(C) GERMANY REQUESTS USG VIEWS ON PRETORIA'S

C O N F I D E N T I A L BERLIN 001590 SIPDIS STATE FOR ISN\FO FOR RICHARD STRATFORD STATE FOR ISN\NESS FOR ROBIN DELABARRE E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/26/2033 TAGS: ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA SF GM SUBJECT: (C) GERMANY REQUESTS USG VIEWS ON PRETORIA'S RESPONSE TO USG-PROPOSED IAEA ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL Classified By: Global Affairs Unit Chief Don L. Brown for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. ¶2. (C) After conclusion of the November 19-20 Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Consultative Group (CG) meeting in Vienna, MFA Nuclear Energy Policy officer, Dr. Joerg Polster, requested feedback on what the USG plans to do regarding South Africa's (SA) expected opposition to the Additional Protocol (AP) contained in revised paragraphs 6 and 7 of the IAEA Information Circular INFCIRC/254. In addition, Polster asked if the USG plans to approach Pretoria directly on this issue. Polster said the USG feedback would be helpful to the GOG as Germany formulates their response to the draft US Enrichment and Reprocessing (ENR) proposal for review by NSG participating governments (deadline December 12). ¶3. (C) Polster noted SA's interest as a supplier of ENR technology and opined that SA, which often speaks as a representative of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries, would likely interpret the AP as discriminatory. Polster said that SA would likely cite Article 4 of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in regards to SA's rights as a supplier to export ENR to non-NWS that are signatories to the NPT. In addition, Polster said he found it strange that SA's delegation at the CG meeting consisted of only one person and that SA's primary POC for nuclear related issues, Ambassador Abdul Minty, was not present. ¶4. (SBU) Post would appreciate any guidance or information related to questions posed in PARA 2 that we can release to Germany. TIMKEN JR