Identifier
Created
Classification
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06KIEV1185
2006-03-28 12:17:00
SECRET
Embassy Kyiv
Cable title:  

UKRAINE: POTENTIAL JOINT MANPADS EVENT: GOU

Tags:  MARR MOPS PREL PARM 
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S E C R E T KIEV 001185 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/28/2016
TAGS: MARR MOPS PREL PARM
SUBJECT: UKRAINE: POTENTIAL JOINT MANPADS EVENT: GOU
INFORMED


Classified By: Political Counselor Aubrey A. Carlson for reasons 1.4(b,
d)

S E C R E T KIEV 001185

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/28/2016
TAGS: MARR MOPS PREL PARM
SUBJECT: UKRAINE: POTENTIAL JOINT MANPADS EVENT: GOU
INFORMED


Classified By: Political Counselor Aubrey A. Carlson for reasons 1.4(b,
d)


1. (S) PolOff and Army Attache provided ref A information on
a potential joint MANPADS event March 28 to Oleksiy Melnyk,
First Assistant to Defense Minister Hrytsenko. Melnyk noted
the weeks of May 1 and May 8 could be problematic due to the
number of holidays. (Note: May 1 and 2 are official
holidays for International Labor Day, and May 9 is Victory
Day. Due to the holidays' close proximity, many Ukrainians
are on vacation between May 1 and May 9.) We stressed that,
since the meeting should not last more than two days, it
could take place in the latter half of the week of May 8,
i.e., in the timeframe of May 10-12. Melnyk said he would
inform DefMin Hrytsenko the evening of March 28, after his
return to Kiev, and hoped to have a reply to us within a week.


2. (U) Visit Embassy Kiev's classified website:
www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/kiev.
Herbst