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> October 17, 2000
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> Letter shows Gore made deal
>
> By Bill Gertz
> THE WASHINGTON TIMES
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> Vice President Al Gore, at the urging of Russian Prime Minister
> Viktor Chernomyrdin, agreed to keep secret from Congress details
> of Russia's nuclear cooperation with Iran beginning in late 1995.
>
> In a classified "Dear Al" letter obtained by The Washington
> Times, Mr. Chernomyrdin told Mr. Gore about Moscow's
> confidential nuclear deal with Iran and stated that it was "not
> to be conveyed to third parties, including the U.S. Congress."
> But sources on Capitol Hill said Mr. Gore withheld the
> information from key senators who normally would be told of such
> high-level security matters. The Gore-Chernomyrdin deal,
> disclosed in a letter labeled "secret," appears to violate a
> provision of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Act, which requires
> the Clinton administration to keep congressional oversight
> committees fully informed of all issues related to nuclear
> weapons proliferation. The Chernomyrdin letter on nuclear
> cooperation with Iran follows a report in the New York Times last
> week showing that Mr. Gore reached a secret deal with Russia
> several months earlier that appears to circumvent U.S. laws
> requiring the imposition of sanctions on Russia for its
> conventional arms sales to Iran. That arrangement also was kept
> secret from Congress, raising concerns among some lawmakers that
> the administration may be hiding other secret deals. Gore
> spokesman Jim Kennedy said: "It's obvious that the motivation for
> this leak is political." The letter "simply appears to be part of
> the overall United States effort to encourage the Russians to
> break off or limit their nuclear relationship with Iran," Mr.
> Kennedy said in a statement last night. The Dec. 9, 1995, letter
> on Iranian nuclear cooperation states that the two leaders'
> discussions as part of a special commission had resulted in
> "clarity and mutual understanding" on the matter.
>
> The letter said there were "no new trends" in Moscow's sale of
> nuclear equipment to Iran since a 1992 agreement. It also states
> that Russia and the United States would seek to prevent the
> undermining of the nuclear arms non-proliferation program."
>
> Mr. Chernomyrdin said Moscow's program of building a nuclear
> reactor in Iran would be limited to training technicians in
> Russia, and the delivery of "nuclear fuel for the power plant for
> the years 2001 through 2011." "The information that we are
> passing on to you is not to be conveyed to third parties,
> including the U.S. Congress," Mr. Chernomyrdin said. "Open
> information concerning our cooperation with Iran is obviously a
> different matter, and we do no[t] object to the constructive use
> of such information. I am counting on your understanding."
>
> A classified analysis acompanying the letter stated that Russian
> assistance "if not terminated, can only lead to Iran's
> acquisition of a nuclear weapons capability." "Such a development
> would be destabilizing not only for the already volatile Middle
> East, but would pose a threat to Russian and Western security
> interests," the analysis stated. Russian promises to limit
> cooperation with Iran's nuclear program have been undermined by
> numerous U.S. intelligence reports showing Moscow is providing
> nuclear-weapons-related equipment to Tehran outside the scope of
> its declared limits, according to U.S. officials.
>
> A senior State Department official, Robert Einhorn, told a Senate
> subcommittee hearing earlier this month that Russian nuclear
> assistance is a "persistent problem" and that Russian companies
> linked to the government are providing Iran with "laser isotope
> separation technology" used to enrich uranium for weapons. Asked
> about the letter, congressional aides close to the issue said
> they knew nothing about the details that the Russian leader gave
> Mr. Gore. "All this nuclear cooperation is sanctionable," said a
> senior congressional aide.
>
> The secret Gore-Chernomyrdin dealings have become an issue in the
> presidential election campaign. Texas Gov. George W. Bush stated
> during a campaign stop in Michigan last week that the reported
> deal on Russian arms transfers to Iran was "a troubling piece of
> information." He demanded an explanation from the vice president.
> An earlier Gore-Chernomyrdin agreement, also obtained by The
> Washington Times, reveals that the United States would not impose
> sanctions on Russia required under U.S. law in exchange for
> Moscow's promise to end arms sales to Iran. That agreement,
> called an "aide memoire" and signed by Mr. Gore and Mr.
> Chernomyrdin on June 30, 1995, required Russia to halt all arms
> sales to Iran by Dec. 31, 1999. In exchange, the United States
> promised "to take appropriate steps to avoid any penalties to
> Russia that might otherwise arise under domestic law . . .," says
> the agreement, labeled "secret."
>
> The aide memoire also states that the United States would "pursue
> steps that would lead to the removal of Russia from the
> proscribed list of International Traffic in Arms Regulations of
> the United States" which limits U.S. arms and defense-related
> technology sales. A third classified letter, from Secretary of
> State Madeleine K. Albright, indicates that Russia is not living
> up to its promise to halt conventional arms deliveries to the
> Iranians. Mrs. Albright stated in a Jan. 13 letter to Russian
> Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, also labeled "secret," that
> "Russia's unilateral decision to continue delivering arms to Iran
> beyond the Dec. 31 deadline will unnecessarily complicate our
> relationship." "I urge that Russia refrain from any further
> deliveries of those arms covered by the aide memoire; provide
> specific information on what has been delivered, what remains to
> be shipped and anticipated timing; and refrain from concluding
> any additional arms contracts with Iran," Mrs. Albright stated.
>
> She added that the United States had lived up to its commitment
> in the 1995 Gore-Chernomyrdin aide memoire, including removing
> Russia from the list of nations limited by munitions-export
> controls. In the "Dear Igor" letter, Mrs. Albright stated that
> "without the aide memoire, Russia's conventional arms sales to
> Iran would have been subject to sanctions based on various
> provisions of our laws."
>
> The 1992 Iran-Iraq Nonproliferation Act requires the imposition
> of sanctions for "destabilizing" arms sales to either country. A
> 1996 amendment to the 1962 Foreign Assistance Act also requires
> sanctions on nations that provide lethal military assistance to a
> nation designated as a state sponsor of terrorism. Iran is on the
> State Department's terrorism sponsor list. Senate Majority
> Leader Trent Lott, Mississippi Republican, and Senate Foreign
> Relations Committee Chairman Jesse Helms, North Carolina
> Republican, wrote to President Clinton on Friday asking about the
> 1995 aide memoire. "Please assure us . . . the vice president did
> not, in effect, sign a pledge with Victor Chernomyrdin in 1995
> that committed your administration to break U.S. law by dodging
> sanctions requirements," they stated.
>
> Senate aides said the administration failed to notify the Senate
> about the specific arrangements to cover up for Russian arms
> sales. National Security Adviser Samuel R. Berger said on Sunday,
> contrary to Mrs. Albright's classified letter, that U.S.
> sanctions did not apply to Russia.
>
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