VZCZCXYZ0013
RR RUEHWEB
DE RUEHPE #1569 2952116
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 222116Z OCT 09
FM AMEMBASSY LIMA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1396
INFO RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0507
RULSJGA/COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS LIMA 001569
SIPDIS
FOR IO/T: THOMAS A. JOHNSON, LONDON EST: J. WHITTLESEY, AND COMDT COGARD WASHDC: CG-52 AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC IMO EWWT PHSA PREL UK PE SUBJECT: PERU RESPONSE: U.S. CANDIDACY TO INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION
REF: STATE 98012
(SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and diplomatic note on October 12 to Ana Lucia Nieto, First Secretary in UN and Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On October 20, Ms. Nieto informed poloff unofficially that Peru would support the United States candidacy for re-election to the International Maritime Organization Council in Category "A." Post will report any further response via septel. MCKINLEY