ADDRESS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

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13 July 1988
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
William M. Baker
Director of Public Affairs
Address of the Congressional Research Service
The Library of Congress
1. This is background information for your address of the Congressional
Research Service (CRS) off-the-record breakfast on 14 July, 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
at the US Capitol, Room EF100. Director of Congressional Affairs John
Helgerson will remain with you throughout the program. Breakfast will be
served during the program.
2. Arrangements for the CRS Breakfast: You are asked to be at the
Capitol, Room EF100 at approximately 7:50 a.m. Director of CRS, Joseph Ross,
will open the program at 8:00 a.m. and introduce Congressman Hamilton who will
give a few remarks before introducing the Librarian of Congress, James
Billington. Mr. Billington will introduce the moderator, Soviet specialist
Francis Miko, and Mr. Miko will introduce you. Your remarks are scheduled to
begin at 8:05 a.m. The suggested format is 10-15 minutes of remarks.
Following your remarks Columbia University Professor Marshall Schulman will
speak for 10-15 minutes. (See opposite for biographies.) A 30-minute
question and answer period will conclude the program. You will be seated at
the head of a horseshoe shaped table with the following:
Representative Lee Hamilton
James Billington (on your right)
Francis Miko (on your left)
Marshall Schulman
Librarian of Congress
Moderator and Soviet specialist
Professor, Columbia University,
Russian Research Center
Since the group has a policy of not taping the program, your remarks will
not be taped. A microphone will be available.
Approximately 26 Senators and Representatives will attend the breakfast.
(See opposite for list of attendees.) Members of the media will not be
present.
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3. Background: The breakfast seminar for members of Congress only will
follow an all-day CRS workshop on "Gorbachev Reform Program After the 1988
Party Conference." (See opposite for workshop agenda.) Conducted at the
request of the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee, the purpose of the breakfast seminar is to assess
Gorbachev's leadership position, Soviet domestic and foreign policy over the
next five years, and implications for the United States.
William M. Baker
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Copyright 1988 The Christian Science Publishing Society;
The Christian Science Monitor
June 23, 1988, Thursday
SECTION: National; Pg. 1
LENGTH: 1578 words
HEADLINE: Speechwriting for a president
BYLINE: Charlotte Saikowski, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
DATELINE: Washington
BODY:
... House thought the bust of Lenin and a red banner would have to be
covered. But it was quickly realized that it would be "dramatic to have Reagan
walk into the lion's den."
At-first, says Gilder, he had writer's block, wondering how to write for such
an alien audience. But then he decided to "let Reagan be Reagan" and "trust
that his humanity would come through the cultural and ideological barriers."
In working on the speech, Gilder sought advice from James Billington, head
of the Library of Congress and author of "Icon and the Ax." He also talked
with Yakov Smirnov, the Soviet emigre and standup comic who is becoming known to
US audiences for his witty comments about Soviet society.
The President, Gilder says, wanted to talk about the importance of freedom
and what it means. Yakov, he says, helped make the theme concrete in terms of
Soviets' own experience. Reagan ended up talking about ...
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Copyright @ 1988 U.S.News & World Report
June 13, 1988
SECTION: WASHINGTON WHISPERS; Pg. 13
LENGTH: 93 words
HEADLINE: Author! Author!
BYLINE: Edited by Charles Fenyvesi
BODY:
... Moscow State University last week -- one of 18 addresses he delivered
during the summit trip -- was written by Josh Gilder, 34, cousin of conservative
economic guru George Gilder. Acclaimed as one of the best speeches the
President has given during his eight years in office, it was crafted by Gilder
over a 10-day span, with input from Soviet emigre humorist Yakov Smirnoff and
historian James Billington, the Librarian of Congress. Gilder is leaving the
White House to return to George Bush's campaign staff.
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Copyright 0 1988 The Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union;
TASS
June 11, 1988, Saturday
LENGTH: 67 wards
HEADLINE: ANATOLY DOBRYNIN RECEIVES US GUESTS
DATELINE: MOSCOW, JUNE 11
BODY:
ANATOLY DOBRYNIN, SECRETARY OF THE CPSU CENTRAL COMMITTEE, RECEIVED PRESIDENT
OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY JOHN BRADEMAS AND JAMES BILLINGTON, DIRECTOR OF THE
U.S. LARGEST LIBRARY, THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, AT THEIR REQUEST.
