NOT SERVICE"
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"THE SECOND PROBLEM WHICH HUNG LIKE A CLOUD OVER THE
ALLIANCE HEADQUARTERS ON MONDAY WAS BOSNIA - ONCE
AGAIN
CLINTON KNOWS THAT THE BEHAVIOR OF THE so
POWERFUL AND YET so HOLLOW NATO IN THE CASE OF BOSNIA HAS
LOST IT CREDIBILITY. 'WHAT IS AT STAKE IS NOT ONLY THE
SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE OF SARAJEVO,' SAID CLINTON, 'BUT
ALSO THE CREDIBILITY OF THE ALLIANCE ITSELF.' MANY
ASSESSMENTS WHICH SEEM OBVIOUS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE GAIN A
PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE WHEN THEY ARE SAID BY THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT
OF 15 OTHER COUNTRIES. CLINTON MADE ONE MORE THING CLEAR
DURING HIS BRIEF SPEECH: HE HAS LEARNED FROM WARREN
CHRISTOPHER'S TRIP TO EUROPE LAST MAY, WHICH WAS
DISASTROUS FOR HIS ADMINISTRATION'S REPUTATION IN FOREIGN
POLICY. THE SECRETARY OF STATE WITH THE MUMMIFIED AND
MUMMIFYING SMILE CAME TO CONSULT EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS
ALTHOUGH EVERYONE WAS EXPECTING A CLEAR DECISION AND
COVERT ORDERS FROM WASHINGTON
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"IT IS QUITE CLEAR: ONE OF THE AIMS OF BILL
CLINTON'S EUROPEAN TOUR IS TO PRESENT HIMSELF AS THE
RESOLUTE AND DECISIVE LEADER OF THE WESTERN WORLD AND ITS
APPENDAGE WHICH ONLY LIES TO THE EAST IN GEOGRAPHICAL
TERMS
IN SPITE OF THE BREADTH OF HIS PROGRAM, WHICH
STRETCHES FROM THE ATTEMPTED RENEWAL OF NATO TO A MEETING
WITH SYRIA'S PRESIDENT ASSAD, CLINTON'S WHIRLWIND TOUR
HAS A GREAT, OVERRIDING MOTTO. FLYING FROM WEST TO EAST,
HE WANTS TO CONVINCE THE EUROPEANS THAT AMERICA REMAINS
INSEPARABLY LINKED WITH EUROPE."
2. HERBERT KREMP COMMENTS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF
RIGHT-OF-CENTER DIE WELT OF BERLIN UNDER THE HEADLINE:
"THE ALLIANCE CLOSES RANKS."
"IN BRUSSELS, U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON DESCRIBED
RELATIONS WITH EUROPE AS THE CENTRAL POINT OF AMERICAN
FOREIGN POLICY. THIS STATEMENT WAS PRECEDED BY A PERIOD
OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE COURSE WHICH THE SUPERPOWER
AMERICA INTENDED TO PURSUE IN FUTURE. IS THERE AN ASIAN
TEMPTATION IN WASHINGTON? IF THIS WAS THE CASE, THE
PRESIDENT HAS NOW CORRECTED THE COURSE: WASHINGTON
INTENDS TO REMAIN THE LEADING POLITICAL AND MILITARY
POWER IN EUROPE.
"THE WESTERN EUROPEANS CAN BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF.
NOW THAT THE EUPHORIA OF CHANGE HAS ENDED AND RUSSIA HAS
RETURNED TO THE HISTORICAL PATH OF POWER POLITICS, THE
AMERICAN PRESENCE IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A BALANCE.
MADE WISER BY CRISES, WARS AND CONSPIRACIES IN MOSCOW,
THE WESTERN EUROPEANS ARE SHOWING RESPECT. AND NATO WILL
UNCLAS SECTION 04 OF 08 BONN GE 00712
USIA
USIA FOR EU, P/M, P/FW, P/FN, P/P, R, VOA/BRE; STATE FOR
EUR/P/PA (VTADIE), EUR/CE, S/CSCE, PM, INR/RWE, ALSO PASS
FSI/CSFA; FRG POSTS FOR USIS; BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND
USEC; EMBASSIES FOR USIS, LONDON ALSO FOR POL; USNATO
ALSO FOR USDELMC; USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN ALSO FOR ECPAO,
POLAD, CJ1-HN, ECJ5-E, ECPA (CAPT. PETERSON); USSUPPORT
ELEMENT HQ BALTAP ALSO FOR PIO/NATO; HQUSAF WASHDC ALSO
FOR XOXX; FRANKFURT FOR GAO (SBIGGS)
"PERISHABLE INFORMATION -- DO NOT SERVICE"
PART ONE OF TWO
E.O. 12356: N/A
SUBJECT: GERMAN MEDIA REACTION REPORT
ALSO PROFIT FROM THE SITUATION. AGAINST THE DARKER
BACKGROUND, THE PURPOSE AND AIM OF THE ALLIANCE APPEAR
BRIGHTER. NOW WE KNOW AGAIN THAT WITHOUT NATO, THE OLD
CONTINENT WOULD GET INTO TROUBLE.
"FOR THE UNITED STATES, RUSSIA HAS THE HIGHEST
PRIORITY. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HIS ADVISOR TALBOTT IN
THE STATE DEPARTMENT, CLINTON IS PINNING HIS HOPES ON THE
REFORMERS AROUND YELTSIN. THIS ENTAILS A RISK - THE
REFORMS COULD FAIL. PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE IS AN
AMBIGUOUS EXPRESSION. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER THE
MEASURES ANNOUNCED WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE THE
BATTERED PEOPLE OF 'TRANSEUROPE' WITH SECURITY. THEY
WILL NOT RESULT IN UNCONDITIONAL TRUST. FOR THESE
COUNTRIES, AMERICA'S CEMENTED COMMITMENT TO EUROPE IS A
GLIMMER OF HOPE - NO MORE AND NO LESS."
3. LEFT-OF-CENTER FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU CARRIES AN
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EDITORIAL BY BRUSSELS CORRESPONDENT ERICH HAUSER UNDER
THE HEADLINE:
"PARTNER INSTEAD OF MEMBER."
"THE COUNTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE WILL HAVE NO OPTION
OTHER THAN TO ACCEPT NATO'S OFFER OF 'PARTNERSHIP FOR
PEACE. THE BRUSSELS SUMMIT WAS PREPARED SO THOROUGHLY
THAT THERE COULD BE NO MORE DISSENT ABOUT EXPANDING THE
ALLIANCE EASTWARDS. NATO HAS SAID THAT IN PRINCIPLE IT
IS OPEN, BUT IT HAS DELIBERATELY FAILED TO SAY WHICH
COUNTRIES COULD BE ACCEPTED AS MEMBERS ON WHAT DATE.
