- - - - 01/05/20m - - - I Fromz? Mikc: Serge} le: l.I. (icncrul Mike phones Ambassador Serge} to express his on the death 0f(iRI.? Director Igor who died today from unknown causes. START DATE: 12/22/2016 ST RT DATE: 12/23/2016 PARTICIPANTS. To: General RE: A follow-up call between General and Kislyak [Sergey Ivanovich] Pchelyakov calls General and asks if he can connect him with Ambassador Kislyak. replies, ?Yeah, please put him on.? ?This is General Kislyak, ?Yeah, Thank you for picking up my call. I just as a follow up. To share with you several points. One. That your previous telephone call, I reported to Moscow and it was considered at the highest level, in Russia. Secondly, here we are planning taking in account and rally your arguments to raise ahem, a proposal of idea of continued consultations in NY. We will do it today. To give time for working out something ahem, that would be, maybe less controversial.? that. That?s good news.? Kislyak interrupts to continue with his points. Kislyak, ?Secondly if ah, the orders will put it in to the vote and I understand my colleagues tell me that Egyptians are not pressing for the vote. But may be others.? continues, . .you know that the strategic goal is stability in the Middle East. That?s the strategic goal. And, and, you know, between you and I, and you know this, and we know this, you know between Moscow and Washington. We will not achieve stability in the Middle East without working with each other against this radical Islamist crowd. Period. 1 am very adamant about that and I want to make sure that you know that and in the conversations that we?ll have in the if there is a common common threat that we Kislyak, agree with you.? . .and I am, I am still sickened, sickened by by the murder of your ambassador to And if Kislyak interrupts ?General! If you allow me to ah, to complete my presentation of these So, we will try to help to give additional time for the conversation on this issuevote, for historical reasons, as I explained to we cannot other than to support it.? Kislyak, ?That is something, that is ah, part of the position that we have developed within ahem, countries in the region for long period of time. .. But, responding to your telephone call, and our conversations we will try to help to postpone the vote and to allow for consultations.? OK, ok, that?s good. That?s great ambassador. Thatthis point and time.? Both wish each other with happy Christmas and says that both can call each other anytime. Possibly talking about the December 25, 2016 vote in UN against Israeli settlements. Russia represented in UN by Churkin voted for it.] RT DATE: 12/29/2016 From: Dmitriy [Andreyevich] PARTICIPANTS: To: General RE: A message from Kislyak to need to talk. Before General voce message turns on, there is an open line, barely audible chat. Someone asks ?Which agency are we talking about?? asks as to con?rm if he understands the question and responds in the same time: ?Which Agency hackers did the hacking? Believe me, Americans did hacked this all.? After General lynn?s prerecorded message ends leaves his message, ?Hello, General my name is Dmitry, I am chief of the Russian Ambassador?s staff. The Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak would like to have a word with you at your convenience. Can you kindly call us back? Our of?ce number is ambassadors cell phone it i 7 Thank you. Good bye.? START DATE: 12/29/2016 From: PARTICIPANTS: To: Kislyak, Sergey Ivanovich, Russian Ambassador to the US. General Michael RE: Kislyak thanks for the call; he has been waiting for it. First, Kislyak wants to discuss the Middle East policy. The Russians want to convey to the President-elect that the Russians will not be supporting the American colleagues at the Security Council. says it is good. Second, the Russians are very interesting with working with the President-elect?s team to help peace process in Syria. The Russians are thinking about an event in Astana, Kazakhstan in January 20?30 to help the political process to get started. The Russians are planning to invite the Trump Administration to this event. Thirdly, the Kremlin would like to convey to the President?elect to organize a conversation via secure video line between the White House and the Kremlin that should be available starting January 20th and to have a ?rst conversation on January 2lrst between the presidents. Putin?s idea is to congratulate Trump and discuss issues. says he understands. Kislyak repeats that he is talking about secure video line. wants to convey the following [to Moscow]: Do not allow this administration to box us in right now! Kislyak says the have conveyed it very clearly. So, depending on what actions they take over this current issue of cyber stuff, where they are looking like they are going to dismiss some number of Russians out of the country. I understand all that and I understand that the information that they have and all that. But I ask Russia to do is to not, if anything, I know you have to have some sort of action, to only make it reciprocal; don?t go any further than you have to because I don?t want us to get into something that have to escalate to tit-for-tat. Do you follow me? Kislyak says he understands what is saying, but might appreciate the sentiments that are raging now in Moscow. I know! Believe me I do! I very much appreciate it! But I really do not want us to get into the situation where we everybody goes back and forth and everybody had to be a tough guy here. We don?t need that right now. We need cool heads to prevail. And we need to be very steady about what we are going to do because we have absolutely a common threat in the Middle East. Kislyak agrees. Now when SB and GRU are sanctioned and Kislyak asks himself, does it mean that the US. is not willing to work on terrorist threats, Kislyak poses a question. says, yes. Kislyak says he heard and he will try people in Moscow to understand. repeats asking to reciprocate moderately because if Moscow sends out 60 people, ?you will shut down the embassy. Let?s keep this at even-kill level; then when we come in, we will have a better conversation where we are going to go regarding our relationship. And also, basically, we have to take these enemies on that we have. We definitely have a common enemy. You have a problem with it. We have a problem with it in this country and we definitely have a problem with it in the Middle East. promises to rely about the 21st. He cannot commit to it, but he will relay it. Kislyak says, wonderful. appreciates the reservation of the current administration?s position on the Middle East. That doesn?t do anybody any good. says they will come up with the solution that is good for everyone else. Remember Ambassador, you are not talking to a diplomat; you are talking to a soldier. I am a very practical guy. It is all about solutions. Kislyak is looking for an opportunity to have a longer conversation. says, maybe the end of next week.