FRENCH HAVE NO INFORMATION ON THE FATE OF MISSING

UNCLAS PARIS 000135

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

FOR NEA/IR AND EUR/WE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL CASC PHUM FR IR
SUBJECT: FRENCH HAVE NO INFORMATION ON THE FATE OF MISSING
AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON

REF: A. (A) E-MAILS DATED JANUARY 24 2008

B. (B) 07 STATE 166406


1. (SBU) The embassy passed reftel message concerning
missing Amcit Robert Levinson to French MFA DAS-equivalent
for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf Franck Gellet as well as Iran
desk officer Arnaud Pescheux on December 13. We stressed the
request for any information the GOF or its embassy in Tehran
may have that could help establish Mr. Levinson's fate.


2. (SBU) Pescheux responded, by e-mail, on December 24,
stating that France did not have any additional information
concerning Mr. Levinson beyond what we had indicted in our
demarche.

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