IAEA PROVIDES CLARIFICATIONS TO ITS REQUEST FOR

C O N F I D E N T I A L UNVIE VIENNA 000311 SIPDIS IO/T FOR DETEMPLE; ISN/RA FOR NEPHEW; ISN/MNSA FOR COCKERHAM; CIA FOR BRANIGAN, KONKEL; NGA/OIPE FOR PLANERT E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/19/2034 TAGS: IAEA AORC KNNP TRGY MNUC SUBJECT: IAEA PROVIDES CLARIFICATIONS TO ITS REQUEST FOR IMAGERY MAPPING PRODUCTS REF: STATE 054459 Classified By: CHARGE D'AFFAIRES GEOFFREY PYATT FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D) ¶1. (C) Summary. Msnoff delivered reftel points to Karen Steinmaus, Acting Head of the IAEA's Satellite Imagery Analysis Unit (SIAU),noting that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is willing to assist the IAEA with its request for worldwide mapping products, subject to certain parameters. Steinmaus appreciated the response and NGA's willingness to assist, and provided clarifications as requested. End Summary. ¶2. (C) Msnoff delivered reftel points to Karen Steinmaus, the Acting Head of the IAEA's Satellite Imagery Analysis Unit (SIAU),noting that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is willing to assist the IAEA with its request for worldwide mapping products, subject to certain parameters. Steinmaus clarified that the IAEA is requesting SRTM Level 2 (30m) data, and not SRTM Level 1 data as she mistakenly originally requested. As noted in reftel, SRTM Level 2 products are Limited Distribution and cannot be provided on a worldwide basis. Steinmaus specified the following countries of prioritized interest: -- Iran -- Syria -- Myanmar (Burma) -- Pakistan -- DPRK -- Libya -- India -- Republic of Korea -- Democratic Republic of Congo -- Japan -- Indonesia -- Egypt -- Argentina -- Brazil -- Finland -- Sweden -- Norway -- Austria ¶3. (C) Per reftel, NGA needs written assurance, such as an information security plan, that the data will not/not be stored on servers accessible to the general public before it can provide any SRTM Level 2 data to the IAEA. To fulfill this requirement, Steinmaus provided the following written response to the Mission. "This data will be used on the Agency's secure, air-gapped SIAU server, which has no connection to any other server (no public access). The intended use of this data is for internal processing (orthorectification) of remote sensing data and in support of derived products which use the data as underlying background information (i.e. 3D perspectives and fly-throughs). Any imagery products derived from this data will be treated as safeguards confidential." (Mission Comment: Safeguards confidential information is considered restricted and is not shared with member states.) ¶4. (C) With regards to worldwide VMAP Level 0 data, the IAEA would very much appreciate obtaining the 4-CD set for $106 as indicated in reftel. Steinmaus requested USSP support in purchasing this set on the Agency's behalf under USSP task D1477. PYATT