THIS EVASIVE TACTIC BRINGS A TEMPORARY ADVANTAGE:
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT YELTSIN CAN SELL THE SUMMIT AS A
'SUCCESS.' IF DEMOCRATIC FORCES IN RUSSIA MANAGE TO KEEP
THE CHAUVINISTS AND NATIONALISTS IN CHECK, THE WORRIES OF
THE COUNTRY'S WESTERN NEIGHBORS FROM THE BALTIC TO THE
BLACK SEA MAY BE ALLAYED AS WELL. BUT THE STABILIZATION
OF RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY MAY DEPEND EVEN MORE ON ECONOMIC
SUCCESS.
"WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF 'PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE, THE
COUNTRIES OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE COULD ATTEMPT TO
MAKE THEIR POLITICAL AND MILITARY LINKS WITH THE WEST AS
CLOSE AS POSSIBLE. ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE SUMMIT, THERE
WERE PEOPLE WHO PREDICTED THAT THEY WOULD BE ADMITTED TO
THE ALLIANCE 'IN A FEW YEARS.' IT WAS CLEAR THAT NATO
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REFUSE THEM ENTRY FOR TOO LONG IF THE
AGGRESSIVE VOICES FROM MOSCOW BECOME LOUDER. IN
ADDITION, THE COUNTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE MAY FIND IT
EASIER TO ENTER NATO VIA THE EU AND ITS DEFENSE
ORGANIZATION THE WEU. PRESIDENT MITTERRAND SPOKE OF
SUPPLEMENTING THE 'EUROPEAN AGREEMENTS' BETWEEN THE EU
AND EASTERN EUROPEAN STATES WITH AGREEMENTS ON
UNCLAS SECTION 05 OF 08 BONN GE 00712
USIA
USIA FOR EU, P/M, P/FW, P/FN, P/P, R, VOA/BRE; STATE FOR
EUR/P/PA (VTADIE), EUR/CE, S/CSCE, PM, INR/RWE, ALSO PASS
FSI/CSFA; FRG POSTS FOR USIS; BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND
USEC; EMBASSIES FOR USIS, LONDON ALSO FOR POL; USNATO
ALSO FOR USDELMC; USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN ALSO FOR ECPAO,
POLAD, CJ1-HN, ECJ5-E, ECPA (CAPT. PETERSON) ; USSUPPORT
ELEMENT HQ BALTAP ALSO FOR PIO/NATO; HQUSAF WASHDC ALSO
FOR XOXX; FRANKFURT FOR GAO (SBIGGS)
"PERISHABLE INFORMATION -- DO NOT SERVICE"
PART ONE OF TWO
E.O. 12356: N/A
SUBJECT: GERMAN MEDIA REACTION REPORT
'ASSOCIATION WITH THE WEU. 'POLAND IS NOT LOST YET.'
THE WORDS OF THE POLISH NATIONAL ANTHEM ARE ALSO TRUE OF
OTHERS."
4. RIGHT-OF-CENTER BERLINER MORGENPOST CARRIES AN
EDITORIAL BY RUDOLF STIEGE UNDER THE HEADLINE:
"NATO WALKS THE TIGHTROPE."
"IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON IS
TO VISIT MOSCOW AFTER BRUSSELS AND PRAGUE. PERHAPS HE
WILL BE ABLE TO GET A PERSONAL IMPRESSION OF YELTSIN'S
STATE OF HEALTH WHILE IN THE KREMLIN. BUT WHEN THE
AMERICAN PRESIDENT LEAVES MOSCOW, HE IS NOT LIKELY TO
KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN YELTSIN HAS TO BOW OUT ONE
DAY. RELYING ON YELTSIN REMAINING IN OFFICE UNTIL 1996
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IS IRRESPONSIBLE AND TANTAMOUNT TO PUTTING ALL ONE'S EGGS
IN ONE BASKET.
"THERE IS NO DOUBT, NATO IS IN A GROTESQUE DILEMMA.
IN ORDER TO SAVE HIS REFORMS, IT IS HAVING TO TOLERATE
YELTSIN'S NATIONALISTIC BEHAVIOR. IS THIS TOLERANCE
REALLY OF BENEFIT TO YELTSIN, AND IS IT HARMFUL TO
ZHIRINOVSKY AND PEOPLE OF HIS ILK? THAT IS THE QUESTION."
5. LEFT-OF-CENTER FORMER SED YOUTH PAPER JUNGE WELT
FEATURES THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATIONS BY ULRICH SCHWERIN:
"NATO'S ORDERS."
"NATO HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY FIGHTING FOR ITS
POLITICAL AND MILITARY SURVIVAL FOR THREE YEARS NOW.
THIS SUCCESS LOGICALLY IMPLIES THE REJECTION OF ANY FORM
OF PAN-EUROPEAN SECURITY SYSTEM BECAUSE SUCH A THING
WOULD MAKE THE ALLIANCE UTTERLY SUPERFLUOUS. THE CSCE
HAS ALREADY DIED QUITE UNSPECTACULARLY AS A RESULT OF
THIS NATO STRATEGY. IN THIS SENSE, THE BRUSSELS SUMMIT
WENT MARVELOUSLY FOR THE ORGANIZERS: NO ONE SINGLE
SECURITY PROBLEM IS EVEN CLOSE TO A SOLUTION, NATO
REMAINS A CLOSED SHOP AND THE NEWS AGENCIES ARE REPORTING
EUPHORICALLY WHAT HAS NOT HAPPENED: 'NATO OPENS UP TO
THE EAST.
6. CENTRIST KOELNER STADT-ANZEIGER CARRIES AN
EDITORIAL BY HORST WILLI SCHORS UNDER THE HEADLINE:
"OFFER OF NO GREAT VALUE."
"RAPIDLY AND SMOOTHLY, THE NATO GOVERNMENT LEADERS
AGREED ON THE CONCEPT OF PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE IN
BRUSSELS WHICH OFFERS COOPERATION TO THE NEIGHBORS IN THE
EAST. THIS IS NOT SURPRISING. AFTER ALL, WHY BE SPARING
UNCLAS SECTION 06 OF 08 BONN GE 00712
USIA
USIA FOR EU, P/M, P/FW, P/FN, P/P, R, VOA/BRE; STATE FOR
EUR/P/PA (VTADIE), EUR/CE, S/CSCE, PM, INR/RWE, ALSO PASS
FSI/CSFA; FRG POSTS FOR USIS; BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND
USEC; EMBASSIES FOR USIS, LONDON ALSO FOR POL; USNATO
ALSO FOR USDELMC; USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN ALSO FOR ECPAO,
POLAD, CJ1-HN, ECJ5-E, ECPA (CAPT. PETERSON); USSUPPORT
ELEMENT HQ BALTAP ALSO FOR PIO/NATO; HQUSAF WASHDC ALSO
FOR XOXX; FRANKFURT FOR GAO (SBIGGS)
"PERISHABLE INFORMATION -- DO NOT SERVICE"
PART ONE OF TWO
E.O. 12356: N/A
SUBJECT: GERMAN MEDIA REACTION REPORT
WITH HANDING OUT PLATFORM TICKETS WHEN ALL SEATS ON THE
TRAIN ARE RESERVED ANYHOW? THIS MEANS THAT HUNGARY,
POLAND AND SLOVAKIA WILL, FOR TIME BEING, NOT GET FROM
NATO THE HOPED FOR (THOUGH PROBABLY NOT GENUINELY
EXPECTED) SECURITY GUARANTEES. INSTEAD THEY RECEIVED AN
INVITATION TO THE TRAINING CAMP TO HELP THEM BRING UP
THEIR MILITARY, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CAPABILITIES TO
EUROPEAN STANDARDS. THEN, WE'LL SEE."
