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[28]SUBJECT: OPS INTEL: ISIW. INTERVIEW REPORT ON GEORGI ENEROVICH
[29]MAMEDON.
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[35]REPORT FROM THE CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS'S
[36]INTERVIEW PROGRAM, CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL CAN UK US AUS NZ EYES
[37]ONLY, DATED 08 JANUARY 1996, NUMBERED ISIW 922-1-7. ADVISE IF
[38]WE SHOULD
[39]RESUBMIT ANY OF THE FOLLOWING IN INTEL FORMAT. THIS REPORT MAY
[40]BE SHARED WITH DI ANALYSTS. THE INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED DURING i
[41]AN OVER TWO HOUR CAR RIDE BETWEEN MONTREAL AND OTTAWA. ‘
[43]COUNTRY : RUSSIA
[45]SUBT: GEORGI ENEROVICH MAMEDOV, DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN
[46]AFFAIRS
[48]DOT: DECEMBER 1995
[50]SOURCE: A CANADIAN OFFICIAL WHO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHAT
[51]INFORMALLY WITH MAMEDOV.
[53]SUMMARY: NONE.
[54]1. SOME OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS: GEORGI ENEROVICH
[55]((MAMEDOV)) IS UNPRETENTIOUS AND TRAVELS LIGHT; FOR A THREE-DAY
[57]TP_HIS_LUGGAGE—CONS-ESTED-OF ONE” GARMENT BAG WHICH FE-HAND EB-———_}
[59]| WHIMSELF. AS HEAD OF A DELEGATION, HE. EXPRESSED CONCERN FOR
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[72]MEMBERS WHO DID NOT SPEAK ENGLISH AND HOPED PROVISIONS WOULD BE
[73]IN PLACE TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THE SCHEDULED
[75]HURRYING TO A RECEPTION SHORTLY AFTER
[77]MULTILATERAL MEETINGS.
[78]ARRIVAL FOLLOWING A LONG FLIGHT, HE DID NOT WISH TO BE LATE BUT
[80]NEITHER DID HE WANT TO LEAVE OTHER DELEGATES FAR BEHIND. WHEN
[81]IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THEY WOULD HURRY ONCE THEY SAW HE WAS
[82]READY, HE COMMENTED -- WITHOUT ANY HINT OF REGRET -- THAT
[84]EVERYONE WAS DEMOCRATIC NOW AND IT NO LONGER WORKED THAT WAY.
[86]2. HE EVIDENTLY HAS A GREAT INTEREST IN, AND RESPECT
[87]FOR, THE JAPANESE, REFERRING TO THEM AS A SPECIAL CIVILIZATION.
[88]AT THE RECEPTION, HE AND JAPANESE DELEGATES AGREED TO MEET LATER
[89]THAT NIGHT FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS IN SPITE OF SOME BADLY NEEDED
[91]REST .
[93]3. A PERSON WHO LIKES TO ESTABLISH A ONE-ON-ONE
[94]RAPPORT, HE EXPRESSED A REGRET AT NOT SPEAKING SPANISH SINCE
[95]LATIN AMERICA IS ONE OF HIS MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY. HB
[96]NOTED THAT LATIN AMERICANS DO NOT REALLY OPEN UP WHEN SPEAKING
[98]THROUGH INTERPRETERS. TIME CONSTRAINTS PREVENT HIM FROM
[99]LEARNING SPANISH AT PRESENT.
[101]4. ECOLOGY - A SPECIAL CONCERN: MAMEDOV SHOWED A
[102]PARTICULAR CONCERN FOR ECOLOGY AND NOTED THAT RUSSIA WOULD NEED
[103]HELP IN DEALING WITH ITS PROBLEMS IN THIS AREA. HE RUEFULLY
[104]COMMENTED THAT MAN WAS THE ONLY CREATURE THAT WOULD DESPOTL HIS
[105]ENVIRONMENT. THE PROBLEM WAS A GLOBAL ONE AND REQUIRED
[106]CONCERTED COOPERATION ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.
[108]5. PROBLEM AREAS FOR RUSSIA: ACCORDING TO MAMEDOV,
[109]RUSSIA’S CURRENT OPEN BORDERS MAKE THE COUNTRY VULNERABLE TO
[110]TERRORIST INCURSIONS (IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN WERE MENTIONED) AND
[111]O THE OVERFLOW ONTO RUSSIAN TERRITORY OF BORDER CONFLICTS.
[112]WHEN PROBLEMS BEGAN IN AZERBAIJAN, IRAN SENT FIGHTING UNITS
[113]ACROSS THE BORDER TO ASSIST AZERIS; RUSSIA WAS NOT NOTIFIED.
[114]THE PROXIMITY OF THE CONFLICT IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA AND ITS
[115]POSSIBLE ESCALATION IS VERY WORRTSOME. THE CIVIL WAR IN
[116]CHECHNYA HAS “THE POTENTIAL OF BECOMING MORE SERIOUS AND Is A
[118]VERY TROUBLESOME ISSUE.
[120]6. THE SCONOMIC TRANSITION: MAMEDOV ASSESSES THAT
[121]INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, PARTICULARLY WITH CANADA AND THE UNITED
[122]STATES, WILL BE STRENGTHENED THROUGH COMMERCIAL TIES. ECONOMIC
[123]DEVELOPMENTS IN RUSSIA STILL HAVE 50% GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT .
