Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09USNATO355
2009-08-19 15:02:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Mission USNATO
Cable title:
NATO ASSISTED RUSSIA IN ITS SEARCH FOR THE MISSING
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C O N F I D E N T I A L USNATO 000355
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/18/2019
TAGS: NATO PREL EWWT PHSA MOPS MCAP RS
SUBJECT: NATO ASSISTED RUSSIA IN ITS SEARCH FOR THE MISSING
SHIP "ARCTIC SEA"
Classified By: Charge Kate Byrnes. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L USNATO 000355
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/18/2019
TAGS: NATO PREL EWWT PHSA MOPS MCAP RS
SUBJECT: NATO ASSISTED RUSSIA IN ITS SEARCH FOR THE MISSING
SHIP "ARCTIC SEA"
Classified By: Charge Kate Byrnes. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d)
¶1. (C) Following comments by NATO Secretary General Anders
Fogh Rasmussen at the August 19 meeting of the North Atlantic
Council that he had been asked by Russia to assist in the
strange case of the missing Russian ship "Arctic Sea,"
Poloffs met with NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General
Robert Simmons to discuss the case. Simmons confirmed that
Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin had approached the
Alliance to request assistance in locating the missing ship.
After conferring with Allied Maritime Component Command
Headquarters Northwood (MCC Northwood),the NATO
International Staff had passed location information to the
Russian Mission concerning the position of the "Arctic Sea"
on August 13 and 14. Simmons was unable to comment on whether
NATO's information had been crucial to Russia's ability to
eventually locate the ship, noting that he was not in a
position to determine whether nations had supplied Russia
bilaterally with useful information. Nevertheless, Rogozin
had responded by writing a letter of personal thanks to NATO
for its assistance.
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