7. BUSINESS NEWSPAPER HANDELSBLATT OF DUESSELDORF
CARRIES AN EDITORIAL BY EBERHARD WISDORFF UNDER THE
HEADLINE:
"CONSIDERATION FOR YELTSIN."
"IN THE SHAPING OF RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA, THE OTHER
NIS REPUBLICS AND THE CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES,
WHICH ARE ALREADY COOPERATING WITH NATO IN THE NORTH
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ATLANTIC COOPERATION COUNCIL, THE ALLIANCE PARTNERS
ENDORSED WITHOUT A LENGTHY DEBATE THE U.S. CONCEPT OF
PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE. IT OFFERS THESE COUNTRIES THE
POSSIBILITY OF CLOSE COOPERATION WITH NATO ON A BILATERAL
BASIS, I.E. JOINT MANEUVERS, TRAINING FOR PEACE MISSIONS
AND CONSULTATIONS IN CASE OF A THREAT
THE NATO
SUMMIT GIVES THE IMPRESSION OF A FURTHER STEP HAVING BEEN
TAKEN TOWARDS A NEW SECURITY POLICY STRUCTURE IN EUROPE
AFTER THE END OF THE COLD WAR. THIS, HOWEVER, WOULD HAVE
BEEN MORE CONVINCING IF THE PARTNERS WERE NOT STILL
FACING HELPLESSLY THE BLOODSHED IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. IN
VIEW OF THE PAST EXPERIENCES, THE REITERATION OF THE
ALLIANCE'S WILLINGNESS TO CONDUCT LIMITED AIR STRIKES
OFFERS LITTLE REASON FOR HOPE
"
8. RIGHT-OF-CENTER MAERKISCHE ALLGEMEINE OF POTSDAM
CARRIES AN EDITORIAL UNDER THE HEADLINE:
"A EUROPEAN."
"BILL CLINTON APPEASED THEM ALL: THE WESTERN
EUROPEANS WITH THE ASSURANCE THAT THE TRANSATLANTIC
ALLIANCE WOULD REMAIN THE CORE OF U.S. SECURITY POLICY,
THE EASTERN EUROPEAN REFORM STATES WITH THE OFFER OF
PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE, AND RUSSIA WITH THE DECLARATION
THAT NATO'S EXPANSION TO THE EAST WOULD DRAW NEW BORDERS
AT THIS TIME WHICH NOBODY WANTS. IN so FAR, THE NATO
SUMMIT IS NOT PRODUCING ANY SENSATIONS BUT IT MAY SERVE
TO CALM THE MINDS AND ACHIEVE A FUTURE CONCENTRATION ON
THE ESSENTIAL: JOINT SECURITY WHICH MORE THAN EVER CAN BE
ACHIEVED ONLY TOGETHER AND NOT BY PLAYING OFF ONE'S OWN
INTERESTS AGAINST THE OTHERS. MAYBE IT TOOK AN AMERICAN
TO MAKE CLEAR TO THE EUROPEANS THAT CONTINENTAL THINKING
IS NEEDED ALSO ON THIS SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC, THAT
UNCLAS SECTION 07 OF 08 BONN GE 00712
USIA
USIA FOR EU, P/M, P/FW, P/FN, P/P, R, VOA/BRE; STATE FOR
EUR/P/PA (VTADIE), EUR/CE, S/CSCE, PM, INR/RWE, ALSO PASS
FSI/CSFA; FRG POSTS FOR USIS; BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND
USEC; EMBASSIES FOR USIS, LONDON ALSO FOR POL; USNATO
ALSO FOR USDELMC; USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN ALSO FOR ECPAO,
POLAD, CJ1-HN, ECJ5-E, ECPA (CAPT. PETERSON) ; USSUPPORT
ELEMENT HQ BALTAP ALSO FOR PIO/NATO; HQUSAF WASHDC ALSO
FOR XOXX; FRANKFURT FOR GAO (SBIGGS)
"PERISHABLE INFORMATION -- DO NOT SERVICE"
PART ONE OF TWO
E.O. 12356: N/A
SUBJECT: GERMAN MEDIA REACTION REPORT
NATIONAL SECURITY IS CONCEIVABLE ONLY IN THE OVERALL
EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK."
9. LEFT-OF-CENTER DIE TAGESZEITUNG OF BERLIN CARRIES
AN EDITORIAL BY JUERGEN GOTTSCHLICH UNDER THE HEADLINE:
"BILL CLINTON, NATO, EASTERN EUROPE AND RUSSIA - THE
DECISION IS STILL OUTSTANDING."
"U.S. PRESIDENT CLINTON WANTS TO BUILD A NEW SECURITY
SYSTEM FOR EUROPE - AND IMMEDIATELY OFFERED THE
PREFABRICATED COMPONENTS FOR THIS VIRTUAL BUILDING IN
BRUSSELS. 'PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE' IS THE NAME OF THE
CONSTRUCTION PLAN, WHICH, HOWEVER, HAS THE DISADVANTAGE
OF LEAVING THE BUILDERS IN THE DARK ABOUT THE ESSENTIAL
ELEMENTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION. THIS BEGINS WITH A CLEAR
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DEFINITION OF THE TERM SECURITY. WHILE CLINTON POINTED
OUT THAT TRADE BETWEEN EASTERN AND WESTERN EUROPE AIMED
AT REDUCING THE PROSPERITY GAP IS PART OF THIS SECURITY,
HE MADE NO MENTION WHATSOEVER OF THE ECOLOGICAL DIMENSION
OF PRESERVING HUMAN LIFE.
