Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BRASILIA193
2009-02-13 19:29:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Brasilia
Cable title:
UKRAINE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN-BRAZILIAN SPACE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BRASILIA 000193
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA, IIP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/08/2018
TAGS: PREL ETTC KTIA TSPA TPHY NASA UP RS BR
SUBJECT: UKRAINE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN-BRAZILIAN SPACE
LAUNCH JOINT VENTURE AT ALCANTARA
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Lisa Kubiske, Reason 1.4 (b)
and (d)
REF: A) STATE 3691, B) 2008 BRASILIA 1652
C O N F I D E N T I A L BRASILIA 000193
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA, IIP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/08/2018
TAGS: PREL ETTC KTIA TSPA TPHY NASA UP RS BR
SUBJECT: UKRAINE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN-BRAZILIAN SPACE
LAUNCH JOINT VENTURE AT ALCANTARA
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Lisa Kubiske, Reason 1.4 (b)
and (d)
REF: A) STATE 3691, B) 2008 BRASILIA 1652
1. (C) On February 6, 2009, Environment, Science and Technology, and
Health (ESTH) Counselor and Assistant Air Attache delivered the USG
response (REFTEL A) to the Ukrainian proposal (REFTEL B) to help the
United States obtain Brazilian congressional approval of the 2000
U.S.-Brazil Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA). Ukrainian
Ambassador Volodymyr Lakomov and Rustam Akhunov, First Secretary,
went over the matter twice to make sure they had the message right.
By the end of the meeting, while disappointed, they clearly
understood that the USG did not want Ukraine to seek to persuade
members of the Brazilian congress to support ratification of the 2000
TSA.
2. (C) NOTE. A dispute with a local community, called a "quilombo"
composed of descendents of runaway slaves, over land at the Alcantara
site has led to delays in the plans of Alcantara Cyclone Space (a
Ukrainian-Brazilian joint venture) to begin launches by 2011. In the
past, the Ukrainians have suggested that the USG might be responsible
for stirring up the quilombo with the aim to thwart their joint
venture. In a similar vein, at the February 6 meeting they asked
whether the USG was behind some buoys that had been recently
discovered near Alcantara that supposedly had electronic equipment in
them, which could possibly be used to collect telemetry information
from any space launch vehicles launched from Alcantara. END NOTE.
SOBEL
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA, IIP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/08/2018
TAGS: PREL ETTC KTIA TSPA TPHY NASA UP RS BR
SUBJECT: UKRAINE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN-BRAZILIAN SPACE
LAUNCH JOINT VENTURE AT ALCANTARA
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Lisa Kubiske, Reason 1.4 (b)
and (d)
REF: A) STATE 3691, B) 2008 BRASILIA 1652
1. (C) On February 6, 2009, Environment, Science and Technology, and
Health (ESTH) Counselor and Assistant Air Attache delivered the USG
response (REFTEL A) to the Ukrainian proposal (REFTEL B) to help the
United States obtain Brazilian congressional approval of the 2000
U.S.-Brazil Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA). Ukrainian
Ambassador Volodymyr Lakomov and Rustam Akhunov, First Secretary,
went over the matter twice to make sure they had the message right.
By the end of the meeting, while disappointed, they clearly
understood that the USG did not want Ukraine to seek to persuade
members of the Brazilian congress to support ratification of the 2000
TSA.
2. (C) NOTE. A dispute with a local community, called a "quilombo"
composed of descendents of runaway slaves, over land at the Alcantara
site has led to delays in the plans of Alcantara Cyclone Space (a
Ukrainian-Brazilian joint venture) to begin launches by 2011. In the
past, the Ukrainians have suggested that the USG might be responsible
for stirring up the quilombo with the aim to thwart their joint
venture. In a similar vein, at the February 6 meeting they asked
whether the USG was behind some buoys that had been recently
discovered near Alcantara that supposedly had electronic equipment in
them, which could possibly be used to collect telemetry information
from any space launch vehicles launched from Alcantara. END NOTE.
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