Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08VIENNA1620
2008-11-03 16:15:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Vienna
Cable title:  

GOA UNWILLING TO ACCEPT PALESTINIAN GUANTANAMO

Tags:  PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO AU 
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VZCZCXRO1881
RR RUEHFL RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHROV RUEHSR
DE RUEHVI #1620 3081615
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
R 031615Z NOV 08
FM AMEMBASSY VIENNA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1276
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 001620

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/IPA (HANKINS)

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/03/2018
TAGS: PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO AU
SUBJECT: GOA UNWILLING TO ACCEPT PALESTINIAN GUANTANAMO
DETAINEE

REF: A. VIENNA 1545

B. STATE 106853

Classified by: Economic-Political Counselor J. Dean Yap for
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).

(C) Isabel Rauscher, MFA Department Head for the Americas,
told Polchief October 30 that Austria could not accept the
Palestinian Guantanamo detainee mentioned in reftels.
Rauscher said the GOA would like to assist the USG in closing
the Guantanamo detention facility, but is unable to accept
inmates whose legal status is "unclear." If a detainee were
tried and either found guilty or acquitted, then the GOA
might be able to assist. But a detainee released without
trial would present legal problems for Austria, she said.
GIRARD-DICARLO