"WITH THIS IMAGE FROM THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY,
CLINTON IS TAKING UP GORBACHEV'S IDEA OF 'THE EUROPEAN
HOUSE, WHILE, HOWEVER - WITHOUT SPECIFICALLY SAYING so -
ASSUMING THAT THE FOUNDATION IS TO BE NATO IN ITS CLASSIC
FORM. IN THIS LOGIC, EUROPEAN SECURITY IS NARROWED DOWN
TO THE QUESTION OF HOW LARGE THE ANNEX WILL BE, OR TO PUT
IT IN SIMPLE TERMS: WHO ELSE WILL BECOME A MEMBER OF THE
CLUB? CLINTON INDICATED THAT NATO, THREE YEARS AFTER THE
DISSOLUTION OF THE SOVIET UNION, SHOULD NOW INTRODUCE AN
EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS, AT THE END OF WHICH THE ALLIANCE
WOULD HAVE MORE MEMBERS THAN NOW. THE CONCEPT OF
PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE IS MEANT TO SATISFY EVERYBODY AND
THUS REMAINS UNSATISFACTORY FOR ALL. BUT THE BIGGEST
PROBLEM WITH CLINTON'S HIGH WIRE ACT IS THAT, BY ANALOGY
WITH THE ZEN WISDOM 'THE WAY IS THE DESTINATION, THE
DEFINITION OF THE DESTINATION IS UNFORTUNATELY TOTALLY
LACKING
THE REASON FOR THIS LIES IN THE REFUSAL OF
THE U.S. AS WELL AS THE OTHER NATO COUNTRIES TO DISCUSS A
SUBSTANTIAL TRANSFORMATION OF NAT YEARS AFTER THE END OF
THE COLD WAR
"IN ORDER NOT TO JEOPARDIZE YELTSIN'S REFORM COURSE,
THE EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ARE CURRENTLY KEPT OUT OF
THE CLUB AT THE RISK OF DOMESTICALLY DESTABILIZING THEM.
BUT WHY SHOULD AN ACCESSION OF THE BALTIC STATES, POLAND,
THE CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA AND HUNGARY TO NATO BE ANY
MORE ACCEPTABLE TO THE RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP TEN YEARS FROM
NOW? THE TIME THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING GAINED MERELY
CONCEALS THE FACT THAT THE ACTUAL DECISION, WHICH CANNOT
BE AVOIDED, MUST YET BE MADE: SECURITY WITH OR AGAINST
UNCLAS SECTION 08 OF 08 BONN GE 00712
USIA
USIA FOR EU, P/M, P/FW, P/FN, P/P, R, VOA/BRE; STATE FOR
EUR/P/PA (VTADIE), EUR/CE, S/CSCE, PM, INR/RWE, ALSO PASS
FSI/CSFA; FRG POSTS FOR USIS; BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND
USEC; EMBASSIES FOR USIS, LONDON ALSO FOR POL; USNATO
ALSO FOR USDELMC; USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN ALSO FOR ECPAO,
POLAD, CJ1-HN, ECJ5-E, ECPA (CAPT. PETERSON); USSUPPORT
ELEMENT HQ BALTAP ALSO FOR PIO/NATO; HQUSAF WASHDC ALSO
FOR XOXX; FRANKFURT FOR GAO (SBIGGS)
"PERISHABLE INFORMATION -- DO NOT SERVICE"
PART ONE OF TWO
E.O. 12356: N/A
SUBJECT: GERMAN MEDIA REACTION REPORT
RUSSIA? EITHER EUROPE STRIVES FOR A SECURITY SYSTEM
WHICH CAN ALSO ACCOMMODATE RUSSIA - THIS WOULD REQUIRE A
RESTRUCTURING OF NATO INTO A COLLECTIVE SECURITY SYSTEM -
OR THE WEST WILL HAVE TO REDEFINE ITS SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
AGAIN TOWARDS RUSSIA IN A FEW YEARS. THEN A NEW DIVIDING
LINE WOULD BE CREATED IN EUROPE AND NATO WOULD FINALLY
REGAIN THE LEGITIMIZATION THAT THE STRATEGISTS ARE so
PAINFULLY MISSING NOW.
(END PART ONE OF TWO)
MILLER
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SUBJ:
MEDIA REACTION: VISIT OF PRESIDENT CLINTON
TEXT:
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 MOSCOW 000705
USIA
USIA FOR USIA FOR P/M CHERMAK; EU SIGMUND
B/TV MESSINGER; B/TVP KATZKA, CHAMIDES
WHITEHOUSE FOR PRESIDENT STAFF
STATE FOR EUR/ISCA, S/NIS/C
MINKS FOR PAO
KIEV FOR PAO
BRUSSELS FOR PAO
PRAGUE FOR PAO
E.O. 12356: N/A
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: VISIT OF PRESIDENT CLINTON
1. COMMENTING ON THE VISIT BY PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON
TO EUROPE, AN ARTICLE IN "IZVESTIYA" (1/11/94, P.L)
ENTITLED "CLINTON NOT AVERSE TO TALKING WITH YELTSIN IN
A SMALL GROUP" BY VLADIMIR NADEIN REPORTED THE
FOLLOWING:
2. "'THERE HAVE BEEN NO ZIGZAGS IN OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD
RUSSIA,' STROBE TALBOTT, U.S. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF
STATE, SAID IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ISVESTIYA'S
CORRESPONDENT ON THE EVE OF PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON'S
TRIP TO RUSSIA. 'WE HAVE NOT BEEN BACKTRACKING OR
WAIVERING. WE HAVE SIMPLY TAKEN A SHORT BREATHER TO
STUDY THE RESULTS OF THE 12 DECEMBER ELECTIONS AND TO
BE SURE THAT WE HAVE UNDERSTOOD THEM CORRECTLY.' EVEN
AFTER HIS APPOINTMENT TO THE NUMBER TWO JOB AT THE
STATE DEPARTMENT, STROBE TALBOTT RETAINS HIS POSITION
AS ARCHITECT OF POLICY TOWARD THE CIS COUNTRIES.
CRITICS CONSIDER TALBOTT'S ERRONEOUS FORECAST OF THE
RUSSIAN DUMA ELECTION RESULTS TO HAVE BEEN A BLUNDER.
'WHAT HAPPENED 12 DECEMBER WAS SOMETHING WE HAD NOT
EXPECTED, TALBOTT ADMITS. 'BUT I DO NOT THINK MANY
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RUSSIANS EXPECTED IT EITHER
OUR POLICY NEEDED
CLARIFICATION. THIS HAS BEEN DONE.
3. "THIS INTERVIEW TOOK PLACE ON THE EVE OF PRESIDENT
BILL CLINTON'S DEPARTURE FOR EUROPE. CERTAIN CRITICS
HAVE REBUKED THE PRESIDENTIAL TEAM FOR LEAVING SOME
IMPORTANT TOUR ISSUES UNRESOLVED UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE
-- FROM THE VAGUE PROPOSALS ON BOSNIA TO THE QUESTION
OF WHETHER OR NOT REPRESENTATIVES OF PRO-COMMUNIST
FACTIONS IN THE NEW RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT SHOULD BE
INVITED TO THE RECEPTION AT THE U.S. EMBASSY IN MOSCOW.
BUT TALBOTT CLEARLY HINTED THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS
ALREADY GOTTEN OVER ITS ANALYTICAL PAUSE, HAS CLEARED
UP ITS CONCEPTUAL BLANK SPOTS, AND IS AGAIN RELYING ON
A CONSISTENT PROGRAM -- 'ALTHOUGH NOBODY IS EVER 100-
PERCENT HAPPY'."
