May 6 / Administration of George Bush, 1992

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GEORGE BUSH

Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting on the Cyprus Conflict May 6, 1992

Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. Chairman:) of progress, the Secretary General’s nego- In accordance with Public Law 95–384 tiators returned to New York on February (22 U.S.C. 2373(c)), I am submitting to you 7. this bimonthly report on progress toward a On February 10, I discussed the Cyprus negotiated settlement of the Cyprus ques- issue with Prime Minister Demirel during tion. This report covers January and Feb- his official visit to Washington. He repeated ruary and, for the sake of continuity, the his assurances that Turkey wanted a Cyprus first 10 days of March 1992. settlement and would work cooperatively in As reported in my last letter to you on support of the U.N. Secretary General’s this subject, we were in contact with the good-offices mission in an effort to obtain U.N. Cyprus negotiators at the end of 1991 such a solution. He gave similar assurances in preparation for the installation on January directly to Secretary General Boutros Ghali 1 of the new U.N. Secretary General, Mr. 3 days later in New York. Boutros Ghali. On January 3, the first full The Secretary General’s Cyprus nego- U.N. workday in 1992, the U.S. Special Cy- tiators returned to Ankara on February 17. prus Coordinator, Nelson Ledsky, consulted After meeting with representatives of the in New York with the new Secretary Gen- Government of Turkey, they expressed con- eral on how to proceed during Ambassador cern that Turkey appeared to be placing Ledsky’s projected trip to Ankara, Nicosia, conditions on the continuation of the nego- and Athens. tiation along lines put forward earlier by the Ambassador Ledsky was in the Eastern Turkish Cypriots. Moreover, these condi- Mediterranean from January 7 through Jan- tions seemed to go beyond the mandate uary 17, and during that time he received conferred on the Secretary General by the assurances from Prime Minister Demirel of U.N. Security Council as reaffirmed in U.N. Turkey, the leadership of the two Cypriot Security Council Resolutions 649 (1990) communities, and Prime Minister Mitsotakis and 716 (1991). of Greece that the parties were committed On March 3, Under Secretary of State to proceed with the U.N.-sponsored settle- Arnold Kanter met with Prime Minister ment process, taking up where it had left Demirel in Ankara. During their discussions off in the late summer of 1991. of Cyprus, Under Secretary Kanter reiter- By the end of January, the U.N. nego- ated the desire of the United States for the tiators had themselves returned to the area success of the U.N. Secretary General’s ef- and began their first round of consultations forts to resolve peacefully, fairly, and per- in 1992 with the Governments of Greece manently the Cyprus problem. Under Sec- and Turkey and the leadership of the two retary Kanter had assured Greek Foreign Cypriot communities. This round ended Minister Samaras of the same commitment without progress when, due to the illness in Athens on February 29. Prime Minister of Turkish Cypriot Leader Rauf Denktash, Demirel told Under Secretary Kanter that the Turkish Cypriots were unable to address he understood the U.S. position and that substantively the issues contained in the any impression that Turkey had reversed Secretary General’s ‘‘set of ideas’’ for a Cy- itself on the Secretary General’s good-of- prus settlement. Disappointed by this lack fices mission was a result of a misunder-

710 Administration of George Bush, 1992 / May 6 standing by the U.N. negotiators of Turkey’s I continue to believe that the Secretary position. General’s efforts provide the only peaceful On March 10, at the meeting of the means of reaching a permanent settlement North Atlantic Cooperation Council in of the Cyprus issue. Further, I believe that Brussels, Secretary of State Baker met sepa- the Secretary General’s ‘‘set of ideas’’ can rately with Foreign Minister Cetin of Tur- and should be an appropriate basis for mov- key and Foreign Minister Samaras of ing forward. It is my hope that the next Greece. He received assurances that Greece few months will see progress in this worth- and Turkey are committed to support the while effort. Secretary General’s Cyprus good-offices Sincerely, mission. Having received these assurances, GEORGE BUSH Ambassador Ledsky travelled to the Eastern Mediterranean once again on March 17 to Note: Identical letters were sent to Thomas discuss with the parties in greater detail the S. Foley, Speaker of the House of Represent- U.N. Secretary General’s ‘‘set of ideas’’ for atives, and Claiborne Pell, chairman of the a Cyprus settlement. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

Presidential Determination No. 92–25—Memorandum on Trade With Certain Former Soviet Republics May 6, 1992

Memorandum for the Secretary of State and Uzbekistan will substantially promote Subject: Determination under Section the objectives of section 402. 402(c)(2)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974, as You are authorized and directed to pub- amended—Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, lish this determination in the Federal Reg- Moldova, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan ister. Pursuant to section 402(c)(2)(A) of the GEORGE BUSH Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’) (19 U.S.C. 2432(c)(2)(A)), I determine that [Filed with the Office of the Federal Reg- a waiver by Executive order of the applica- ister, 11:07 a.m., May 22, 1992] tion of subsections (a) and (b) of section 402 of the Act with respect to Azerbaijan, Note: The Executive order of June 3 is listed Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Ukraine, in Appendix E at the end of this volume.

Message to the Congress on Trade With Certain Former Soviet Republics May 6, 1992

To the Congress of the United States: Ukraine, and Uzbekistan will substantially Pursuant to section 402(c)(2)(A) of the promote the objectives of section 402. Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’) A copy of that determination is enclosed. (19 U.S.C. 2432(c)(2)(A)), I have determined I have also received assurances with respect that a waiver of the application of subsections to the emigration practices of Azerbaijan, (a) and (b) of section 402 with respect to Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, and Uzbekistan required by section

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