Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BERLIN329
2009-03-20 12:13:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
GERMANY TO STAY MUM ON MANAS
how-toVZCZCXRO5444 OO RUEHSR DE RUEHRL #0329 0791213 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 201213Z MAR 09 FM AMEMBASSY BERLIN TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3629 INFO RUEHXP/ALL NATO POST COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHEK/AMEMBASSY BISHKEK PRIORITY 0069
C O N F I D E N T I A L BERLIN 000329
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/20/2019
TAGS: NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF GM
SUBJECT: GERMANY TO STAY MUM ON MANAS
REF: STATE 23954
Classified By: POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR JEFF RATHKE. REASONS: 1.4 (
B) AND (D).
(C) Drawing on reftel points, Post has informed MFA NATO
Office Director Bernhard Schlagheck, MFA Deputy Afghanistan
Task Force Director Thomas Zahneisen and MOD
Political-Military Affairs Branch Chief Col. Bernd Schuett
about U.S. views and plans concerning the Manas Air Base.
They appreciated the status update and had no problem with
our request that Germany minimize its public comments on the
possibility of discussions with the Kyrgyz about a
continuation of the U.S. presence. Up to now, German
officials have, in fact, tended to say little, if anything,
in public about the issue.
Koenig