IN THE LIGHT OF THE RESULTS OF THE SOVIET-U.S. SUMMIT MEETING IN MOSCOW THEY
DISCUSSED WAYS OF EXTENDING EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITIES AND LIBRARY
SERVICES OF THE USSR AND USA.
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June 11, 1988, Saturday, BC cycle
SECTION: Commentary
LENGTH: 625 words
HEADLINE: Backstairs at the White House
BYLINE: By HELEN THOMAS, UPI White House Reporter
DATELINE: WASHINGON
KEYWORD: Backstairs
BODY:
... team three years ago.
Gilder wrote two speeches Reagan delivered at the Moscow summit that were
viewed as outstanding and displaying a depth of understanding about the Soviet
Union. The speeches were delivered at the Danilov Monastery and Moscow State
University and were classics in summing up the differences between a free
society and a totalitarian government without the usual polemics.
Gilder said he had a lot of help from James Billington,. the librarian of
Congress, and comedian Yakov Smirnov, a Russian emigre, who guided him with
their knowledge of Russian literature and mores.
Gilder, who is a devoted admirer of the president, said he simply let
"Reagan be Reagan" in his speeches.
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"I hope somebody was able to tell the president," said Elaine Crispen, Nancy
Reagan's press secretary.
Among those at Mrs. Reagan's table were Gorbachev, Librarian of Congress
James Billington, Sen. Robert Dale (R-Kan.) and economist Tat'yana
Zaslavskaya.
One couple who accepted an invitation but failed to show up were Anatoly
Virganski and his wife Irina, the Gorbachevs' daughter. A spokesman said the
White House did not know why the couple did not attend.
Elsewhere in the room, seated between Soviet Defense Minister Dmitri Yazov
and Ligachev was White House Chief of Staff Howard ...
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Copyright m 1988 The Washington Post
May 31, 1988, Tuesday, Final Edition
SECTION: STYLE; PAGE C1
LENGTH: 1878 wards
HEADLINE: The Communicator & the Communists
BYLINE: Donnie Radcliffe, Washington Past Staff Writer
DATELINE: MOSCOW, May 30, 1988
BODY:
... at public functions but were decked out in glittering evening dresses
tonight.
After dinner, guests toured the quarters where Richard Nixon stayed on his
1972 and 1974 visits. They also saw three small chapels within the Kremlin
Palace.
Earlier, the Reagans met with Soviet dissidents at Spaso House and before
that visited the 13th-century Danilov Monastery, continuing their crash course
in Russian culture that James Billington, the librarian of Congress and a
Soviet expert, had a hand in devising. Headquarters of the Russian Orthodox
Church since the state spent $ 45 million on its restoration, the 700-year-old
monastery's previous lives were as a factory where umbrellas and refrigerators
were made, and as a center for juvenile delinquents.
Mrs. Reagan, showing herself to be an apt student of Billington (he wrote
"The Icon and the Axe: An Interpretive History of ...
NAME: RONALD REAGAN; NANCY REAGAN; MIKHAIL GORBACHEV; RAISA GORBACHEV; JAMES
BILL1NGTON; ANDREI VOZNESENSKY
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Copyright 0 1988 U.S.News & World Report
May 30, 1988
SECTION: CURRENTS; People Making News; Pg. 9
LENGTH: 104 words
HEADLINE: Power poet
BODY:
Nemerov, 68, last week was named the nation's third Poet Laureate, a post
he takes up in September. Nemerov, who succeeds Richard Wilbur, was born in New
York and educated at Harvard. "Teaching has been, for me, an education. Lord
knows what it has been for my students," wrote the novelist and critic, a
professor of English at Washington University, St. Louis. Librarian of Congress
James Billington said Nemerov's work ranges "from the profound to the poignant
to the comic."
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Copyright 0 1988 The Washington Post
May 30, 1988, Monday, Final Edition
SECTION: STYLE; PAGE C1
LENGTH: 1876 words
HEADLINE: In Moscow, The First Ladies' Tour de Frost;
At the Kremlin, Nancy and Raisa Say Nyet to Reports of Chilly Relations
BYLINE: Donnie Radcliffe, Washington Post Staff Writer
DATELINE: MOSCOW, May 29, 1988
BODY:
... Mrs. Reagan as "really looking forward to what she will be seeing,
feeling it is a place that's such a central part of this country's consciousness
and wanting to know as much about it as she can. She's pushing the other things
out of her mind."
