104-10326-10056 SECRET 1 a PAGE: SENSIND: a. pkey 7 7 | ACTION: CE/R/ISP (114) INFO: C/ORMS, CE/TNI, CEDORECORD, crc/COPS, CTC/1IFC cTC/OOG, CTCARCHIVE, D/OSE, EUR/BCIR, LIMITO, MDSX, ODPD, OSE/RAD, FILE, f cferc, CE/IS, DC/cTC (4/W) STAFF 96 3101938 ASR PAGE 001 IN 3101938 TOR: 0620412 FEB 96 90713 S ECR E T 0620382 FEB 96 STAFF CITE o0722 TO: DIRECTOR wrol | FOR: ULIMIT CE/R/ISP INFO EUR/BCIR, OSE/LD, D/OSE, OSE/RAD SLUGS: WNINTEL INTEL REPORT ON GEORGI ENEROVICH SUBJE OPS INTEL: Pp REF: NONE. TEXT: \7—"" "tT ACT LON REQUIRED : “SIEASE REVIEW THE FOLLOWING DEBRIEFING REPORT PROM[ WE SHOULD RESUBMIT ANY OF THE FOLLOWING IN INTEL FORMAT. THIS REPORT MAY ' BE SHARED WITH DI ANALYSTS. THE JNTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED DURING i AN OVER TWO HOUR CAR RIDE BETWEEN -CONFIDENTIA L- WNINTEL- -NOFORN--REL | COUNTRY : RUSSIA SUBd: GEORGI ENEROVICH MAMEDOV, DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFPAIRS DOT : DECEMBER 1995 SUMMARY: NONE. 1. SOME OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS: GEORGI ENEROVICH ((MAMEDOV)) IS UNPRETENTIOUS AND TRAVELS LIGHT; FOR A THREE-DAY TRIP_HIS LUGGAGE—CONSLSPED~OF ONE” GARMENT SNCTWHTCH-HE-HANDEBP————__} HIMSELF. AS HEAD OF _A_DELEGATION,—HE, RN POR SECRET
13-00000 SECRET MHPNC 29.6=3.10.1.9.3.8 (prec. ce ne pT MEMBERS WHO DID NOT SPEAK ENGLISH AND HOPED PROVISIONS WOULD BE IN PLACE TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THE SCHEDULED MULTILATERAL MEETINGS. HURRYING TO A RECEPTION SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVAL FOLLOWING A LONG FLIGHT, HE DID NOT WISH TO BE LATE BUT NEITHER DID HE WANT TO LEAVE OTHER DELEGATES FAR BEHIND. WHEN IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THEY WOULD HURRY ONCE THEY SAW HE WAS READY, HE COMMENTED -- WITHOUT ANY HINT OF REGRET -- THAT EVERYONE WAS DEMOCRATIC NOW AND IT NO LONGER WORKED THAT WAY. 2. HE EVIDENTLY HAS A GREAT INTEREST IN, AND RESPECT FOR, THE JAPANESE, REFERRING TO THEM AS A SPECIAL CIVILIZATION. AT THE RECEPTION, HE AND JAPANESE DELEGATES AGREED TO MEET LATER THAT NIGHT FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS IN SPITE OF SOME BADLY NEEDED REST. 3. KR PERSON WHO LIKES TO ESTABLISH A ONE-ON-ONE RAPPORT, HE EXPRESSED A REGRET AT NOT SPEAKING SPANISH SINCE LATIN AMERICA IS ONE OF HIS MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY. HE NOTED THAT LATIN AMERICANS DO NOT REALLY OPEN UP WHEN SPEAKING THROUGH INTERPRETERS. TIME CONSTRAINTS PREVENT HIM FROM LEARNING SPANISH AT PRESENT. 4. ECOLOGY - A SPECIAL CONCERN: MAMEDOV SHOWED A PARTICULAR CONCERN FOR ECOLOGY AND NOTED THAT RUSSIA WOULD NEED HELP IN DEALING WITH ITS PROBLEMS IN THIS AREA. HE RUEFULLY COMMENTED THAT MAN WAS THE ONLY CREATURE THAT WOULD DESPOTL HIS ENVIRONMENT. THE PROBLEM WAS A GLOBAL ONE AND REQUIRED CONCERTED COOPERATION ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. 5. PROBLEM AREAS FOR RUSSTA: ACCORDING TO MAMEDOV, RUSSIA’S CURRENT OPEN BORDERS MAKE THE COUNTRY VULNERABLE TO TERRORIST INCURSIONS (IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN WERE MENTIONED) AND TO THE OVERFLOW ONTO RUSSIAN TERRITORY OF BORDER CONFLICTS. WHEN PROBLEMS BEGAN IN AZERBAIJAN, IRAN SENT FIGHTING UNITS ACROSS THE BORDER TO ASSIST AZERIS; RUSSIA WAS NOT NOTIFIED. a Bp HR PROXIMITY OF THE CONFLICT IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA AND ITS OSSIBLE ESCALATION IS VERY WORRISOME. THE CIVIL WAR IN CHECHNYA HAS "THE POTENTIAL OF BECOMING MORE SERIOUS AND IS A VERY TROUBLESOME ISSUE. 6. THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION: MAMEDOV ASSESSES THAT INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, PARTICULARLY WITH CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES, WILL BE STRENGTHENED THROUGH COMMERCIAL TIES. