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TESTIMONY OF 



RICHARD KAUZLARICH 



DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE 



FOR EUROPEAN AND CANADIAN AFFAIRS 



BEFORE THE 



SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AGRICULTURE AND HUNGER 



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 



HEARING ON AIDING RUSSIAN AGRICULTURE 

 MARCH 30, 1993 



I am pleased to come before this Subcommittee today to 

 discuss the Administration's programs to encourage the 

 development of private agriculture in the New Independent 

 States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union. I commend this 

 Subcommittee for convening this hearing, which recognizes the 

 critical role of agriculture to the reform process now underway 

 in Russia and the other NIS. 



That reform process, which President Yeltsin both inspires 

 and leads, represents the greatest strategic challenge of our 

 generation. As Secretary Christopher emphasized in his speech 

 last week before the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, the 

 stakes for the United States in this reform process are 

 monumental, affecting the very foundation of our security and 

 prosperity into the next century. 



