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04ROME2893
2004-07-26 14:51:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Rome
Cable title:
GOI SUPPORTS DUAL-HATTING MFN-I COMMANDER,
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 002893
SIPDIS
FOR EUR: ROBERT BRADTKE; EUR/RPM
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/26/2014
TAGS: MOPS IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
SUBJECT: GOI SUPPORTS DUAL-HATTING MFN-I COMMANDER,
SUGGESTS NON-US NATO DEPUTY
REF: STATE 161037
Classified By: POLITICAL MINISTER-COUNSELOR TOM COUNTRYMAN FOR REASON 1
.4 B/D.
C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 002893
SIPDIS
FOR EUR: ROBERT BRADTKE; EUR/RPM
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/26/2014
TAGS: MOPS IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
SUBJECT: GOI SUPPORTS DUAL-HATTING MFN-I COMMANDER,
SUGGESTS NON-US NATO DEPUTY
REF: STATE 161037
Classified By: POLITICAL MINISTER-COUNSELOR TOM COUNTRYMAN FOR REASON 1
.4 B/D.
1. (C) Following Reftel's request, Pol-Mil Officer
demarched Italian MFA NATO Office Head Giovanni Brauzzi on
July 26. Brauzzi responded that Italy had already decided to
fully support the US proposal to dual-hat the MNF-I commander
as commander of the NATO training mission in Iraq. Italy will
advocate that position in the NAC once the proposal clears
the Military Committee as expected on July 26.
2. (C) Brauzzi suggested that it would be highly desirable
to appoint a non-American officer as deputy commander of the
NATO training mission. While there are many precedents in
NATO practice for dual-hatting commanders, he noted that this
would be the first time for dual-hatting a commander
responsible to a command -- in this case, CENTCOM -- outside
the Euro-Atlantic area.
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2004ROME02893 - Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
SIPDIS
FOR EUR: ROBERT BRADTKE; EUR/RPM
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/26/2014
TAGS: MOPS IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
SUBJECT: GOI SUPPORTS DUAL-HATTING MFN-I COMMANDER,
SUGGESTS NON-US NATO DEPUTY
REF: STATE 161037
Classified By: POLITICAL MINISTER-COUNSELOR TOM COUNTRYMAN FOR REASON 1
.4 B/D.
1. (C) Following Reftel's request, Pol-Mil Officer
demarched Italian MFA NATO Office Head Giovanni Brauzzi on
July 26. Brauzzi responded that Italy had already decided to
fully support the US proposal to dual-hat the MNF-I commander
as commander of the NATO training mission in Iraq. Italy will
advocate that position in the NAC once the proposal clears
the Military Committee as expected on July 26.
2. (C) Brauzzi suggested that it would be highly desirable
to appoint a non-American officer as deputy commander of the
NATO training mission. While there are many precedents in
NATO practice for dual-hatting commanders, he noted that this
would be the first time for dual-hatting a commander
responsible to a command -- in this case, CENTCOM -- outside
the Euro-Atlantic area.
Visit Rome's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/rome/index.cf m
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2004ROME02893 - Classification: CONFIDENTIAL