DJIBOUTIANS RECEIVE INFO ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

UNCLAS DJIBOUTI 001830 SIPDIS SENSITIVE STATE PLEASE PASS TO DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S GARY TITTEMORE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC ENRG DJ IAEA SUBJECT: DJIBOUTIANS RECEIVE INFO ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH HIGH-RISK RADIOACTIVITY SOURCES REF: STATE 238713 ¶1. (SBU) Charge d'Affaires Tim Smith passed reftel information on high-risk sources of radiation to Djiboutian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary Badri Ali Bogoreh October 2. Bogoreh looked at the information and promised to pass it to the Djiboutian National Research Center. He believes, however, that there are very few sources of radioactivity, including X-ray machines, in Djibouti, and that most of those machines and materials would be in the hands of the French or U.S. military. SMITH