Claiborne Pell: “I concur in the views of the Senator from Colorado about the importance of having experience and ability abroad…”

“I concur in the views of the Senator from Colorado about the importance of having experience and ability abroad, particularly for those occupying ambassadorial posts. I would like to read in the Record a paragraph from a letter addressed to me by one of the most efficient career Ambassadors we have, most able career Ambassadors, Warren Zimmermann. He writes this letter: Dear Senators Pell and Helms: As a former Chief of Delegation to a major CSCE Review Meeting (the 1986-89 Vienna Follow-Up Meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe), I have a strong interest in the future of the CSCE process and in an effective and committed U.S. participation in it. It's this interest which compels me to write you on behalf of Sam Brown, who has appeared before the Committee as the Clinton administration's nominee for U.S. Representative to the CSCE in Vienna. American participation in CSCE has been blessed with many talented representatives, the most recent of which is Ambassador John Kornblum, our most recent representative in Vienna. I believe that Sam Brown will be in this distinguished tradition. During our several in-depth talks since his nomination, he has impressed me with his quick mastery of the complexities of the issues; his commitment to human rights, to military security, and to the other basic elements of the CSCE process; and his creativity in seeking new ways for CSCE to be effective in the post-Cold War world.”