She was believed by some to have been upstaged during the Washington summit
because she wasn't prepared, but she is said to have done her homework for this
trip. Among those who helped her were Lisa Jameson of the National Security
Council staff and James Billington, librarian of Congress and a Soviet
scholar, who is part of her entourage here.
"She's been very impressed with him and he's on the trip at her invitation.
He'll be with her at times, including the trip to Leningrad," according to one
source.
Besides the books Billington recommended, the National Geographic Society
sent over reading material and tapes. Sources' sayshe tried to learn some basic
Russian greetings, with enthusiasm and determination.
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GORBACHEV'S REFORM PROGRAM AFTER THE SOVIET man CONFERENCE
EP-100 July 14, 1988 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
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Washington. D.C. 20540
Congressional Research Service
The Library of Congress
June 24, 1988
Honorable Robert Gates
Deputy Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Mr. Gates:
We are delighted that you will be able to join us for the CRS Member
Breakfast hosted by the Honorable Lee H. Hamilton on "Gorbachev's Reform
Program after the Soviet Party Conference" on July 14, 1988, 8:00 a.m - 9:00
a.m., in the U.S. Capitol, Room EF 100.
As you know, the Breakfast for Members of Congress will be the
concluding event of a congressional Research Service workshop sponsored by the
Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East of the House Foreign Affairs
Committee. The Committee plans to issue a report on the proceedings. The
workshop will look at the impact of the Soviet Communist Party Conference on
Gorbachev's leadership position and on Soviet domestic and foreign policy over
the next five years, and will examine the implications for the United States.
Our format at the breakfast will be for the rapporteur, Francis
Miko, to offer a very brief summation of the highlights of the workshop. We
would then ask you and our other speaker to each provide your own brief
assessment of Soviet reform after the Party Conference and implications for the'
United States (10 to 15 minute), leaving time for discussion with the Members.
We are enclosing a copy of our agenda and a list of questions to be addressed
at the workshop to help you to tailor your own remarks. Could you provide a
one-page summary of your presentation?
If you have any questions about the breakfast meeting or the
workshop, please call our coordinator, Francis Miko (287-7670). We look ?
forward to seeing you on July 14. Should you have the time, we would also
welcome your participation at the workshop.
Sincerely,
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Washington, D.C. 20540
Congressional Research Service
The Library of Congress
GORBACHEV REFORM PROGRAM AFTER THE 1988 PARTY CONFERENCE
A ROUNDTABLE WORKSHOP
July 13, 1988 40_,...44r
Madison Building, the Library of Congress, Dinin Room A
The workshop will look at the impact of the Soviet Communist Party
Conference on Gorbachev's leadership position and on Soviet domestic and
foreign policy over the next five years, and will examine the implications for
the United States.
8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9:00 Welcome, James Billington, The Librarian of Congress
Joseph E. Ross, Director of the Congressional Research
9:15 Introduction, Francis Miko, Workshop Moderator CRS
9:30 Gorbachev's Political Status and Program
Moderator: Stuart Goldman, Specialist in Soviet Affairs, CRS
11:00 Break
11:15 Gorbachev's Economic Reform Program
Moderator: John Hardt, Associate Director and Senior Specialist in
Soviet Economics, CRS
12:45 p.m. Lunch
2:00 Soviet Foreign and Security Policy; Implications for the United
States
Moderator: Francis T. Miko, Specialist in Soviet and East European
Affairs, CRS
3:30 Concluding Remarks
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-Is the success (or partial success) of Corbachev's reform program in the
U.S. interest?
Soviet Foreign and Security Policy; Implications for the United States
How did the Party Conference address Soviet security and foreign policy
issues (directly or indirectly)?
- What are the implications of the Party Conference for the role of the
Soviet military and the resources it can expect over the next few years?
- What are the Soviet foreign policy priorities over the next five years?
- Will the Soviet role in Third World regional disputes be likely to grow
or diminish? What are the implications for Soviet policy in Europe, Asia, the
Middle East, and other regions?
- What are the implications for U.S. policy under a new Administration?
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CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
(Area Code 202)
Director Joseph E. Ross LM-205 287-5775
Deputy Director William H. Robinson LM-205 287-5775
Legal Adviser Douglas A. Warshof LM-205 287-2345
Associate Director for Management Studies
Thomas W. Novotny LM-205 287-6070
Office of the Assistant Director for Operations
Assistant Director Susan C. Finsen LM-208 287-5770
Assistant Executive Officer James S. Richardson
LM-208 287-8833
Deputy Assistant Director for Automation Jeffrey
C. Griffith LM-226 287-6447
Office Systems Section Head Felix P. Krayeski, Jr.
