Identifier
Created
Classification
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08OTTAWA381
2008-03-14 18:55:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ottawa
Cable title:
CANADIANS IMPRESSED BY DOD REPORT ON CHINA, WANT
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C O N F I D E N T I A L OTTAWA 000381
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STATE FOR EAP/CM
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/14/2018
TAGS: PARM PREL MARR MCAP TSPA CH CA
SUBJECT: CANADIANS IMPRESSED BY DOD REPORT ON CHINA, WANT
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REF: STATE 20659
Classified By: PolMinCouns Scott Bellard, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L OTTAWA 000381
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SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/CM
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/14/2018
TAGS: PARM PREL MARR MCAP TSPA CH CA
SUBJECT: CANADIANS IMPRESSED BY DOD REPORT ON CHINA, WANT
MORE
REF: STATE 20659
Classified By: PolMinCouns Scott Bellard, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. This is an action request -- see para three.
2.. (C) Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade (DFAIT) Defense and Security Relations
Deputy Director Elizabeth Baldwin-Jones on March 11 expressed
appreciation for the 2008 Department of Defense (DOD) Report
on China (reftel),which appeared overall in sync in Canadian
analyses of the Chinese military. She remarked that the
authoritative report not only addresses China's military
capabilities and intentions in a useful way, but it more
importantly helps her office justify its calls to block
militarily-sensitive exports to China on policy grounds.
3. (C) Separately, DFAIT China Desk Officer Olivier Bullion
commented that the report had nonetheless prompted as many
questions as it had answered. Bullion asked pol/mil officer
to convey the following questions to Washington along with a
request for feedback from "the China Hands:"
-- is there a reason the report does not mention China's
intention to develop bases and outposts in foreign countries,
the so-called "String of Pearls Strategy?"
-- as China replaces old weapons with newer ones, it could
sell the older weapons to states like Burma. What is U.S.
thinking on China's non-proliferation obligations?
-- China's old guard are retiring and fewer national leaders
are coming up through the ranks of the PLA. What is U.S.
thinking regarding this change, and how it could influence
party-PLA relations and political stability? Specifically,
was the ASAT test a sign of a growing disconnect?
Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at
http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/can ada
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SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/CM
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/14/2018
TAGS: PARM PREL MARR MCAP TSPA CH CA
SUBJECT: CANADIANS IMPRESSED BY DOD REPORT ON CHINA, WANT
MORE
REF: STATE 20659
Classified By: PolMinCouns Scott Bellard, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. This is an action request -- see para three.
2.. (C) Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade (DFAIT) Defense and Security Relations
Deputy Director Elizabeth Baldwin-Jones on March 11 expressed
appreciation for the 2008 Department of Defense (DOD) Report
on China (reftel),which appeared overall in sync in Canadian
analyses of the Chinese military. She remarked that the
authoritative report not only addresses China's military
capabilities and intentions in a useful way, but it more
importantly helps her office justify its calls to block
militarily-sensitive exports to China on policy grounds.
3. (C) Separately, DFAIT China Desk Officer Olivier Bullion
commented that the report had nonetheless prompted as many
questions as it had answered. Bullion asked pol/mil officer
to convey the following questions to Washington along with a
request for feedback from "the China Hands:"
-- is there a reason the report does not mention China's
intention to develop bases and outposts in foreign countries,
the so-called "String of Pearls Strategy?"
-- as China replaces old weapons with newer ones, it could
sell the older weapons to states like Burma. What is U.S.
thinking on China's non-proliferation obligations?
-- China's old guard are retiring and fewer national leaders
are coming up through the ranks of the PLA. What is U.S.
thinking regarding this change, and how it could influence
party-PLA relations and political stability? Specifically,
was the ASAT test a sign of a growing disconnect?
Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at
http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/can ada
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