4. "USING VERY CAUTIOUS EXPRESSIONS AND INVARIABLY
ACCOMPANYING HIS CONCLUSIONS WITH RIDERS TO THE EFFECT
THAT 'IT IS NOT FOR A U.S. OFFICIAL TO GIVE RUSSIAN
CITIZENS AND RUSSIAN LEADERS DIRECTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY
SHOULD RUN THEIR ECONOMY OR THEIR POLICY, STROBE
TALBOTT GIVES TWO MAIN REASONS FOR THE PRO-GOVERNMENT
BLOCS' ELECTION FAILURE. 'NO DEMOCRACY CAN FAIL TO BE
CONCERNED ABOUT HOW HUMANE THE GOVERNMENT APPEARS TO
ITS CITIZENS. ALL U.S. PRESIDENTS HAVE TO BE CONCERNED
ABOUT THIS. LEADERS MAY BE SINCERELY CONVINCED THAT
EVERYTHING THEY DO IS EXCLUSIVELY IN PEOPLE'S INTEREST.
IT MAY EVEN BE DIRECTLY IN PEOPLE'S INTERESTS.
NONETHELESS, LEADERS NEED PUBLIC SUPPORT, IF A LEADER
AND HIS POLICY DO NOT MEET WITH SOCIETY'S SUPPORT, THEY
WILL FAIL. THIS IS NOT SUCH A BIG MESSAGE, BUT WE WANT
TO BRING IT TO THE RUSSIAN SIDE'S ATTENTION, BECAUSE IT
IS THE TRUTH ABOUT HOW A DEMOCRACY WORKS.' THE SECOND
REASON FOR THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT'S DIFFICULTIES,
TALBOTT BELIEVES, LIES IN THE MEANS USED TO IMPLEMENT
THE ECONOMIC REFORMS.
5. ""I HAVE LEARNED FROM THE RUSSIAN PRESS THAT A
CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO VOTED FOR THE LIBERAL
DEMOCRATIC PARTY WERE MIDDLE-AGED PEOPLE SCARED OF
LOSING THEIR JOBS. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WITH WHICH WE
ARE VERY FAMILIAR.' STROBE TALBOTT SAID THAT CERTAIN
OBSERVERS HAD ATTACHED TO HIS WORDS 'LESS SHOCK, MORE
THERAPY' A MEANING THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE. RUSSIAN
CITIZENS WILL MERELY SUFFER IF THE REFORMS ARE
DELAYED."
6. "ANOTHER REASON WHY THE 'PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE'
PROGRAM HAS UNDERGONE NO CHANGES SINCE THE 12 DECEMBER
ELECTIONS IS BECAUSE THE U.S. ADMINIS
TRATION
INTERPRETED ZHIRINOVSKIY'S SUCCESS AS A FAILURE BY THE
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT TO EXPLAIN ITS POLICY AND AS A
REACTION TO SPECIFIC CSTAKES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
DEMOCRATIC TRANSFORMATIONS -- BUT BY NO MEANS AS
EVIDENCE THAT THREE-QUARTERS OF RUSSIAN CITIZENS LIKE
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 03 MOSCOW 000705
USIA
USIA FOR USIA FOR P/M CHERMAK; EU SIGMUND
B/TV MESSINGER; B/TVP KATZKA, CHAMIDES
WHITEHOUSE FOR PRESIDENT STAFF
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STATE FOR EUR/ISCA, S/NIS/C
MINKS FOR PAO
KIEV FOR PAO
BRUSSELS FOR PAO
PRAGUE FOR PAO
E.O. 12356: N/A
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: VISIT OF PRESIDENT CLINTON
ZHIRINOVSKIY'S VIEWS. THERE HAS BEEN INCREASED
CRITICISM OF 'PARTNERSHIP' IN THE UNITED STATES ITSELF
AND PARTICULARLY IN EAST EUROPE IN THE WAKE OF 12
DECEMBER. THE FACT THAT THE PROGRAM LAYS DOWN NO
SPECIFIC TIMETABLE OR CONDITIONS FOR NEW STATES TO JOIN
NATO IS SEEN BY CRITICS AS PLAYING UP TO AN EVER-
PRESENT RUSSIAN CHAUVINISM."
7. "TALBOTT CONSIDERED IT NECESSARY TO EMPHASIZE THAT
THE PROGRAM 'IS AN EXCELLENT PROSPECT FOR RUSSIA, WHICH
GAINS MANY ADVANTAGES.' THE PROGRAM DOES NOT EXCLUDE
ANY EUROPEAN COUNTRY -- EITHER NEUTRAL COUNTRIES LIKE
AUSTRIA AND SWEDEN, OR FORMER WARSAW PACT MEMBERS, OR
THOSE WHICH HAVE EMERGED FROM THE RUINS OF THE USSR.
'I MET WITH PRESIDENT CLINTON YESTERDAY AND WE TALKED
ABOUT THE RUSSIA TRIP, TALBOTT SAID IN CONCLUSION.
'ONE OF THE POINTS WHICH STRUCK HIM AS VERY IMPORTANT
ON THIS LONG TRIP IS TO SIT DOWN IN A SMALL GROUP WITH
PRESIDENT YELTSIN AND HEAR HIS VIEW OF THE FUTURE.
8. A 1/10/94 INTERFAX ARTICLE ENTITLED "YELTSIN
INVITES KRAVCHUK TO MOSCOW TO MEET CLINTON" IS AS
FOLLOWS:
9. "AS INTERFAX LEARNED FROM WELL-INFORMED SOURCES IN
RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY, PRESIDENT LEONID KRAVCHUK OF
UKRAINE ACCEPTED BORIS YELTSIN'S INVITATION TO COME TO
MOSCOW AND JOIN THE UPCOMING RUSSIAN-AMERICAN SUMMIT.
IT IS ALREADY KNOWN THAT THE U.S. PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO
RUSSIA AND HIS TALKS WITH BORIS YELTSIN ARE SCHEDULED
FOR JANUARY 12-15. THE MEETING BETWEEN THE THREE
PRESIDENTS IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN MOSCOW ON
JANUARY 14TH."
10. "AS A SENIOR OFFICIAL FROM RUSSIA'S FOREIGN
MINISTRY TOLD INTERFAX, LEONID KRAVCHUK'S ARRIVAL IN
MOSCOW BECAME POSSIBLE THANKS TO THE PROGRESS REACHED
AT TRILATERAL RUSSIAN-AMERICAN-UKRAINIAN CONSULTATIONS
IN WASHINGTON, WHERE THE PROBLEM OF NUCLEAR ARMS
DEPLOYED ON UKRANIAN SOIL WAS UNDER DISCUSSION. 'IN THE
RUSSIAN CAPITAL, KRAVCHUK WILL EVIDENTLY REAFFIRM ALL
COMMITMENTS CONCERNING NUCLEAR WEAPONS MADE BY UKRAINE
EARLIER, THE RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT SAID. THIS INVOLVES THE
START-1 TREATY AND THE LISBON PROTOCOL TO IT, HE
EXPLAINED. AS IT IS KNOWN, LAST NOVEMBER UKRAINE'S
PARLIAMENT RATIFIED THE TREATY WITH NUMEROUS
RESERVATIONS. AS FOR THE LISBON PROTOCOL, IT WAS
RATIFIED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ARTICLE 5, WHICH
GUARANTEES UKRAINE'S JOINING THE NUCLEAR NON-
PROLIFERATION TREATY AS A DENUCLEARIZED STATE. 'THE
EXTREMELY NEGATIVE REACTION' DISPLAYED BY THE WORLD
COMMUNITY, ABOVE ALL BY RUSSIA AND THE U.S., WAS
UNDERSTOOD BY LEONID KRAVCHUK, WHO ANNOUNCED HIS
INTENTION TO SUBMIT THE START-1 TREATY FOR RATIFICATION
TO UKRAINE'S NEW PARLIAMENT, WHICH IS TO BE ELECTED ON
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MARCH 27TH, THE DIPLOMAT SAID."
