UNCLAS VIENNA 001279

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EUR/RPM - PROSEN, S/CT - RANGASWAMY AND EUR/AGS
USOSCE FOR SIBILLA

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OSCE PREL PTER RS SP AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA ON MAY 31-JUNE 1 COUNTERTERRORISM
CONFERENCE

REF: STATE 62142


1. EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on May 14 to Klaus
Famira of the Austria MFA's OSCE office. Fammira said he
thought Austria would designate a senior Interior Ministry
official as head of delegation to the May 31-June 1
Counter-Terrorism Conference. He did not yet know exactly
who it would be.


2. Famira thanked us for informing him that Frank Urbancic
will head the U.S. delegation. He asked for as much
information as possible on the make-up of the rest of the
U.S. delegation. He confessed that he was unsure of the type
of people he should include in the delegation.


3. (Note: We had planned to present this demarche jointly
with a Russian Embassy officer. However, at the last minute,
our Russian counterpart had to regret because of a health
emergency that landed him in the hospital. We conveyed the
results of the demarche to his colleagues at the Russian
Embassy.)
McCaw