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. Please visit Paris' Classified Website at: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm PEKALA