[124]THE BANKING SECTOR IS MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS
[125]INTERNATIONAL-STYLE BANKING. YOUNG MANAGERS (MID 30'S) ARE
[126]INTRODUCING NEW IDEAS, WHILE OLDER EXPERIENCED STAFF PROVIDE THE
[127]NECESSARY ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. THE CURRENT PERIOD IN WHICH
[128]RUSSIA IS BEING ROBBED BY SOME, IS SYMPTOMATIC OF TRANSITIONAL
[129]UPHEAVAL AND IS COMPARABLE TO THE POST CIVIL WAR ERA IN THE |
[130]UNITED STATES WHEN A NUMBER OF ITS CITYZENS RCQUTRED-WEALEH=—EN— J b
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[133]THE LES0° 2) THE-UTST WENT THROUGH A STAGR-OR_MILITANT LABOR
[134]UNIONLSM ASSOCIATED. WITH MOB ACTIVITIES.# A CASE IN POINT, THE
[135]ACTIVITIES OF HOFFA AND HIS ALLEGED ORDERING OF THE
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[152]EXAMPLE . (FIELD COMMENT: THE SOURCE PROVIDED THE QUALIFIER ON
[153]*THE "ALLEDGED" NATURE OF MOB INVOLVEMENT IN THE < KENNEDY >
[155]* <ASSASSINATION, > WHICH (MAMEDOMJ APPARENTLY REPEATED AS IF If WERE
[156]ESTABLISHED FACT. )
[158]OPERATE UNDER THE GUISE OF RELIGIOUS FERVOR, NORMALLY HAVE AN
[159]UNDERLYING FINANCIAL MOTIVE ACCORDING TO MAMEDOV. RUSSIA, AS
[160]OTHER COUNTRIES, IS ESPECIALLY CONCERNED THAT ADEQUATE
[161]SAFEGUARDS BE IN PLACE TO PREVENT TERRORISTS FROM ACQUIRING
[162]NUCLEAR MATERIALS. RUSSIA ALSO WANTS TO SEE AN IMPROVED
[163]INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO DEAL MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH
[164]TERRORISTS AND PREVENT THEM FROM TAKING ADVANTAGE OF LEGAL
[165]LOOPHOLES .
[167]a J——COMMENTS ON TERRORISTS: Fervor, NORMALLY wave an {
[169]8. MAMEDOV ALSO MADE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON SEVERAL
[170]PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
[172]((ZYUGANOV) )- ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS AND THE RESULTING
[173]DISCONTENT HAVE ENHANCED HIS CHANCES AT THE PRESIDENCY. IT
[174];WOULD NOT BE OF CRITICAL CONCERN SHOULD HE WIN THE COMING
[175]PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS SINCE THE COMMUNISTS HAVE UNDERGONE A
[176]TRANSFORMATION AND WOULD NEITHER BE ABLE NOR WILLING TO TURN THE
[177]jCLOCK BACK. THE NEW RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO
[178](ITALIAN COMMUNISTS BUT MAMEDOV WOULD DREAD TO SEE AN i
[179]ITALIAN-TYPE POLITICAL SCENARIO IN RUSSIA. THE RETURN OF
[180]COMMUNIST PRESIDENTS IN POLAND, HUNGARY AND ROMANIA HAS NOT
[181]CAUSED DISRUPTIONS IN THEIR RELATIONS WITH WESTERN NATIONS, NOR
[182]| sHOULD THIS HAPPEN WITH RUSSIA.
[184]( (ZHIRINOVSKY))- A POLITICAL HOOLIGAN, ZHIRINOVSKY HAS q
[185]LOTS OF FINANCIAL BACKING. WITH HIS ATTENTION-GRABBING ANTICS,
[186]HE PROVIDES A DIVERSION WHILE OTHER ELEMENTS CARRY ON THEIR
[187]UNSAVORY (I.E. CRIMINAL) ACTIVITIES. IT REMINDS ONE OF THE
[188]RUSSIAN TALE WHERE TWO CHARACTERS DISTRACT A CROWD WHILE THE
[189]THIRD IS BUSY RIFLING THEIR POCKETS. ZHIRINOVSKY HAS PRESENTED
[190]NO SERIOUS PROGRAM TO PERMIT HIM TO ATTRACT SUFFICIENT VOTES.
[192]((LEBED))- WITH HIS BASS VOICE AND PRONOUNCEMENTS THAT
[193]APPEAL TO THE DISCONTENTED, HE HAS EARNED SOME POPULARITY, BUT
[194]HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOLID PROPOSALS FOR CHANGE
[195]AND WILL NOT BE A SERIOUS CONTENDER FOR THE PRESIDENCY.
[197]9. RELATIONS WITH CANADA: MAMEDOV FAVORS CLOSER TIES
[199]WITH CANADA AND PARTICULARLY IN THE ECONOMIC SPHERE. THE
[200]HALIFAX SUMMIT AND ((YELTSIN’S) ) BACKING FOR STRONGER ECONOMIC
[201]COOPERATION WAS AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD (I.E. THE CENTRAL
[202]GOVERNMENT'S BLESSING IS ESSENTIAL TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN). THE
[203]| }NORTH IS AN IMPORTANT COMMON FACTOR. FOR RUSSIA, DEVELOPMENT OF
[204]THEIR NORTHERN SEA ROUTE WILL BE A HIGH PRIORITY AS IT WILL
[206]PROVIDE A SHORTER LINK TO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING ROUTES.
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