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E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/20/2016 TAGS: PREL PARM UNSC IZ BG SUBJECT: BULGARIA: DRAFT UNSCR IRAQ RESOLUTION AND SECRETARY'S LETTER DELIVERED
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REF: A. STATE 188249
B. STATE 188677
Classified By: DCM Alex Karagiannis, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
(C) The DCM delivered reftel A demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Gergana Grancharova on November 17, providing copies of the draft resolution and PM Mailiki's letter along with a non paper containing talking points. We subsequently delivered the Secretary's letter (reftel B) to Julia Tzerova of the MFA's Americas Directorate on November 20. Passage of a new UNSCR will be necessary for the GOB to extend its troop deployment at Camp Ashraf, which it is primed to do.