Subject: Re: WSJ Talking Points
From: "Devon Archer" <[email-masked]>
To: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "David Wade" <[email-masked]>, "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 22:25:13 +0000

My opinion is that you have to say in transition because it does look reactionary in addition to fact we haven't ratified it in any quorum of the Board of Directors.

Devon D. Archer
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On Oct 14, 2015, at 4:15 PM, Eric Schwerin <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

Great edits, David.

Hunter, let us know your thoughts particularly re: Ambassador.

Hunter/Devon, can you weigh in on making the transition off of the Burisma Holdings Board in the past tense?

As an alternative to David’s edit on the “transition” we could also say, “…..joined its Board in the late summer, and at the same time began the process of transitioning off the Burisma Holdings Board."

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On Oct 14, 2015, at 4:08 PM, David Wade <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

Thanks Eric. Great stuff, as always. My gut would be to tweak these slightly -- and obviously if these don't make sense for various reasons, I have zero pride of authorship:

If asked for Hunter’s response to the Ambassador’s comments about Nikolai:
Best option I think is a modified no comment:  “Hunter holds Ambassador Pyatt in the highest regard and is not going to comment on the Ambassador’s specific comments. But broadly speaking, those in the public sector are not privy to the same information as those in the private sector, and everything Hunter has seen and learned makes him quite confident that the decisions of the Ukrainian Prosecutor will ultimately be the same as the British courts. Indeed, he would never have become involved with the company had he not been reassured of its standard of behavior.”
If asked on what RHB's role is:
"Hunter is currently focused on Burisma Geothermal, given his passion for clean, renewable energy, having joined its Board in the late summer, and has already transitioned off of the Burisma Holdings Board." *I don't want it to look like we transitioned off this Board because of the WSJ so can we say it already happened?
If asked what Hunter is doing for Burisma Geothermal:
"As a Board member, Hunter advises on corporate governance, legal and business development issues, areas of expertse for a successful lawyer and businessman."
If asked why Hunter made the change to focus on Geothermal now:
"Hunter has a passion for sustainable and emerging energies, and has for a long time hoped to contribute to an effort that might help move Europe in this direction."

On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Eric Schwerin <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:
Hunter/Devon/David-

Sending simultaneously to all for comments.  Just wanted to do some if asked talking points that I would provide on background to the WSJ.

David, Hunter’s preference on the Ambassador question is Option 4 - “Hunter has no comment.”
Also, Hunter, Devon felt internally it would be best to say that you are “transitioning off of the Burisma Holdings board."

Thoughts on the below and anything I missed?

If asked for Hunter’s response to the Ambassador’s comments about Nikolai:
Option one:  “Hunter respectfully disagrees with the Ambassador’s comments and is confident that the decisions of the Ukrainian Prosecutor will ultimately be the same as the British courts.”
Option two:  “Hunter believes that the Ambassador is mistaken in his comments and has been given bad information and is confident that the decisions of the Ukrainian Prosecutor will ultimately be the same as the British courts.”
Option three: “Hunter has no comment on the Ambassador’s comment but is confident that the decisions of the Ukrainian Prosecutor will ultimately be the same as the British courts.”
Option four: “Hunter has no comment on the Ambassador’s remarks.”
If asked on what RHB's role is:
"Hunter is currently focused on Burisma Geothermal having joined its Board in the late summer and he is transitioning off of the Burisma Holdings Board."
If asked what Hunter is doing for Burisma Geothermal:
"As a Board member, Hunter is focused on corporate governance, legal and business development issues."
If asked why Hunter made the change to focus on Geothermal now:
"This was a long term plan as Burisma Geothermal has become a greater focus for Burisma."

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