Subject: Re: Privileged and Confidential (MLS and FTI: going forward)
From: "Devon Archer" <[email-masked]>
To: "Vadim Pozharskyi" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Mason Archer Yost" <[email-masked]>, "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:03:35 -0400

Thanks Vadim.  I am available anytime tomorrow morning before 12:30pm EST.

On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Vadim Pozharskyi <
[email-masked]> wrote:

> Dear Heather,
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> Having carefully studied all the materials that you've sent and after
> internal discussions, please find below my thoughts in this regard, that
> are subject to our joint inclusive discussion.
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> Following the above, kindly suggest that we all have a dicusssion maybe
> tomorrow over the phone with you, Devon, Alan and Hunter if he I savailable.
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> best, Vadym
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> 2014-06-25 20:56 GMT+03:00 Vadim Pozharskyi <
> [email-masked]>:
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> Dear Heather,
>>
>> Having carefully studied all the materials that you've sent and after
>> internal discussions, please, find below my thoughts in this regard:
>> As to the MLS, we agree with your point that they've been working and
>> we'll follow with your suggestion to make the engagement as of June 17,
>> 2014.
>> Let's have it signed for each separate month. But before we do that we
>> need to hold a thorough and detailed discussion as to the key point that is
>> of significant importance to our side -  these are the short term/immediate
>> results of the MLS work. And, please, let me elaborate here. The core work
>> done by the MLS with your assistance comes down to the meetings with high
>> and middle level officials. The ultimate goal being as widely described in
>> the report is raising awareness of Burisma in the West, building relations,
>> forming opinions, etc. and having fully realized the importance of the last
>> point, we're of opinion that short-term results must also come together.
>> Therefore, for the next engagement month (starting form June 17) we have to
>> discuss how the meetings that already took place and those that are going
>> to happen could bring what we all need - concrete and feasible results.
>> Here, I would like to offer a few suggestions:
>> 1) a letter of request from one of the Senators or a Senate/House
>> committee could be sent to the high level Ukrainian authorities, US embassy
>> in Ukraine with the idea of presenting/lobbying the interests of Burisma or
>> expressing concerns and/or suggesting that Burisma representatives should
>> meet with the authorities of Ukraine, take part in forming new energy
>> sector policies or contribute into them.
>> 2) Such a letter could also be addressed to Burisma directly and publicly
>> express support for the company.
>> 3) Facilitating concrete meetings of Burisma officials with the US
>> officials and US officials with Ukrainian ones with regard to Burisma, etc.
>> 4) Organizing and facilitating meetings of Burisma officials with
>> Ukrainian government.
>> 5) Putting on the website a part of your report about the meetings and
>> going public with that for PR purposes.
>>
>> As to the FTI, a communication plan that was presented to us by the FTI
>> is indeed of a very professional and comprehensive nature and we'll be
>> ready to follow through with our engagement on a monthly basis, but before
>> we do that we have to negotiate the following points:
>> 1) First and foremost, we believe that immediate concrete results should
>> appear in the next engagement period and that could be done in a form of
>> publications/interviews/articles/op-eds, etc. either on behalf of Burisma
>> or with its key officials.
>> 2) The suggested communication plan could be made less broad, more to the
>> point and substance-oriented, since as of today it looks like a
>> fully-fledged PR company, and what we're looking for  is a concrete
>> short-term action plan.
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>> Best,
>> Vadim
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