Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09RIGA594
2009-12-15 15:17:00
SECRET//NOFORN
Embassy Riga
Cable title:
LATVIA SILENTLY CELEBRATES CONTINGENCY PLANNING
how-toVZCZCXRO6634 OO RUEHSL DE RUEHRA #0594 3491517 ZNY SSSSS ZZH O 151517Z DEC 09 FM AMEMBASSY RIGA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6186 INFO RUEHXP/ALL NATO POST COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE
S E C R E T RIGA 000594
NOFORN
SIPDIS
EO 12958 DECL: 12/16/2019
TAGS MARR, MCAP, PREL, NATO, LG
SUBJECT: LATVIA SILENTLY CELEBRATES CONTINGENCY PLANNING
DECISION
REF: SECSTATE 127892
Classified By: PolCouns Brian H. Phipps, Reason(s) 1.5 (B) and (D).
(S/NF) On December 15, Latvian MFA Security Policy Director Kaspars Ozolins expressed his government’s profound happiness upon receipt of reftel demarche. He shared our desire to keep all discussion of contingency planning out of the public eye, and, unprompted, said he would stress this imperative with his Lithuanian colleagues. Ozolins said that German contacts had been favorably disposed toward the extension option, but had told him that they were awaiting the results of USG interagency review before coming forward. He expressed some anxiety that the Government of Poland might be concerned that EAGLE GUARDIAN could be diluted or lose focus as a result of including the Baltic states. PolCouns replied that the USG would seek to assure Poland that, on the contrary, its own security would be enhanced by a geographic expansion of EAGLE GUARDIAN. The Government of Latvia also favored an expansion of other country-specific contingency plans into regional plans, Ozolins said.
GARBER
NOFORN
SIPDIS
EO 12958 DECL: 12/16/2019
TAGS MARR, MCAP, PREL, NATO, LG
SUBJECT: LATVIA SILENTLY CELEBRATES CONTINGENCY PLANNING
DECISION
REF: SECSTATE 127892
Classified By: PolCouns Brian H. Phipps, Reason(s) 1.5 (B) and (D).
(S/NF) On December 15, Latvian MFA Security Policy Director Kaspars Ozolins expressed his government’s profound happiness upon receipt of reftel demarche. He shared our desire to keep all discussion of contingency planning out of the public eye, and, unprompted, said he would stress this imperative with his Lithuanian colleagues. Ozolins said that German contacts had been favorably disposed toward the extension option, but had told him that they were awaiting the results of USG interagency review before coming forward. He expressed some anxiety that the Government of Poland might be concerned that EAGLE GUARDIAN could be diluted or lose focus as a result of including the Baltic states. PolCouns replied that the USG would seek to assure Poland that, on the contrary, its own security would be enhanced by a geographic expansion of EAGLE GUARDIAN. The Government of Latvia also favored an expansion of other country-specific contingency plans into regional plans, Ozolins said.
GARBER