Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08CANBERRA128
2008-02-13 22:38:00
SECRET//NOFORN
Embassy Canberra
Cable title:
U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO PROCESS TO BAN CLUSTER
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S E C R E T CANBERRA 000128
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/12/2018
TAGS: AS MOPS PARM PREL
SUBJECT: U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO PROCESS TO BAN CLUSTER
MUNITIONS
REF: STATE 13607
Classified By: POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES COLE. REASON: 1.4 (B) AND (D)
Per reftel, on February 11 post expressed appreciation for
Australia's cooperation on the process and preserving
interoperability with the U.S. and other non-participating
states to Dr. Ada Cheung of DFAT's Arms Control and
Proliferation Branch. Dr. Cheung said that she looked
forward to working with us in the leadup to the Wellington
Conference of the Oslo process. She noted that if hard-line
participants insist at Wellington on a total munitions ban
"we may not make it to Dublin."