Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09USNATO469
2009-10-22 12:40:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Mission USNATO
Cable title:
RFG: RUSSIAN REQUEST FOR THERMAL SIGHTS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L USNATO 000469
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/21/2019
TAGS: ETTC PREL MASS MCAP NATO RS
SUBJECT: RFG: RUSSIAN REQUEST FOR THERMAL SIGHTS
Classified By: A/DCM Kelly Degnan. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L USNATO 000469
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/21/2019
TAGS: ETTC PREL MASS MCAP NATO RS
SUBJECT: RFG: RUSSIAN REQUEST FOR THERMAL SIGHTS
Classified By: A/DCM Kelly Degnan. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d).
¶1. (C/NF) During an October 20 social dinner, Russian
Ambassador to NATO Rogozin asked Ambassador Daalder for his
assistance in securing the sale of U.S. thermal weapons
sights to the Russian Federation for use by the Russian
Federal Security Service's (FSB's) Alpha Group. He also
handed Daalder a packet of commercial literature about
thermal sights from Night Vision Systems, a DRS Technologies
Company (scanned and e-mailed to EUR-RPM). Ambassador
Daalder promised to report the request to Washington.
¶2. (C/NF) RFG: Recognizing that this technology is probably
subject to export controls, Mission requests guidance on how
to respond to Rogozin's request. We would also be interested
to learn whether similar approaches have taken place in
Moscow or Washington.
HEFFERN