SOUTH AFRICA: DOE COMMODITY IDENTIFICATION

UNCLAS PRETORIA 004659 SIPDIS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS PASS TO LPARKER, DOE JMCCLELLAN, ISN/ECC E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ENRG KNNP OTRA PARM SF SUBJECT: SOUTH AFRICA: DOE COMMODITY IDENTIFICATION TRAINING (CIT) PROGRAM RESPONSE REF: SECSTATE 174804 ¶1. (SUB) Per Reftel, a diplomatic note was passed October 20 regarding the Department of Energy's (DOE) Commodity Identification Training (CIT) program to Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) Nokwazi Mtshali and South African Revenue Services' (SARS) Varsha Singh. Ms. Mtshali responded on November 3 that the dip note had been passed to DFA's Ambassador Abdul Minty office. Ms. Singh responded on November 8 that SARS had taken no position on the CIT program. Both Ms. Mtshali and Ms. Singh stated that would provide updates on South Africa's interest in the CIT program. BOST