Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BUENOSAIRES628
2009-05-28 21:34:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Buenos Aires
Cable title:
IAEA DG RACE: JAPANESE REQUEST APPROACHING CFK VIA
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BUENOS AIRES 000628
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/28/2029
TAGS: PREL KNNP AORC IAEA PARM AR
SUBJECT: IAEA DG RACE: JAPANESE REQUEST APPROACHING CFK VIA
AMBASSADOR TIMERMAN IN WASHINGTON
REF: (A) BUENOS AIRES 0554 (B) STATE 46302 (C) BUENOS
AIRES 0460 (D) BUENOS AIRES 0365 (E) BUENOS
AIRES 0201
Classified By: Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne for reasons 1.4 (b) & (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BUENOS AIRES 000628
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/28/2029
TAGS: PREL KNNP AORC IAEA PARM AR
SUBJECT: IAEA DG RACE: JAPANESE REQUEST APPROACHING CFK VIA
AMBASSADOR TIMERMAN IN WASHINGTON
REF: (A) BUENOS AIRES 0554 (B) STATE 46302 (C) BUENOS
AIRES 0460 (D) BUENOS AIRES 0365 (E) BUENOS
AIRES 0201
Classified By: Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne for reasons 1.4 (b) & (d).
1. (C) The head of the Japanese Embassy's political section
in Buenos Aires, First Secretary Kenya Uno, called on
polcouns May 26 and said Ambassador Yukiya Amano, Japanese
candidate for Director General of the International Atomic
Energy Agency, had visited Buenos Aires and met with
Argentine FM Jorge Taiana May 18 but was not encouraged or
discouraged by the meeting. He said there was no media
coverage of the Amano visit.
2. (C) Uno said the GOJ thinks Argentine support for the
South African candidate might be softer than it appears to
be. According to Uno, Tokyo has deduced that potentially the
most effective advocate inside the GOA to convince President
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) to switch Argentina's
support to Amano could be Argentina's Ambassador to the
United States, Hector Timerman, who has a direct line to CFK
and would "instantly" see how Argentina's vote could
potentially help improve U.S.-Argentine relations. Uno said
he had instructions from Tokyo to request that we ask the
Department and the NSC to consider a demarche to Ambassador
Timerman.
3. (C) Comment: EMBASSY sees merit in enlisting Ambassador
Timerman to advocate for the GOA to switch its support to
Amano. He does indeed have a direct line to CFK and arguably
more influence with her than FM Taiana. If the Department
succeeds in impressing upon Timerman the importance of
getting the right candidate to lead the IAEA and moreover
that Washington is watching the race very closely, Timerman
may take it upon himself to deliver Argentina's vote.
WAYNE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/28/2029
TAGS: PREL KNNP AORC IAEA PARM AR
SUBJECT: IAEA DG RACE: JAPANESE REQUEST APPROACHING CFK VIA
AMBASSADOR TIMERMAN IN WASHINGTON
REF: (A) BUENOS AIRES 0554 (B) STATE 46302 (C) BUENOS
AIRES 0460 (D) BUENOS AIRES 0365 (E) BUENOS
AIRES 0201
Classified By: Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne for reasons 1.4 (b) & (d).
1. (C) The head of the Japanese Embassy's political section
in Buenos Aires, First Secretary Kenya Uno, called on
polcouns May 26 and said Ambassador Yukiya Amano, Japanese
candidate for Director General of the International Atomic
Energy Agency, had visited Buenos Aires and met with
Argentine FM Jorge Taiana May 18 but was not encouraged or
discouraged by the meeting. He said there was no media
coverage of the Amano visit.
2. (C) Uno said the GOJ thinks Argentine support for the
South African candidate might be softer than it appears to
be. According to Uno, Tokyo has deduced that potentially the
most effective advocate inside the GOA to convince President
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) to switch Argentina's
support to Amano could be Argentina's Ambassador to the
United States, Hector Timerman, who has a direct line to CFK
and would "instantly" see how Argentina's vote could
potentially help improve U.S.-Argentine relations. Uno said
he had instructions from Tokyo to request that we ask the
Department and the NSC to consider a demarche to Ambassador
Timerman.
3. (C) Comment: EMBASSY sees merit in enlisting Ambassador
Timerman to advocate for the GOA to switch its support to
Amano. He does indeed have a direct line to CFK and arguably
more influence with her than FM Taiana. If the Department
succeeds in impressing upon Timerman the importance of
getting the right candidate to lead the IAEA and moreover
that Washington is watching the race very closely, Timerman
may take it upon himself to deliver Argentina's vote.
WAYNE