SUMMARY OF MAY PSI MEETING HANDED OVER TO GERMANS

UNCLAS BERLIN 000877 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KNNP MNUC PARM PREL GM SUBJECT: SUMMARY OF MAY PSI MEETING HANDED OVER TO GERMANS REF: STATE 69343 ¶1. (U) On June 30, POLOFF delivered Reftel points to Ellen Goelz, desk officer for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, who offered to share the summary with interested parties within the German government and noted that such information is "extremely welcome and helpful." She also noted that, as Ambassador Groening's final official trip to Washington prior to his retirement as Commissioner for Arms Control and Disarmament, he found the Fifth Anniversary meeting very productive and worthwhile. ¶2. (U) With the summer transfer season well-underway, the German MFA's main PSI expert has already departed for his next post, and his successor has yet to arrive. Any additional response from the German interagency will be transmitted septel. TIMKEN JR