U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION INITIATIVE:

UNCLAS PARIS 001818 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KNNP ENRG PREL FR SUBJECT: U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION INITIATIVE: REQUEST FOR FOLLOW-UP-FRANCE REF: A. A) SECSTATE 42857 ¶B. B) PARIS 1488 On March 20 ESTH Officer delivered reftel message to Hugues de Longevialle, Deputy Director, Under Directorate for Disarmament and Nuclear Non-Proliferation, MFA, and Didier Kechemair, Deputy Director, International Affairs, Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). As of COB March 21, the Embassy has received no substantive reply to this follow up. Reftel B recounts in detail the GOF's position, similar to that of the USG, on civil nuclear cooperation with India. Please visit Paris' Classified Website at: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm Stapleton