AUSTRALIA GROUP 2005 PLENARY: DEMARCHES DELIVERED

UNCLAS VIENNA 000735 SIPDIS SENSITIVE DEPARTMENT FOR NP/CBM E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC PARM PREL AU SUBJECT: AUSTRALIA GROUP 2005 PLENARY: DEMARCHES DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA REF: A) STATE 36488 B) STATE 35476 C) STATE 39371 This message is sensitive but unclassified. (SBU) Emboffs have conveyed papers on the Australia Group Plenary as per refs (a),(b) and (c) to Austrian MFA Bureau for Nonproliferation and Arms Control. On March 7, we discussed the U.S. proposals with Director Dorothea Auer (Office of Biological and Chemical Weapons). Auer thanked us for the information. Concerning ref (a),Auer thought the idea of a Nonproliferation Seminar would be welcome in the Australia Group. She pointed out, however, that the Australia Group has no secretariat and inquired whether the U.S. would be prepared to take the lead and provide necessary organizational support. Brown