Date:
5 January 2009
Author(s):
Janine Ellison (Russia Directorate), Leslie Hayden (Russia Directorate)
Classification Level:
Secret
Citation:
National Security Council, Janine Ellison, and Leslie Hayden, Managing
Cooperation/Differences with Russia: The Situation As We Found It § (2009).
Transition Memo:
Transition 7744 – Managing Cooperation/Differences with Russia
Managing Cooperation/Differences with Russia
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Chronology for Managing Cooperation/Differences with Russia
Memorandum of Conversation of Restricted Meeting with President Putin of Russia (June 16, 2001)
Joint Statement by President Bush and Russian President Putin on Bilateral Trade and Investment Relations (July 22, 2001)
Date: 14 November 2001
Author(s): George W. Bush, Vladimir V. Putin (President of Russia)
Description: Bush and Putin state that the U.S. and Russia will work together against terrorism, in revising nuclear posture, in advancing economic and political freedom, in advancing cooperation between NATO and Russia, and in securing U.S.-Russian mutual understanding and freedoms.
Letter to Russian President Putin (October 4, 2001)
Memorandum of Conversation of Meeting with President Putin of Russia(October 21, 2001)
Joint Statement by President Bush and President Putin (October 21, 2001)
Joint Statement on New U.S.-Russia Relationship (November 14, 2001)
Date: 22 July 2001
Author(s): George W. Bush, Vladimir V. Putin (President of Russia)
Description: Document announces the Russian American Business Dialogue, which is aimed at promoting economic reform, rule of law, and Russian accession to the WTO. Dialogue further aims to facilitate contact between Russian and American businesses. Document states that cabinet level representatives will receive first report at meeting early in 2002.
Date: 21 October 2001
Author(s): George W. Bush, Vladimir V. Putin (President of Russia)
Description: Document states that Bush and Putin categorically reject terrorism; that state terrorism represents threat to U.S., Russian, and international security; that the Taliban are to blame for Afghanistan’s role in 9/11; and that the U.S. and Russia will cooperate in a variety of ways to destroy terrorist networks.
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Memorandum of Conversation of Expanded Meeting with President Putin of Russia (November 13, 2001)
Date: 24 May 2002
Author(s): George W. Bush, Vladimir V. Putin (President of Russia)
Description: Bush and Putin celebrate sustained contact during meetings atLjubljana, Genoa, Shanghai, and Washington/Crawford. Bush and Putin express desire to cooperate on a number of fronts, including counterterrorism, counterproliferation, nuclear arsenal reduction, people-to-people contacts, HIV/AIDS reduction, democratic and economic cooperation, among others.
Text of Joint Declaration by the President of the United States of America and the President of the Russian Federation (May 24, 2002)
Memorandum of Conversation of Meeting with President Putin of Russia (November 22, 2002)
Memorandum of Conversation of Meeting with President Putin of Russia (June 27, 2002)
Memorandum of Telephone Conversation with President Putin ofRussia (March 6, 2003)
Memorandum of Telephone Conversation with President Putin of Russia (March 12, 2003)
Memorandum of Telephone Conversation with President Putin of Russia (March 18,2003)
The Presidents of Russia and the United States, Strategic Dialogue Group paper (Spring 2003)
Date: Spring 2003 (the document does not indicate anything more specific)
Author(s):Unknown
Description: The document states that Presidents Bush and Putin have agreed to create The Presidents’ Strategic Dialogue Group, aimed at solidifying a framework of U.S.-Russian cooperation and giving guidance to presidents. The group is to be guided by basic principles, such as rejecting zero-sum, Cold War thinking; facilitating the formation of favorable public opinion between the U.S. and Russia; finding issues of cooperation; and supplementing other dialogues. The document then outlines areas of cooperation and group organization.
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Memorandum of Conversation of Meeting with President Putin of Russia (May 31, 2003)
U.S.Russian Relations in Eurasia: Principles of Regional Cooperation (September 2003)
Date: September 2008
Author(s): Unknown
Description: The document outlines areas of cooperation in Eurasia, including security, energy, and political/economic reform. The document states that Russia and the U.S. must cooperate on conflict resolution, work with Eurasian states, and support territorial integrity/sovereignty, among other principles. The document states that U.S. and Russia need to remain cooperative/transparent as well as enhance options.
Date: 24 February 2005
Author(s): George W. Bush, Vladimir V. Putin (President of Russia)
Description: Presidents Bush and Putin express intent to cooperate on counterproliferation and WMD emergency response. Presidents also statetheirintent to cooperate on enriching non-weaponized uranium for export and sharing best practices for nuclear facilities with each other and other countries.
Memorandum of Conversation of Meeting with President Putin of Russia (September 26,2003)
Memorandum of Conversationof Meeting with President Putin of Russia (June 8, 2004)
Memorandum of Conversation of Meeting with President Putin of Russia (November 20, 2004)
Memorandum of Conversation of Working Dinner with Jacques Chirac, President of France (February 21, 2005)
Memorandum of Conversation of Meeting with Prime Minister Berlusconi of Italy (February 22, 2005)
Memorandum of Conversation of Meeting with German Chancellor Schroeder (February 23, 2005)
Memorandum of Conversation of Meeting with President Putin of Russia (February 24, 2005)
Joint Statement by President Bush and President Putin on Nuclear Security Cooperation (February 24, 2005)
Memorandum of Conversation of Secure Video Teleconference with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (March 1, 2005)
Memorandum of Conversation of Meeting with President Putin of Russia (September 16, 2005)
Memorandum of Telephone Conversation with President Putin of Russia (February 1, 2006)
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Memorandum of Conversation of Meeting with President Putin of Russia (July 15, 2006)
Memorandum of Telephone Conversation with President Putin of Russia (December 23, 2006)
Date: September 2008
Author(s): Unknown
Description: The document outlines areas of cooperation in Eurasia, including security, energy, and political/economic reform. The document states that Russia and the U.S. must cooperate on conflict resolution, work with Eurasian states, and support territorial integrity/sovereignty, among other principles. The document states that U.S. and Russia need to remain cooperative/transparent as well as enhance options.
Memorandum of Conversation of Meeting with President Putin of Russia (June 7, 2007)
Declaration on Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation: Joint Actions (July 3, 2007)
Letter from President Putin to President Bush (February 16, 2008)
Letter from President Bush to President Putin (February 18, 2008)
U.S.-Russia Strategic Framework Declaration (April 6, 2008)
Memorandum of Conversation of Meeting with President Putin of Russia (April 6, 2008)
Principals Committee Policy Paper "Principles Underlining U.S. Strategy in Russia" (September 2, 2008)
Letter from APNSA Hadley to Russian Foreign Policy Advisor Sergey Prikhodko (November 4, 2008)
U.S. Proposal for Missile Defense Transparency and Confidence Building Measures (November 4, 2008)
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Transparency and Confidence Building Measures Regarding Strategic Offensive Nuclear Reductions (November 4, 2008)
Date: 3 July 2007
Author(s): George W. Bush, Vladimir V. Putin (President of Russia)
Description:U.S. and Russian presidents declare enhanced cooperation for preventing spread of nuclear weapons and facilitating peaceful use of nuclear energy. U.S. and Russia name a host of forums and organizations which will continue to serve as venues of cooperation. To achieve these goals, the presidents cite strategies such as peaceful nuclear reactor proliferation, fuel disposal options, and IAEA cooperation as pathways.
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