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08VIENNA455
2008-04-02 15:33:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Vienna
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AUSTRIAN INTEREST IN THE MANPADS THREAT REDUCTION

Tags:  MASS PGOV PREL PTER MARR PARM AU 
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FM AMEMBASSY VIENNA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9868
UNCLAS VIENNA 000455 

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR PM/WRA (WILLIAMS AND PICO)

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MASS PGOV PREL PTER MARR PARM AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIAN INTEREST IN THE MANPADS THREAT REDUCTION
PROGRAM

REF: STATE 30482

UNCLAS VIENNA 000455

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR PM/WRA (WILLIAMS AND PICO)

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MASS PGOV PREL PTER MARR PARM AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIAN INTEREST IN THE MANPADS THREAT REDUCTION
PROGRAM

REF: STATE 30482


1. EconPoloff delivered reftel demarch March 26 to Alexander
Marschik, MFA director for Disarmament, Arms Control, and
non-Proliferation, regarding the MANPADS Threat Reduction
Initiative.


2. Marschik thanked us for informing the MFA of the
appointment of Ambassador Bloomfield as Special Envoy for the
MANPADS Threat Reduction Initiative. He called this is a
laudable initiative and requested additional information
regarding the program, especially the MANPADS ASSIST VISITS
(MAV),and how this could potentially benefit Austria.
Kilner