11. "INTERFAX'S SOURCE DESCRIBED THE ALLEGATIONS THAT
THE U.S. PRESIDENT MIGHT MAKE CHANGES IN THE PLANS FOR
HIS EUROPEAN TOUR IN ORDER TO VISIT KIEV AS
'UNFOUNDED'. 'THE MEETING TO BE HELD BY THE THREE
PRESIDENTS IN MOSCOW MAKES BILL CLINTON'S TRIP TO KIEV
POINTLESS,' HE SAID. ACCORDING TO HIM, THE THREE
PRESIDENT'S MEETING IN MOSCOW WILL EVIDENTLY RESULT IN
SOME DOCUMENT, POSSIBLY A DECLARATION, IN WHICH THE
STANDS TAKEN BY THE THREE SIDES AND UKRAINE'S
COMMITMENTS WILL BE CLEARLY STATED. AS THE DIPLOMAT
SAID, ONE MORE DECLARATION -- ON THE OUTCOME OF THE
RUSSIAN-AMERICAN SUMMIT -- IS EXPECTED TO BE ADOPTED IN
MOSCOW. 'THIS WILL BE A GENERAL DOCUMENT REFLECTING THE
PRESENT STATE OF BILATERAL RELATIONS, HE SAID. 'IN
ADDITION, THE HEAD OF RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY, ANDREY
KOZYREV, AND SECRETARY OF STATE WARREN CHRISTOPHER WILL
SIGN ON BEHALF OF THEIR COUNTRIES A NUMBER OF 'ROUTINE'
AGREEMENTS, IN PARTICULAR ON AIR TRANSPORTATION.
12. "ACCORDING TO INTERFAX'S SOURCE, THE RUSSIAN-
AMERICAN TALKS, BOTH BILATERAL AND OTHERWISE, WILL B
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RESIDENCES, HE CONCEDED. AT THE REQUEST OF THE
AMERICAN SIDE, A MEETING WITH THE RUSSIAN PUBLIC HAS
BEEN INCLUDED IN THE ALREADY COORDINATED PROGRAM FOR
PRESIDENT CLINTON'S VISIT TO MOSCOW, THE DIPLOMAT
NOTED. 'ON JANUARY 14, THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT WILL
ADDRESS RUSSIAN JOURNALISTS AND THE PUBLIC IN ONE OF
OSTANKINO'S TELEVISION STUDIOS. EVIDENTLY, THIS EVENT
WILL BE PRESENTED LIVE.' HE SAID."
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Communists Oppose NATO Membership in Letter to Clinton
TEXT:
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SERIAL: AU1101170194
COUNTRY: Czech Republic
SUBJ:
Communists Oppose NATO Membership in Letter to Clinton
SOURCE: Prague CTK in English 1437 GMT 11 Jan 94
TEXT:
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( (Text) ) Prague, Jan 11 (CTK) -- To enhance peace and security
the Czech Republic should "conclude treaties of friendship and
peaceful cooperation
mainly with powers such as the United
States, Germany, France, Great Britain, and Russia," Communist Party
of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) says in a letter addressed to U.S.
President Bill Clinton and given to CTK today.
"Our experiences show that it is not the question of joint
military exercises or the presence of foreign troops on our
territory but genuine cooperation in the interest of peace,
security, democracy, and economic prosperity which should be
embedded in these treaties, the letter says. To fulfill these
goals "collective consultative mechanisms of all countries
concerned" should be strengthened.
Employees of the U.S. Embassy in Prague told CTK they could not
confirm whether the letter was received by the embassy since "there
were many letters addressed to the President." However, they said
that Clinton would certainly get all the correspondence addressed to
him.
KSCM Chairman Miroslav Grebenicek writes in the letter that
communists recall with pleasure Clinton's first informal visit in
Prague in 1970 where he stayed in his friend's house "with the
family of hero of anti-fascist resistance and renowned left-oriented
politician Jan Sverma."
From the position of one of the strongest Czech opposition
parties the communists express their stand on Clinton's forthcoming
talks in Prague and stress that the interests of the Czech Republic'
security, sovereignty, national identity, and economic prosperity
are their prime concern.
However, unlike official representatives, the communists do not
believe that membership of NATO is the road to implementing these
goals. "We have very bad experiences with the Europe of Cold War and
military pacts" the letter stresses.
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Scheduled Anti-Clinton Protest Attended by 20 'Anarchists'
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SUBJ:
Scheduled Anti-Clinton Protest Attended by 20 'Anarchists'
REF:
au0701195493 prague ctk english 071655 -- anarchists plan
anti-clinton protest in prague on 11 jan
SOURCE: Prague CTK in English 1713 GMT 11 Jan 94
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( (Text) ) Prague, Jan 11 (CTK) -- The anarchists and the Marxist
movement Revolutionary Solidarity staged a demonstration in Prague's
Old City Square this afternoon on the occasion of U.S. President
Bill Clinton's visit to the Czech Republic on January 11-12.
The event, attended by some 20 people, was held under slogans
"USA out of Somalia right now," "Millions for Clinton -- Higher
rents for us," and others. The silent demonstration was to express
disagreement with the Czech Republic's possible admission into NATO.
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UKRAINIAN PRESS ATMOSPHERE ON EVE OF PRESIDENT
CLINTON'S VISIT TO KIEV
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SUBJECT: UKRAINIAN PRESS ATMOSPHERE ON EVE OF PRESIDENT
CLINTON'S VISIT TO KIEV
1.
AS REPORTED IN AN EARLIER MESSAGE, PRESIDENT
CLINTON'S JANUARY 12 VISIT TO KIEV AND PRESIDENT
KRAVCHUK'S JANUARY 14 TRAVEL TO MOSCOW TO JOIN IN
TRILATERAL TALKS WERE ANNOUNCED BY THE UKRAINIAN MEDIA
YESTERDAY, JANUARY 10 AND REPEATED ON JANUARY 11. THE
ANNOUNCEMENT STATED THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON WILL VISIT
KIEV FOR CONSULTATIONS WITH PRESIDENT KRAVCHUK ON
BILATERAL RELATIONS AND THAT THE THREE-WAY MEETING IN
MOSCOW IS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO THE "CONCLUSION OF
TRILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE IN
RECENT TIME." NO FURTHER STATEMENT ON THE PURPOSE OF THE
VISITS HAS BEEN GIVEN OR IS ANTICIPATED, ACCORDING TO THE
MFA PRESS CENTER.
