UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 005227

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC KNNP TRGY PTER MNUC DR
SUBJECT: GTRI PARTNERS' CONFERENCE IN VIENNA: DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC RESPONSE

REF: STATE 194274

Embassy on September 10 provided reftel talking points and
revised findings of the Global Threat Reduction Initiative
International Partners' Conference in Vienna, September
18-19, to the Foreign Secretariat's international
organization division and the Technical Secretariat of the
Presidency. Dr. Rafael Cuello, who heads DR's National
Commission on Nuclear Issues (CNAN), subsequently thanked us
for the information which had been forwarded to him, but said
the Dominican Republic would not send a representative
because of the country's current financial problems. He said
that he had never missed an IAEA meeting, but that the GODR
lacked funds to send him and was restricting official travel.
He asked if outside financing were possible; we replied
that, even if it were available, the short lead time would
preclude it.
HERTELL