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN RUSSTA STILL HAVE 50% GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT . THE BANKING SECTOR IS MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS INTERNATIONAL-STYLE BANKING. YOUNG MANAGERS (MID 30'S) ARE INTRODUCING NEW IDEAS, WHILE OLDER EXPERIENCED STAFF PROVIDE THE NECESSARY ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. THE CURRENT PERIOD IN WHICH RUSSIA IS BEING ROBBED BY SOME, IS SYMPTOMATIC OF TRANSITIONAL | tN UPHEAVAL AND IS COMPARABLE TO THE POST CIVIL WAR ERA IN THE UNITED STATES WHEN A NUMBER OF ITS CITIZENS ACQUTRED-WEAETH= ee THE T5607 S> THE UTS WENT THROUGH A GEOR MILITANT LABOR _—— JUNJONESM. ASSOCIATED WITH MOB ACTIVITE _2 A CASE IN POINT, THE CTIVITIES OF HOFFA AND HIS ALLEGED ORDERING OF THE * <ASSASSINATIONSOF<PRESIDENT KENNEDY>OFFERS AN ILLUSTRATIVE SECRET
13-00000 SECRET PAGE: 3 EXAMPLE . (FIELD COMMENT: THE SOURCE PROVIDED THE QUALIFIER ON *THE "ALLEDGED" NATURE OF MOB INVOLVEMENT IN THE<KENNEDY> * -ASSASSINATION, >WHICH (MAMEDON] APPARENTLY REPEATED AS IF IT WERE ESTABLISHED FACT.) OPERATE UNDER THE GUISE OF RELIGIOUS FERVOR, NORMALLY HAVE AN UNDERLYING FINANCIAL MOTIVE ACCORDING TO MAMEDOV. RUSSIA, AS OTHER COUNTRIES, IS ESPECIALLY CONCERNED THAT ADEQUATE SAFEGUARDS BE IN PLACE TO PREVENT TERRORISTS FROM ACQUIRING NUCLEAR MATERIALS. RUSSIA ALSO WANTS TO SEE AN IMPROVED INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO DEAL MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH TERRORISTS AND PREVENT THEM FROM TAKING ADVANTAGE OF LEGAL LOOPHOLES . ne J——-" COMMENTS ON TERRORISTS: FeRvoR, NORMALE HAVE AM | 8. MAMEDOV ALSO MADE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON SEVERAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ((ZYUGANOV))- ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS AND THE RESULTING DISCONTENT HAVE ENHANCED HIS CHANCES AT THE PRESIDENCY. IT | WOULD NOT BE OF CRITICAL CONCERN SHOULD HE WIN THE COMING lpPESTDENTIAL ELECTIONS SINCE THE COMMUNISTS HAVE UNDERGONE A ‘TRANSFORMATION AND WOULD NEITHER BE ABLE NOR WILLING TO TURN THE ;CLOCK BACK. THE NEW RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO SPALIAN COMMUNISTS BUT MAMEDOV WOULD DREAD TO SEE AN | LTALTAN -TYPE POLITICAL SCENARIO IN RUSSIA. THE RETURN OF COMMUNIST PRESIDENTS IN POLAND, HUNGARY AND ROMANIA HAS NOT CAUSED DISRUPTIONS IN THEIR RELATIONS WITH WESTERN NATIONS, NOR { SHOULD THIS HAPPEN WITH RUSSIA. ((ZHIRINOVSKY))- A POLITICAL HOOLIGAN, ZHIRINOVSKY HAS LOTS OF FINANCIAL BACKING. WITH HIS ATTENTION-GRABBING ANTICS, HE PROVIDES A DIVERSION WHILE OTHER ELEMENTS CARRY ON THEIR UNSAVORY (I.E. CRIMINAL) ACTIVITIES. IT REMINDS ONE OF THE RUSSIAN TALE WHERE TWO CHARACTERS DISTRACT A CROWD WHILE THE THIRD IS BUSY RIFLING THEIR POCKETS. ZHIRINOVSKY HAS PRESENTED NO SERIOUS PROGRAM TO PERMIT HIM TO ATTRACT SUFFICIENT VOTES. ((LEBED))- WITH HIS BASS VOICE AND PRONOUNCEMENTS THAT APPEAL TO THE DISCONTENTED, HE HAS EARNED SOME POPULARITY, BUT HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOLID PROPOSALS FOR CHANGE AND WILL NOT BE A SERIOUS CONTENDER FOR THE PRESIDENCY. 9. RELATIONS WITH CANADA: MAMEDOV FAVORS CLOSER TIES WITH CANADA AND PARTICULARLY IN THE ECONOMIC SPHERE. THE HALIFAX SUMMIT AND ((YELTSIN‘'S)) BACKING FOR STRONGER ECONOMIC COOPERATION WAS AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD (I.E. THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT'S BLESSING IS ESSENTIAL TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN). THE i NORTH IS AN IMPORTANT COMMON FACTOR. FOR RUSSIA, DEVELOPMENT OF | THEIR NORTHERN SEA ROUTE WILL BE A HIGH PRIORITY AS IT WILL PROVIDE A SHORTER LINK TO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING ROUTES. OGTCRI-CLEANZUP7 WAS” ALSO-MEN ELONED—IN_THE_CANADA/RYSSIA LEcob SECRET
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