FUEL SUPPLY ASSURANCES PACKAGE DELIVERED TO FRENCH

C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 005385 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/05/2015 TAGS: KNNP PARM FR SUBJECT: FUEL SUPPLY ASSURANCES PACKAGE DELIVERED TO FRENCH REF: SECSTATE 143647 Classified By: Political Minister-Counselor Josiah Rosenblatt for Reaso n 1.4 (B) and (D) (C) On August 5 poloff delivered documents referred to in reftel (and listed below) to Hugues de Longevialle and Etienne de Gonneville of the MFA nonproliferation directorate. Longvialle and Gonneville were informed that the documents are for Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye and DAS equivalent for nonproliferation, Francois Richier. They were also informed that the U.S. is looking forward to responses by mid-August and will convene a meeting at the experts level in Europe in early September to discuss the way forward. The documents delivered were a) paper describing U.S. approach; 2) Draft Joint Statement; 3) Model Project Agreement; 4) Model Supply Agreement; 5) Model Contract; and 6) Paper on Fuel Fabrication with spreadsheet attachment. STAPLETON