ICOC TALKING POINTS DELIVERED TO GODR

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 005097 SIPDIS SENSITIVE DEPT FOR NP/CBM E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA DR SUBJECT: ICOC TALKING POINTS DELIVERED TO GODR REF: STATE 254339 ¶1. Poloffs delivered reftel talking points to Ambassadors Francia Sencion and Rogert Espaillat, Director and Sub-Director of the Americas desk of the GODR Foreign Ministry. Both were aware of USG interest in the International Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (ICOC) and that the GODR had agreed in principle to support the ICOC. Poloffs stressed the importance of the Dominican Republic becoming a subscribing member as soon as possible and before the second annual meeting of the ICOC subscribing states on October 2-3. Ambassadors Sencion and Espaillat said they would review the issue. HERTELL