POLAND-MISSILE DEFENSE: DELIVERY OF DRAFT BMD

C O N F I D E N T I A L WARSAW 000979 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/15/2017 TAGS: PREL MARR PL SUBJECT: POLAND-MISSILE DEFENSE: DELIVERY OF DRAFT BMD AGREEMENT TEXT REF: A. STATE 055304 ¶B. WARSAW 156 Classified By: DCM Kenneth M. Hillas, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (C) DCM delivered draft Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) agreement text (Ref A) on April 26 to MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski, along with previously provided site map attachments originally provided to the GOP on January 25 (Ref B). Waszczykowski acknowledged receipt of the draft and undertook to circulate it immediately for interagency review. ¶2. (C) Waszczykowski indicated that PM Jarek Kaczynski planned to sign the Polish BMD negotiating authority by April 27, which would designate Waszczykowski formally as the lead Polish negotiator and would also allow public identification of the proposed BMD site location as Slupsk, Poland. He also confirmed the GOP's readiness to host a U.S. delegation led by ISN A/S John Rood on May 23-24 in Warsaw for negotiations on the BMD agreement, as well as a U.S. delegation led by PM/SNA Special Negotiator Amb. Bob Loftis on May 14-15 for negotiations on the separate SOFA supplemental (DCA). ¶3. (C) Waszczykowski said that the Polish internal consultations would take several days, and would be interrupted by the extended national holiday week recognizing May 1 (Labor Day) and May 3 (Constitution). He promised that sometime after May 7, but definitely before A/S Rood's arrival in Warsaw, the GOP would provide advance comments on the U.S. BMD draft. (N.B. In previous conversations, Waszczykowski has said that few changes would be necessary for the DCA draft.) ASHE