Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06ANKARA4259
2006-07-24 02:02:00
SECRET//NOFORN
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
(S/NF) TURKEY/PKK: PRT KIRKUK MEETING WITH PKK
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S E C R E T ANKARA 004259
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/22/2021
TAGS: PREL PTER TU IZ
SUBJECT: (S/NF) TURKEY/PKK: PRT KIRKUK MEETING WITH PKK
FRONT PARTY
REF: USELMANN-BURGER EMAILS
Classified By: Ambassador Ross Wilson for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
S E C R E T ANKARA 004259
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/22/2021
TAGS: PREL PTER TU IZ
SUBJECT: (S/NF) TURKEY/PKK: PRT KIRKUK MEETING WITH PKK
FRONT PARTY
REF: USELMANN-BURGER EMAILS
Classified By: Ambassador Ross Wilson for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (S/NF) Contacts in the Turkish National Intelligence
Organization (TNIO) informed us July 20 that they understood
American diplomats in northern Iraq had recently met with
representatives of the Kurdistan Democratic Solutions Party
(KDSP). The Kurdish press also carried this allegation.
Contact with PRT Kirkuk (ref) confirmed that up to two
meetings took place between U.S. officials and the KDSP in
recent days. Our understanding has been that the KDSP acts
as a front for the PKK (Kongra Gel) terrorist organization.
2. (S/NF) Anticipating that the Turkish press would soon
pick up on the story, we informed Turkey's Deputy Iraq
Coordinator Fazli Corman on July 21 that U.S. officials had
met with KDSP reps inadvertently in the course of their
contacts in northern Iraq. We assured Corman that it is not
U.S. policy to have dealings with this or any other group
believed associated with the PKK. We further assured Corman
that there would be no further meetings of this kind. Corman
appreciated our information, accepted our explanation, and
promised to relay it to senior officials.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/
WILSON
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/22/2021
TAGS: PREL PTER TU IZ
SUBJECT: (S/NF) TURKEY/PKK: PRT KIRKUK MEETING WITH PKK
FRONT PARTY
REF: USELMANN-BURGER EMAILS
Classified By: Ambassador Ross Wilson for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (S/NF) Contacts in the Turkish National Intelligence
Organization (TNIO) informed us July 20 that they understood
American diplomats in northern Iraq had recently met with
representatives of the Kurdistan Democratic Solutions Party
(KDSP). The Kurdish press also carried this allegation.
Contact with PRT Kirkuk (ref) confirmed that up to two
meetings took place between U.S. officials and the KDSP in
recent days. Our understanding has been that the KDSP acts
as a front for the PKK (Kongra Gel) terrorist organization.
2. (S/NF) Anticipating that the Turkish press would soon
pick up on the story, we informed Turkey's Deputy Iraq
Coordinator Fazli Corman on July 21 that U.S. officials had
met with KDSP reps inadvertently in the course of their
contacts in northern Iraq. We assured Corman that it is not
U.S. policy to have dealings with this or any other group
believed associated with the PKK. We further assured Corman
that there would be no further meetings of this kind. Corman
appreciated our information, accepted our explanation, and
promised to relay it to senior officials.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/
WILSON