2. THE MFA PRESS OFFICE INDICATED THAT IT EXPECTED TO
ISSUE A JOINT STATEMENT AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE VISIT
WHICH WOULD BE WORKED OUT BETWEEN IT AND THE U.S. SIDE.
3. THERE HAS BEEN NO PRESS REACTION YET IN NEWSPAPERS
DUE TO THE LATE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE VISIT.
4. TODAY THE UKRAINIAN MFA HELD A PRESS BRIEFING
ATTENDED BY ABOUT 70 LOCAL UKRAINAIN AND AMERICAN
JOURNALISTS. THE MFA PRESS SPOKESMAN YURI SERGEEV
BRIEFED. SEVERAL OF THE QUESTIONS ZEROED IN ON THE
STATUS OF TNE TRILATERAL NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AGREEMENT.
CITING PRESIDENT CLINTON'S JANUARY 10 STATEMENTS,
REPORTERS ASKED WHETHER DOCUMENTS ARE READY TO BE SIGNED.
THE MFA STATED THAT THEY ARE STILL UNDER STUDY AND
IMPLIED THAT AGREEMENT EXISTS IN PRINCIPLE, NOT AS
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FINISHED DOCUMENTS. ANOTHER JOURNALIST QUESTIONED
WHETHER THE U.S. IS PUSHING UKRAINE INTO AN INTERNAL
CRISIS BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES.
5. SEVERAL PARLIAMENTARY DEPUTIES HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN
OUT AGAINST THE AGREEMENT IN THE PRESS, SPECIFICALLY
CHAIRMAN OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMISSION DMYTRO
PAVLYCHKO AND THE HEAD OF RUKH VYATCHESLAV CHORNOVIL. IT
WAS REPORTED THAT DEPUTY SERHIY HOLOVATY IS COLLECTING
SIGNATURES TO CONVENE A SPECIAL SESSION OF PARLIAMENT.
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Hungary's Goncz To Meet With Havel, Walesa, Kovac
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CONSUMERS
SERIAL: AU1101193094
PASS:
ATTN BBC HUNGARY
COUNTRY: International Affairs
SUBJ:
Hungary's Goncz To Meet With Havel, Walesa, Kovac
REF:
1d1101184994 budapest mtv television network hungarian
111830 -- hungarian leaders arrive for visegrad meeting
SOURCE: Prague CTK in English 1743 GMT 11 Jan 94
TEXT:
( (Text)) Prague, Jan 11 (CTK) -- Hungarian President Arpad Goncz
and Premier Peter Boross arrived today in Prague where they will.
meet on Wednesday ( (12 January)) with U.S. President Bill Clinton,
currently on a two-day visit to the Czech capital.
Goncz is also to meet on Wednesday with Czech President Vaclav
Havel. He will also meet with Polish President Lech Walesa and
Michal Kovac at a dinner hosted by Havel.
Boross, who took up the post in mid-December after the death of
Jozsef Antall, will have talks on Wednesday with Czech Premier
Vaclav Klaus. He will take part in a dinner hosted by Klaus for his
Visegrad counterparts in the Hrzan Palace.
Foreign Minister Geza Jeszenszky, who also arrived in Prague
today, will meet tonight along with Andrzej Olechowski (Poland),
Jozef Moravcik (Slovakia), and Josef Zieleniec (Czech Republic) with
U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher.
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SUBJ:
Slovakia's Kovac, Meciar Arrive in Prague To Meet Clinton
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COUNTRY: International Affairs
SUBJ:
Slovakia's Kovac, Meciar Arrive in Prague To Meet Clinton
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visegard four countries
SOURCE: Prague CTK in English 1732 GMT 11 Jan 94
TEXT:
( (Text) ) Prague, Jan 11 (CTK) -- Slovak President Michal Kovac
and Premier Vladimir Meciar today arrived in Prague where they will
meet on Wednesday ( (12 January) ) with U.S. President Bill Clinton,
currently on a two-day visit to the Czech capital.
Kovac will also meet with Czech President Vaclav Havel and Meciar
will have talks with his counterpart Vaclav Klaus.
On Wednesday Kovac is to dine together with the other three
presidents of the Visegrad Group countries. The dinner will be
hosted by Havel.
Parallelly, the Visegrad premiers will dine in the Hrzan Palace
and foreign ministers in the Cernin Palace.
Slovak Foreign Minister Jozef Moravcik had arrived in Prague
earlier to take part, along with his counterparts from Hungary,
Poland, and the Czech Republic, in a meeting with U.S. Secretary of
State Warren Christopher.
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SUBJ:
PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO KIEV
TEXT:
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KIEV 000224
OPS CENTER PLEASE PASS TO THE PRESIDENT'S PARTY
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PREL, OPRC, CVIS, UP, US, OVIP (CLINTON, BILL)
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO KIEV
1. IN THE ABSENCE OF A WHITE HOUSE ADVANCE TEAM, WE
ARE PROVIDING THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, ALONG WITH
SOME QUESTIONS, TO HELP PREPARE THE PRESIDENT'S PARTY
FOR ITS BRIEF VISIT TO KIEV ON JANUARY 12.
THE AIRPORT
2. BORISPIL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OFFERS FEW OF THE
AMENITIES OF INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
AN OLD STRUCTURE CURRENTLY UNDER RENOVATION, MUCH OF
THE MAIN HALL IS CORDONED OFF BY PARTITIONS. ARRIVING
PASSENGERS ARE BUSSED OR WALKED FROM THEIR AIRCRAFT TO
THE AIRPORT BUILDING. THE TRAVELING PARTY WILL
PROBABLY ENTER THE PREMISES THROUGH THE BACK ENTRANCE
AND SELF-SERVICE BAGGAGE HANDLING AREA. THIS OPENS OUT
ONTO SEVERAL WAITING HALLS, WITH LIMITED SEATING AND
DIM LIGHTING THE HALLS DO NOT OFFER MUCH IN THE WAY OF
WORKSPACE FOR TRAVELLING JOURNALISTS. STRANDED AIR
TRAVELERS STUCK IN KIEV DUE TO RECENT HEAVY FOGS, HAVE
PUT SPACE AT AN EVEN GREATER PREMIUM. TELEPHONE
SERVICE IS MINIMAL, so THAT CALLS WITHIN THE KIEV AREA,
NOT TO MENTION ABROAD, ARE DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL NO-FRILLS BUFFETS, ONE ON THE SECOND
FLOOR AND ANOTHER IN THE INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURE AREA
WHERE SNACKS CAN BE OBTAINED. RESTROOMS ARE IN THE
BASEMENT. A FEW SOUVENIR STANDS AND MONEY EXCHANGE
BOOTHS ARE NORMALLY OPEN FOR BUSINESS. LIMITED ENGLISH
IS SPOKEN BY THE AIRPORT SERVICE STAFF.
