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OCR Page 1 of 53F:\Cable\DataSource\Cables\CD028\NOV97MSGS\M3024001.html
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PREC: IMMEDIATE
CLASS: UNCLASSIFIED
LINE1: OAAUZYUW RUEHMOA8720 3181008-UUUU--RHEHAAX.
LINE2: ZNR UUUUU ZZH
LINE3: O 141008Z NOV 97
LINE4: FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
OSRI: RUEHMO
DTG:
141008Z NOV 97
ORIG:
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
TO:
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8146
INFO:
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEHLN/AMCONSUL ST PETERSBURG 4765
SUBJ:
EXIMBANK CHAIRMAN HARMON'S VISIT TO MOSCOW
TEXT:
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 06 MOSCOW 028720
SENSITIVE
STATE FOR EB/IFD/ODF AND EUR/RUS
STATE PASS EXIMBANK FOR CHAIRMAN HARMON
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON, EFIN, EXIM, RS
SUBJECT: EXIMBANK CHAIRMAN HARMON'S VISIT TO MOSCOW
REF: A) MOSCOW 28353
B) MOSCOW 28228
C) MOSCOW 27987
1.
(SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: IN HIS FIRST OVERSEAS TRIP
SINCE BECOMING EXIMBANK CHAIRMAN, JAMES HARMON HELD
WIDE RANGING DISCUSSIONS IN RUSSIA. DURING HIS NOVEMBER
2-9 VISIT HARMON WAS ACCOMPANIED BY COORDINATOR-
COUNSELOR STEPHEN GLAZER, SENIOR LOAN OFFICER DAVID
FIORE AND ACTING CHIEF OF STAFF ANDREA ADELMAN. HARMON
STRESSED EXIM'S DESIRE TO EXPAND FINANCING OF US
EXPORTS OF GOODS AND SERVICES IN RUSSIA AND PROMISED
THE BANK WOULD TAKE A MORE ACTIVE APPROACH TO ASSISTING
US FIRMS DOING BUSINESS IN RUSSIA. HARMON MET WITH THE
US BUSINESS COMMUNITY, FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
NEMTSOV, MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO YASIN, MOSCOW MAYOR
LUZHKOV, COMMERCIAL BANKS, ENERGY COMPANIES AND
AEROFLOT. HARMON SAID HE PLANS TO VISIT THE RUSSIAN
FAR EAST IN FEBRUARY AND RETURN TO MOSCOW IN '98. END
SUMMARY.
2.
(SBU) EXIMBANK CHAIRMAN JAMES HARMON LED AN
EXIMBANK DELEGATION TO RUSSIA NOVEMBER 2-9. DURING THE
MOSCOW PORTION OF HIS VISIT, HARMON MET WITH FIRST