Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09STOCKHOLM194
2009-03-20 13:27:00
SECRET
Embassy Stockholm
Cable title:  

SWEDEN: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT

Tags:  PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP SW 
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PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSM #0194 0791327
ZNY SSSSS ZZH
P 201327Z MAR 09
FM AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4231
S E C R E T STOCKHOLM 000194 

SIPDIS

S/CT SHARRI R. CLARK

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/20/2019
TAGS: PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP SW
SUBJECT: SWEDEN: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT

REF: SECSTATE 15113

Classified By: CDA Robert Silverman for reasons: 1/4 (B),(D),(E),
and (G)

S E C R E T STOCKHOLM 000194

SIPDIS

S/CT SHARRI R. CLARK

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/20/2019
TAGS: PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP SW
SUBJECT: SWEDEN: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT

REF: SECSTATE 15113

Classified By: CDA Robert Silverman for reasons: 1/4 (B),(D),(E),
and (G)


1. (S) In response to reftel, post would like to add Sweden's
communications infrastructure to the CI/KR list. Although
Sweden does not posses a direct undersea cable from the U.S.,
Sweden is a central European communications hub. For
example, Swedish company TeliaSonera is an international
carrier that owns and manages 43,000 km of fiber optic cable
linking Russia and the Baltics to the rest of Europe and the
U.S. If these lines of communications were to be destroyed,
disrupted, or exploited, it may compromise global
communications.


2. (S) Post recommends keeping Swedish pharmaceutical
manufacturing company Recip AB on the CI/KR list for its
production of ThyroSafe (potassium iodide). This resource
provides protection in the aftermath of a nuclear emergency.
ThyroSafe is the only FDA approved 65 mg potassium iodide
tablet used to protect the thyroid gland against radioactive
iodine released during a nuclear emergency.
SILVERMAN