PROPOSED MEMORANDUM OF INTENT BETWEEN DOE AND

UNCLAS ANKARA 005309 SIPDIS SENSITIVE VIENNA PASS TO SECRETARY ABRAHAM DELEGATION ENERGY FOR DOE/NNSA/NA-21 ANDREW BIENIAWSKI STATE ALSO FOR EUR/PRA BILL SEVERE AND NP/NE ALLAN KRASS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KNNP PTER TRGY ENRG TU SUBJECT: PROPOSED MEMORANDUM OF INTENT BETWEEN DOE AND TURKEY REF: SECSTATE 198338 ¶1. (SBU) Per Reftel request, Post passed proposed Statement Of Intent to the Government of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs by both fax and diplomatic note. Post confirmed that MFA forwarded copies to both the Ministry of Energy and the Turkish Atomic Energy Commission. ¶2. (SBU) Basak Tug, MFA First Secretary and Energy contact, confirmed to EconOff on September 16 that all three agencies were reviewing the proposed text in parallel. She was aware of the high level demarche by DOE to the Turkish Ambassador in Washington. Ms Tug said she would do her best to expedite processing, but was pessimistic about achieving the proposed september 21 signing of the proposed Statement of Intent. She stated that if the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Energy approved the content, authorization for signing on behalf of the Government of Turkey would have to come from the Prime Minister's Office and the Council of Ministers. This process usually takes weeks rather than days. Ms. Tug assured EconOff that the document was in the pipeline and they would do their best to facilitate processing. EDELMAN