LM-226 287-6447
Office of the Assistant Director for Policy
Assistant Director Hugh L. Elsbree, Jr. LM-205 287-8924
Congressional Research Administrator (External
Research) Edgar A. Glick LM-205 287-8906
Coordinator of Review James W. Robinson
LM-205 287-8887
Office of the Associate Director for
Research Coordination
Associate Director John P. Hardt LM-205 287-8886
Administrative Coordinator Mary C. Maddox
LM-205 287-8876
Issue Brief Section Head Kevin J. Holland
LM-222 287-6386
Office of the Assistant Director for Special Programs
Assistant Director Nancy A. Davenport LM-209 287-6464
Congressional Inquiry Administrator Janine
D'Addario LM-213 287-7130
Lan&age Services Section Hese Deanna Hammond
LM-209 287-5777
Briefing Programs LM-209 287-6464
CRS Review LM-209 287-7904
Seminars & Workshops LM-209 287-7904
American Law Division
Chief Richard C. Ehlke LM-227 287-6006
Assistant Chief Kent M. Ronhovde LM-227 287-6006
Editor Digest of Public General Bills Terry G.
Guertin LM-417 287-6996
Congressional Reference Division
Chief Catherine Ann Jones LM-215 287-5741
Assistant Chief Margaret E. Whitlock LM-215 287-5376
Senior Team Leaders:
Congressional Reader Services Lynne Kathleen
McCag LM-215 287-1415
Congressional Reference Services Donna W.
Scheeder LM-219 287-8965
Resources Development Review Officer Suzy Platt
LM-215 287-5743
Congressional Reference Centers Team Leaders:
House Annex II Reference Center James 0.
Nelson H2-153 HOB Anx. II 287-6223
Jefferson Congressional Reading Room Rhoda S.
Newman IJ-MRR8 287-8500
LaFollette Congressional Reading Room Holly A.
Mirchel LM-202 287-5737
Longworth Reference Center Sharon Butts B221
LHOB 287-6049-
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(Area Code 202)
Rayburn Reference Center Alfred K. Christensen
B335 RHOB 287-6467
Senate Reference Center Robert R. Newlen
SR-B07 287-5978
Saturday & Evening Services Team Leader
(Rotational) LM-202 287-5737
Economics Division
Chief Leon M. Cole LM-325 287-7800
Assistant Chief Roger S. White LM-325 287-7800
Education and Public Welfare Division
Chief Earl Canfield LM-320 287-6228
Assistant Chief (Vacant) LM-320 287-6228
Environment and Natural Resources
Policy Division
Chief John L Moore LM-423 287-7232
Assistant Chief John E. Blodgett LM-423 287-7230
Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division
Chief Robert G. Sutter LM-315 287-5064
Assistant Chief (Vacant) LM-315 287-5064
Government Division
Chief Frederick H. Pauls LM-303 287-7852
Assistant Chief Daniel P. MWhollan LM-303 287-7851
Library Services Division
Chief Jack McDonald, Jr. LM-221 287-5804
Assistant Chief William R. Gigax LM-221 287-5804
Information Control & Automated Systems
Specialist Shirley Loo LM-221 287-6785
Collections Development Officer Maurvene D.
Williams LM-221 287-6820
Science Policy Research Division
Chief Richard E. Rowberg LM-413 287-7040
Assistant Chief Jane Bortnick LM-413 287-9547
COPYRIGHT OFFICE
Office of the Register of Copyrights and
Assistant Librarian of Congress for
Copyright Services
Register of Copyrights Ralph Oman LM-403 287-8350
Associate Register for Legal Affairs/General Counsel
Dorothy Schrader LM-403 287-8380
Assistant General Counsel Richard E. Glasgow
LM-403 287-8380
Assistant Register Anthony P. Harrison LM-403 287-8350
Policy Planning Advisers:
Lewis I. Flacks LM-403 287-8350
Marybeth Peters LM-403 287-8350
Associate Register for Management Michael R. Pew
LM-403 287-8370
Senior Administrative Officers:
Eric S. Reid LM-403 287-8370
Donette Vandell LM-403 287-8370
Cataloging Division
Chief Peter Young LM-513 287-8040
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Congressional Yellow Book
Spring 1988
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