13 August 2015 — National Security Archive
National Security Archive News Alert OBAMA’S SECRET DIPLOMACY WITH CUBA New Revelations
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Washington D.C., August 13, 2015 – On the eve of Secretary of State John Kerry’s historic trip to Havana tomorrow to raise the American flag over the newly reopened U.S. Embassy, the National Security Archive today distributed a ground-breaking article revealing key details of the behind-the-scenes political operations and secret negotiations that have led to the normalization of diplomatic relations.
There was another phone call today between Secretary of State Kerry and the Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov. The call came after a strategy meeting on Ukraine in the White House. During the call Kerry agreed to Russian demands for a federalization of the Ukraine in which the federal states will have a strong autonomy against a neutralized central government. Putin had offered this “off-ramp” from the escalation and Obama has taken it.
As the events in and around Ukraine unfold, the reaction of some Western circles becomes close to hysteria. The resistance to the fascist putsch staged in Crimea and Novorussia (New Russia) has evoked unparalleled anxiety in the ranks of European, and, especially, US diplomats. There is a plethora of retaliatory measures Russia is threatened with including awe-evoking suspension of preparations for the breath shooting session called «G8 summit» and freezing Russian officials and natural persons’ bank accounts. 
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