VISA PROCEDURES
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3. AIR FORCE ONE: WHEN AIR FORCE ONE ARRIVES THE
UKRAINIAN HOSTS WILL MEET THE PARTY'S PRINCIPALS. THEY
WILL BE ESCORTED TO THE MEETING'S VENUE WITHOUT
INSPECTION OF PASSPORTS AND VISAS. ALL OTHERS ARRIVING
ON THE AIRCRAFT SHOULD HAVE THEIR PASSPORTS IN HAND.
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RAMP, THEY WILL RECEIVE A TRANSIT
PASS FROM THE UKRAINIAN BORDER GUARDS. THEY WILL BE
ALLOWED TO MOVE ABOUT FREELY IN THE CONTROLLED AREA.
UPON DEPARTURE, THEY SHOULD SURRENDER THE TRANSIT PASS
TO THE UKRAINIAN BORDER GUARDS. PASSPORTS AND VISAS
WILL NOT REPEAT NOT BE INSPECTED. AN EMBASSY CONSULAR
OFFICER WILL BE AT THE FOOT OF THE RAMP TO PROVIDE ANY
ASSISTANCE NECESSARY.
4. BACKUP AND PRESS PLANES: ALL PASSENGERS SHOULD
HAVE THEIR PASSPORTS IN HAND WHEN THEY DISEMBARK. THEY
WILL BE GIVEN TRANSIT PASSES AS THEY LEAVE THE AIRCRAFT
AND SHOULD SURRENDER THEM TO UKRAINIAN BORDER GUARDS
UPON DEPARTURE FROM UKRAINE. PASSPORTS AND VISAS WILL
NOT REPEAT NOT BE INSPECTED. AN EMBASSY CONSULAR
OFFICER WILL BE AT THE FOOT OF THE RAMP TO PROVIDE ANY
ASSISTANCE NECESSARY.
PRESS COVERAGE
5. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS RELATING TO PRESS
ASPECTS OF THE VISIT:
WILL THERE BE A STATEMENT ON ARRIVAL?
WILL THERE BE ANY BACKGROUND BRIEFINGS? IF so,
FOR AMERICAN PRESS ONLY OR ALSO UKRAINIAN PRESS?
6. PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER JOHN BROWN AND ASSISTANT
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER MARY KRUGER WILL MEET THE PLANE
ON ARRIVAL AND IMMEDIATELY MAKE CONTACT WITH THE
DESIGNATED WH LIAISON.
7. PLEASE PROVIDE FULL NAMES, PRESS AFFILIATION AND
TYPE OF ACTIVITY (PHOTOGRAPHER, WRITER, TV OR RADIO
CORRESPONDENT) OF ALL TRAVELING PRESS ON THE PLANE,
INCLUDING ANY WHITE HOUSE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS OR OTHERS
WHO ARE CONSIDERED PART OF THE ACCOMPANYING PRESS
CORPS. THESE NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS ARE NEEDED FOR
USIS AND UKRAINIAN MFA PRESS PURPOSES. THESE
INDIVIDUAL'S PASSPORT NUMBERS, DATES OF BIRTH AND OTHER
DATA MAY ALSO BE NECESSARY FOR VISA PURPOSES. VISA
REQUIREMENTS ARE STATED ELSEWHERE IN THIS MESSAGE.
8. PLEASE PROVIDE NAMES, AFFILIATIONS OF OTHER
AMERICAN JOURNALISTS WHO MAY BE ARRIVING BY OTHER MEANS
IN KIEV BUT WHO ARE ALSO TO BE TREATED AS PART OF THE
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 02 KIEV 000224
OPS CENTER PLEASE PASS TO THE PRESIDENT'S PARTY
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PREL, OPRC, CVIS, UP, US, OVIP (CLINTON, BILL)
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO KIEV
WH PRESS CORPS. ALSO PLEASE ADVISE WHETHER ANY
TELEVISION CORRESPONDENTS ON THE PLANE WILL HAVE LOCAL
CAMERA CREWS JOINING THEM ON THE GROUND.
9. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT IT WILL BE EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT TO PROVIDE FILING FACILITIES FOR THE
ACCOMPANYING PRESS DURING THIS SHORT STOP DUE TO
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TELEPHONE LIMITATIONS. IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, THE POST
REQUESTS THAT FILING BE DONE AT THE NEXT STOP IN MOSCOW
WHERE ACCESS TO NORMAL INTERNATIONAL PHONE LINES IS
EASY. KIEV HAS TWO PROBLEMS WITH REGARD TO
INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE LINES. FIRST, IT IS DIFFICULT
TO HAVE THEM INSTALLED ON SHORT NOTICE. SECOND, THE
TELEPHONE COMPANY IS NOT ABLE TO SERVICE GROUPS OF
JOURNALISTS QUICKLY. BECAUSE IT HAS NO WAY TO
AUTOMATICALLY MEASURE THE DURATION OF CALLS AND
CALCULATE THEIR COSTS, THE PHONE COMPANY PREFERS TO
MANUALLY PLACE EACH CALL THROUGH AN OPERATOR. THIS
METHOD CAN BE FRUSTRATING TO JOURNALISTS IN A HURRY AMD
CAN CAUSE INSURMOUNTABLE DIFFICULTIES FOR JOURNALISTS
WHOSE COMPUTERS REQUIRE DIRECT DIAL.
10. PLEASE ADVISE IF ANY SERVICES OTHER THAN TELEPHONE
LINES ARE DESIRED FOR THE TRAVELING PRESS. DEPENDING
ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME AVAILABLE AND LOCATION, THE POST
COULD TRY TO ARRANGE A ROOM WITH TABLES WHERE THE
JOURNALISTS COULD WORK. WOULD LOCAL TELEPHONE LINES BE
REQUIRED? WOULD OTHER TYPES OF EQUIPMENT BE NEEDED?
IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO ARRANGE A TELEVISION OR RADIO,
BUT IT IS LIKELY THAT ONLY LOCAL UKRAINIAN BROADCASTS
CAN BE RECEIVED.
11. ARE ANY SORT OF BACKGROUND HANDOUTS ON UKRAINE OR
KIEV DESIRED? ASSUMING A BRIEF EVENING VISIT, POST
ASSUMES THAT CITY MAPS, CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS AND OTHER
LOCAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY.
12. ASSUMING THERE WILL BE ONLY BRIEF, IF AMY,
COMMENTS TO THE PRESS, POST CAN OFFER HELP RECORDING
COMMENTS ON HANDHELD CASSETTE TAPE RECORDER, IF
DESIRED. POST REGRETTABLY HAS NO ABILITY TO QUICKLY
TRANSCRIBE COMMENTS, AND ASSUMES THAT THEY WILL BE
HANDLED BY WH STAFF GIVEN VERY SHORT DURATION OF THE
VISIT.
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