AUSTRIA: REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT

UNCLAS VIENNA 000139 SIPDIS SENSITIVE DEPT FOR S/ES-O AND EUR/AGS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PREL AU SUBJECT: AUSTRIA: REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR LEADING GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL FIGURES REF: 04 STATE 271552 THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PORTECT ACCORDINGLY. ¶1. Embassy Vienna's updated contact information for leading government officials is as follows: Post: Vienna, Austria Date of Submission: January 14, 2004 Head of State: Univ. Prof. Dr. Heinz Fischer Title: Federal President Office Tel: (43)(1) 53422-201 (or -202, -204) Office Fax: (43)(1) 53422-208 Residence: (43)(1) 408-2655 Comments: President Fischer speaks fluent English. His secretary answers this phone and speaks English. SIPDIS Head of Government: Dr. Wolfgang Schuessel Title: Federal Chancellor Office Tel: (43)(1) 53115-2305 (or -2950) Office Fax: (43)(1) 53115-2705 Office Tel - After Hours: (43)(1) 53115-3360 Comments: Chancellor Schuessel speaks excellent English. His secretary answers this phone and also speaks English. There SIPDIS is no residence number for Chancellor Schuessel. After hours, the Department can contact him through his Foreign Policy Advisor Hans Peter Manz at(43)(664) 545-8083 (cell phone) or through his Chief of Cabinet Martin Falb at (43)(664) 142-7711 (cell phone). Foreign Minister: Dr. Ursula Plassnik Title: Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Office Tel: (43)(5) 01150-3350, (or -3419, -3362) Office Tel - After Hours: (43)(5) 01150-3326 Office Fax: (43)(1) 535-5091 (office of Chief of Cabinet Dr. Michael Zimmerman) Chief of Cabinet's Cell: 43-676-8999-7895 Foreign Minister Plassnik speaks excellent English. Her secretary answers the office phone and speaks English. SIPDIS ¶2. The following are additional names that the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, or Undersecretary for Political Affairs may need to contact: Secretary General in the Foreign Ministry (Deputy Secretary SIPDIS Equivalent): Dr. Johannes Kyrle Title: Secretary General for Foreign Affairs Office Tel: (43)(5) 01150-3468 Office Fax: (43)(5) 01159-200 or (43)(5) 01150-311 Residence: (43)(1) 320-3397 Comments: Secretary General Kyrle speaks excellent English. Deputy Secretary General: Dr. Hans Winkler Title: Deputy Secretary General and Director of the International Law Office Office Tel: (43)(5) 01150-3369 Office Fax: (43)(5) 01159-3369 (or -310) Residence: (43)(1) 319-4198 Comment: Dr. Winkler speaks excellent English. Political Director in the Foreign Ministry: Dr. Thomas Mayr-Harting Title: Political Director Office Tel: (43)(5) 01150-3488 Office Fax: (43)(5) 01159-3488 or (43)(1) 53185-220 Residence: (43)(1) 713-8255 Comments: Political Director Mayr-Harting speaks excellent English. Brown