Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KATHMANDU210
2007-01-30 07:53:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kathmandu
Cable title:
NEPAL REQUESTS EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 000210
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/30/2017
TAGS: PREL MASS NP
SUBJECT: NEPAL REQUESTS EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES
REF: A. KATHMANDU 92
B. AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Nicholas J. Dean. Reasons 1.4 (
b/d).
Excess Defense Articles Requested
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 000210
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/30/2017
TAGS: PREL MASS NP
SUBJECT: NEPAL REQUESTS EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES
REF: A. KATHMANDU 92
B. AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Nicholas J. Dean. Reasons 1.4 (
b/d).
Excess Defense Articles Requested
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1. (C) On January 25, Post received a letter from Under
Secretary for Planning and Procurement Shiva Thapa of the
SIPDIS
Ministry of Defense requesting delivery to Nepal of all its
excess defense articles (EDA). In a conversation with the
Office of Defense Cooperation Chief the same day, Secretary
of Defense Bishnu Datta Upreti requested delivery of all
non-lethal items, including night vision goggles, generators,
etc., in addition to EDA. The Prime Minister's Security
Advisor, Ramesh Jung Thapa, confirmed on January 26 that the
Government of Nepal was requesting delivery of all non-lethal
items.
2. (C) Text of letter:
25 January 2007
Department of the Army
Office of Defense Cooperation
American Embassy
Panipokhari
Kathmandu
Dear Sir/Madam,
This is in reference with the letter dated January 11, 2007
U-034-07 addressed to the secretary of this ministry as
regard to the excess defense articles (EDAS).
We would appreciate if you could start bringing the EDAS
except the lethal items from the itemized locations as per
the listings you have already provided to us.
Thank you in advance for your kind understanding and
cooperation.
With my warm regards.
Sincerely yours,
//s//
Shiva K. Thapa
Under Secretary
End text of letter.
Comment
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3. (C) After months of equivocating by the Government of
Nepal, the Defense Ministry has finally given us a clear
answer on EDA and other non-lethal equipment. It is up to
the Nepali Government now to make the necessary arrangements
with its freight forwarder. With Maoist entry into an
interim government imminent, the sooner the Government acts
the better.
MORIARTY
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/30/2017
TAGS: PREL MASS NP
SUBJECT: NEPAL REQUESTS EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES
REF: A. KATHMANDU 92
B. AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Nicholas J. Dean. Reasons 1.4 (
b/d).
Excess Defense Articles Requested
--------------
1. (C) On January 25, Post received a letter from Under
Secretary for Planning and Procurement Shiva Thapa of the
SIPDIS
Ministry of Defense requesting delivery to Nepal of all its
excess defense articles (EDA). In a conversation with the
Office of Defense Cooperation Chief the same day, Secretary
of Defense Bishnu Datta Upreti requested delivery of all
non-lethal items, including night vision goggles, generators,
etc., in addition to EDA. The Prime Minister's Security
Advisor, Ramesh Jung Thapa, confirmed on January 26 that the
Government of Nepal was requesting delivery of all non-lethal
items.
2. (C) Text of letter:
25 January 2007
Department of the Army
Office of Defense Cooperation
American Embassy
Panipokhari
Kathmandu
Dear Sir/Madam,
This is in reference with the letter dated January 11, 2007
U-034-07 addressed to the secretary of this ministry as
regard to the excess defense articles (EDAS).
We would appreciate if you could start bringing the EDAS
except the lethal items from the itemized locations as per
the listings you have already provided to us.
Thank you in advance for your kind understanding and
cooperation.
With my warm regards.
Sincerely yours,
//s//
Shiva K. Thapa
Under Secretary
End text of letter.
Comment
--------------
3. (C) After months of equivocating by the Government of
Nepal, the Defense Ministry has finally given us a clear
answer on EDA and other non-lethal equipment. It is up to
the Nepali Government now to make the necessary arrangements
with its freight forwarder. With Maoist entry into an
interim government imminent, the sooner the Government acts
the better.
MORIARTY