Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09CANBERRA264
2009-03-18 04:33:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Canberra
Cable title:
AUSTRALIAN REPLY TO RUSSIAN BASING PLANS IN
how-toVZCZCXYZ0008 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHBY #0264 0770433 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 180433Z MAR 09 FM AMEMBASSY CANBERRA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1212
C O N F I D E N T I A L CANBERRA 000264
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/18/2019
TAGS: PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS AS
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIAN REPLY TO RUSSIAN BASING PLANS IN
ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA
REF: STATE 24186
Classified By: POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES F. COLE; REASONS: 1.4 (b) and
(d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L CANBERRA 000264
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/18/2019
TAGS: PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS AS
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIAN REPLY TO RUSSIAN BASING PLANS IN
ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA
REF: STATE 24186
Classified By: POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES F. COLE; REASONS: 1.4 (b) and
(d).
¶1. (C) On March 16, Poloff delivered US talking points to
Barbara Cooper and Simon Moore, Director and Executive
Officer respectively for the Northern, Central and Eastern
Europe Section at the Australian Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade (DFAT) informing the Government of
Australia (GOA) of the USG's position on proposed Russian
bases in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
¶2. (C) Both Australian diplomats stated that the GOA was in
complete agreement with USG concerns about such bases.
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