Identifier
Created
Classification
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03ANKARA1743
2003-03-19 15:31:00
SECRET
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:  

APPROACHING THE GOT ON THE EXPULSION OF IRAQI

Tags:  PTER ASEC TU 
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S E C R E T ANKARA 001743 

SIPDIS


DEPT FOR S/CT BLACK AND EUR A/S JONES


E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/19/2013
TAGS: PTER ASEC TU
SUBJECT: APPROACHING THE GOT ON THE EXPULSION OF IRAQI
INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS

REF: (A) STATE 71552 (B) ANKARA 1696 (C) ANKARA 1695
(D) ANKARA 1427 (E) STATE 59920 (F) STATE
42350 (G) ANKARA 1111 (H) STATE 55832 (I)
ANKARA 1384


(U) Classified by Ambassador W. Robert Pearson. Reasons:
1.5 (B),(C),and (D).


S E C R E T ANKARA 001743

SIPDIS


DEPT FOR S/CT BLACK AND EUR A/S JONES


E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/19/2013
TAGS: PTER ASEC TU
SUBJECT: APPROACHING THE GOT ON THE EXPULSION OF IRAQI
INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS

REF: (A) STATE 71552 (B) ANKARA 1696 (C) ANKARA 1695
(D) ANKARA 1427 (E) STATE 59920 (F) STATE
42350 (G) ANKARA 1111 (H) STATE 55832 (I)
ANKARA 1384


(U) Classified by Ambassador W. Robert Pearson. Reasons:
1.5 (B),(C),and (D).



1. (S//NF) Following up on his March 17 request (ref b),
Ambassador pressed MFA U/S Ziyal March 18 to take action in
response to USG concerns over the threat posed by
intelligence officers of the Iraqi government operating under
official cover in Turkey. Ambassador asked Ziyal if he had
spoken with TNIO following their March 17 meeting, as Ziyal
indicated he would. Ziyal said he had been consumed with the
larger question of USG requests on Iraq March 17 (ref c),and
confessed that he had not had an opportunity to raise the
issue with TNIO. Ziyal took note of the Ambassador,s
request and said he would discuss the issue with TNIO soon.



2. (S//NF) MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan (who was present at the
meeting) noted that he recently had discussed the issue with
TNIO. Tuygan said that TNIO had told him that none of the
individuals included on the second list of names the Embassy
had provided the MFA were in Turkey. Tuygan said that TNIO
continued to monitor closely the activities of the
individuals listed on the first list provided by the Embassy
(the staff at the Iraqi embassy). However, Tuygan noted that
TNIO has not found any evidence that these individuals were
involved in &fishy8 activities. Tuygan said that the MFA
would go back to TNIO and ask them to continue to keep a
close eye on the individuals.



3. (S//NF) The Ambassador stressed that the USG was looking
to the GOT to take action against Iraqi intelligence officers
in Ankara, including having them leave the country. He
reminded Ziyal and Tuygan that the USG had seen evidence of
such activity worldwide. After passing this information to
government authorities in these countries, the governments
took action against the Iraqi intelligence officers, and this
action resulted in disrupting the planned activities against
USG interests.
PEARSON