GOK NOT LIKELY TO SHARE M113 APC WITH YEMEN

S E C R E T KUWAIT 001143 SIPDIS NEA/ARP FOR MCDONALD, PM/RSAT FOR DANIELEWSKI E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/14/2018 TAGS: PREL PARM PGOV MAS KU SUBJECT: GOK NOT LIKELY TO SHARE M113 APC WITH YEMEN REF: A. STATE 105349 ¶B. KUWAIT 1053 Classified By: Political Counselor Peter O'Donohue for reasons 1.4 b an d d ¶1. (S) In response to ref A query on the feasibility and availability of transfering M113 Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) currently in Kuwait to Yemen via a Third Party Transfer, Post learned via Office of Military Cooperation-Kuwait (OMCK) that the GOK has a total of 123 M113s as follows: -- Kuwait Land Forces: 79 (16 M113 A3s and 63 M113 A2/A1s) -- 94th Brigade: 44 (M113 A1/A2s) ¶2. (S) Through OMCK, the GOK has informed us that it does not desire to part with any of these M113s. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s Visit Kuwait's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/ ********************************************* * JONES