CODEL SOLARZ: MEETING WITH CHANCELLERY ADVISOR TELTSCHIK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01370R000801110125-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 23, 2010
• Sequence Number: 125
• Publication Date: November 20, 1984
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJ: CODEL SOLMZ: METING WITH CFNNCELLIRY ADVISOR
TELTSCHIK
2. SUMMARY: IN HIS NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH VISITING
CONGRESSMAN STEPHEN SOLARZ, CHANCELLERY ADVISOR HORST
TELTSCHIK DISCUSSED THE KOHL-REAGAN MEETING IN
WASHINGTON ON NOVEMBER 30 AND SDI. END SUMMARY.
3. AFTER NOTING SOVIET LEADERSHIP PROBLEMS AND SOVIET
SENSITIVITIES ABOUT SAVING FACE, TELTSCHIK EXPRESSED
DOUBTS TO CODEL ABOUT WHETHER THE SOVIET UNION IS CUR-
RENTLY CAPABLE OF TAKING THE DECISIONS REQUIRED FOR
MAKING A CONSTRUCTIVE STEP TOWARD COOPERATION WITH THE
WEST. NONETHELESS, HE SAID. THE WEST MUST BE PREPARED
FOR EXPLOITING OPPORTUNITIES WHICH COULD ARISE. IT WAS
THEREFORE IMPORTANT THAT THE CHANCELLOR DISCUSS WITH
PRESIDENT REAGAN A COMMON WESTERN INITIATIVE ON IMPROVING
EAST-WEST RELATIONS AND ON RESUMING ARMS CONTROL NEGOTIA-
TIONS FOR THE DECEMBER MINISTERIAL OF NATO. TELTSCHIK
VIEWED THE PRESIDENT'S SEPTEMBER 1984 UNGA SPEECH AS A
GOOD FRAMEWORK FOR IMPROVING THE OVERALL RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN EAST AND WEST. HE SAID MORE WORK WOULD HAVE TO BE
DONE ON DEVELOPING AN APPROACH TO ARMS CONTROL; FINDING A
WAY TO HANDLE SPACE WEAPONS WOULD PLAY A KEY ROLE IN
THESE EFFORTS.
4. TELTSCHIK EMPHASIZED THAT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE
CLOSE CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN ALLIANCE MEMBERS BEFORE ANY
DECISIONS WERE REACHED ON STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVES
(SDI). GERMAN CONCERNS CENTERED ON THE POTENTIALLY
DE-COUPLING EFFECT SDI COULD HAVE ON THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN EUROPE AND AMERICA, AND THE POTENTIALLY
DESTABILIZING EFFECT SDI COULD HAVE ON THE BALANCE
OF POWER BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.
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IN EXPRESSIONS OF POLICY TOWARD THE SOVIET UNION, AND MORE
CALM IN TAKING THE NECESSARY STEPS TO COUNTER THE SOVIET
MILITARY BUILD-UP.
6. CODEL SOLARZ DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW
THIS CABLE.
BURNS
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