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warontherocks.com/2019/11/promises-made-promises-broken-what-yeltsin-was-told-about-nato-in-1993-and-why-it-matters-2/
"When they wrote on the subject later, Christopher and Talbott both gave the impression that Yeltsin misunderstood what he was being told. In his book, In the Stream of History: Shaping Foreign Policy for a New Era, Christopher writes that when he told Yeltsin about the Partnership for Peace, Yeltsin called it a ?stroke of genius.? Christopher then reports that he explained that a NATO enlargement process would be ?long-term and evolutionary? and Yeltsin responded, ?This really is a great idea.? Similarly, Talbott in his memoir, The Russia Hand, says that when Christopher explained that the United States was not going forward at that time with enlargement but instead the Partnership for Peace, Yeltsin didn?t even let him finish, calling it ?brilliant.?"
At a private lunch in late September 1994, Clinton told Yeltsin that NATO would expand, but he argued there was no timetable. ?We?re going to move forward on this,? Clinton said, ?but I?d never spring this on you.? He continued:
"NATO expansion is not anti-Russian?I don?t want you to believe that I wake up every morning thinking only about how to make the Warsaw Pact countries a part of NATO?that?s not the way I look at it. What I do think about his how to use NATO expansion to advance the broader, higher goal of European security unity and integration?a goal I know you share."
