Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BERLIN797
2009-07-01 15:38:00
SECRET
Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
(S) AUSTRALIA GROUP MESSAGE DELIVERED: PROMOTING
how-toVZCZCXYZ0002 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHRL #0797 1821538 ZNY SSSSS ZZH P 011538Z JUL 09 FM AMEMBASSY BERLIN TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4507 INFO RUCNFRG/FRG COLLECTIVE RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0538
S E C R E T BERLIN 000797
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/CE PETER SCHROEDER
STATE FOR ISN/CB ANDREW SOUZA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/01/2034
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC CBW GM
SUBJECT: (S) AUSTRALIA GROUP MESSAGE DELIVERED: PROMOTING
PARTICIPATION AT THE SEPTEMBER AG PLENARY IN PARIS
REF: A. STATE 67207
¶B. 08 VIENNA 268
¶C. 08 PARIS 735
¶D. 08 STATE 16112
¶E. 07 STATE 58355
¶F. 06 STATE 70409
Classified By: Global Affairs Unit Chief Don L. Brown for
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
(S) On July 1, EconOff delivered ref A non-paper to German
MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Iris Wilczoch. In
addition, Econoff encouraged Germany to provide a current
assessment of the state of Russia's chemical/biological
weapon (CBW)-related programs and the robustness of their
CBW-related technology export controls. Wilczoch said her
section's lead on AG exports, Markus Klinger, would take the
lead in responding to the non-paper requests. Post will
report any substantive German response septel.
Koenig