ISRAEL WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IMSO

UNCLAS TEL AVIV 003703 SIPDIS SENSITIVE IO/T FOR TOBEY, EB/CIP/TS FOR MAY E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS IS SUBJECT: ISRAEL WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IMSO DIRECTOR REF: A. STATE 140757 ¶B. STATE 150486 ¶C. LETT/TANSEY EMAILS SENSTIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. (SBU) Following interventions with MFA and Ministry of Communications over the past several weeks, officials of both ministries informed ESTH Officer verbally and in writing on September 18 that Israel will support the candidacy of Steven Lett for Director of the International Mobile Satellite Organization during voting to be held in London September 25-29. Mr. Erez Gil, Economic Counselor of the Israeli Embassy in London, will represent the GOI at the IMSO Assembly. The British Embassy had also demarched the GOI on behalf of the U.K. candidate. Embassy appreciates guidance on procedural and substantive questions raised by the GOI provided by the candidate himself (Ref C). In conveying support for Mr. Lett's candidacy, Communications official noted that developments at the IMSO, highlighted by Mr. Lett in his communications with post, were of great importance to the State of Israel. ********************************************* ******************** Visit Embassy Tel Aviv's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/telaviv You can also access this site through the State Department's Classified SIPRNET website. ********************************************* ******************** JONES