COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NNSA PERSONNEL

UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000340 SIPDIS DOE HQ FOR GEORGE VERRY TTFWI FOR TAMI FROELICH NNSA FOR PEGGIE DILL AND BETTY SHORTER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ENRG KNNP PARM TRGY SI SUBJECT: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NNSA PERSONNEL REF: STATE 094468 ¶1. Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to NNSA/SLD funded personnel, to visit Ljubljana, Slovenia on June 06 to 11, 2005, to meet with Officials from Government of Slovenia regarding sustainability and training. Personnel: - Roberts, Randal James - Verdibello, Mario Salvatore - Graham, Ziba Daniel (Alternate) ¶2. The Control Officer for your visit is John Crosby, Office phone: 386-1-200-5534, fax: 386-1-200-5555, Cell phone: 386-70-361-542. ¶3. In order to ensure USG contracted rates within per diem, a reservation for two rooms has been made for you at the Grand Hotel Union, tel: 386-1-308-1270; FAX: 386- 1-308-1015, web page: www.gh-union.si. The cost of a single room is EUR 90. Please inform Post of any changes in order to avoid a no-show bill. ¶4. Transportation: A taxi from the airport to the hotel should cost approximately SIT 6000 (about $35 US). Shuttle bus service (8-passenger) is available to and from the airport and Ljubljana at a cost of approximately 2,000 Slovene Tolars, or about 12 dollars (with additional discounts for two or more passengers traveling together). One-day advance notice is necessary to schedule the shuttle. If you wish to take the shuttle bus from the airport upon arrival, please contact your control officer in advance. There are two change machines as you come out of the customs area: the one on your left will accept US dollars and the one on your right will accept credit cards. During normal working hours you can use the bank inside the regular departure area, near the rental car counters. ¶5. The overall security threat level for U.S. personnel and interests in Ljubljana, Slovenia is considered to be low. Slovenia has a low crime rate and violent crime is extremely rare. Nonetheless, visitors should take normal security precautions and are requested to report any suspected surveillance of themselves or U.S. facilities to the Mission Security Office. Visitors should avoid carrying large amounts of cash and jewelry on their person and are urged to use safe deposit boxes available in hotel. While very uncommon, there have been some incidents of purse snatching or pickpockets, usually at night outside of bars. The threat from intelligence services remains viable, and official visitors should take appropriate measures to protect classified or sensitive conversations and documents. Conversations on non- secure lines and cell phones should be considered subject to compromise. HAAS NNNN 2005LJUBLJ00340 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED v1.6.2