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09BERLIN797
2009-07-01 15:38:00
SECRET
Embassy Berlin
Cable title:  

(S) AUSTRALIA GROUP MESSAGE DELIVERED: PROMOTING

Tags:  PARM PREL ETTC CBW GM 
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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