Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08CANBERRA198
2008-02-27 06:09:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Canberra
Cable title:
AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND
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C O N F I D E N T I A L CANBERRA 000198
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR ISN/CB A.SOUZA AND EAP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/27/2018
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC AS
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND
POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH PARIS PLENARY
REF: STATE 16112
Classified By: Political Counselor James F. Cole for reasons 1.4(b),(d)
.
C O N F I D E N T I A L CANBERRA 000198
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR ISN/CB A.SOUZA AND EAP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/27/2018
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC AS
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND
POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH PARIS PLENARY
REF: STATE 16112
Classified By: Political Counselor James F. Cole for reasons 1.4(b),(d)
.
1. (SBU) Polmiloff provided the general and
Australia-specific points in reftel to Michael Kourteff,
Acting Director for Counter-Proliferation, and Alexandra
Jones, Executive Officer, Counter-Proliferation Section,
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on February 27.
(The delay in delivery of the demarche resulted partly from
the unavailability of key DFAT interlocutors as well as the
demands of the U.S.-Australia Ministerial (AUSMIN)
consultations.)
2. (C) Kourteff and Jones promised a response by February 29,
readily agreeing to our request that our efforts to promote
bilateral exchanges detailed elsewhere in reftel not be
circulated as part of an official AG document.
3. (C) Jones flagged a possible problem with the April 14-18
AG Plenary. The Australian Mission in Paris had telephoned
that morning to report that French President Sarkozy had just
"commandeered" the AG venue during the mid-April period.
While Australia hopes that the French government will
identify a new venue, Jones said, if it does not, the GOA may
need to reach out to other diplomatic missions in Paris,
including the U.S. Embassy, for help with finding a
substitute venue for the expected 200 attendees.
MCCALLUM
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR ISN/CB A.SOUZA AND EAP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/27/2018
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC AS
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND
POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH PARIS PLENARY
REF: STATE 16112
Classified By: Political Counselor James F. Cole for reasons 1.4(b),(d)
.
1. (SBU) Polmiloff provided the general and
Australia-specific points in reftel to Michael Kourteff,
Acting Director for Counter-Proliferation, and Alexandra
Jones, Executive Officer, Counter-Proliferation Section,
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on February 27.
(The delay in delivery of the demarche resulted partly from
the unavailability of key DFAT interlocutors as well as the
demands of the U.S.-Australia Ministerial (AUSMIN)
consultations.)
2. (C) Kourteff and Jones promised a response by February 29,
readily agreeing to our request that our efforts to promote
bilateral exchanges detailed elsewhere in reftel not be
circulated as part of an official AG document.
3. (C) Jones flagged a possible problem with the April 14-18
AG Plenary. The Australian Mission in Paris had telephoned
that morning to report that French President Sarkozy had just
"commandeered" the AG venue during the mid-April period.
While Australia hopes that the French government will
identify a new venue, Jones said, if it does not, the GOA may
need to reach out to other diplomatic missions in Paris,
including the U.S. Embassy, for help with finding a
substitute venue for the expected 200 attendees.
MCCALLUM