Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09VIENNA998
2009-08-05 13:47:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Vienna
Cable title:
AUSTRIA UNLIKELY TO MAKE PRESENTATION AT MTCR
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C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 000998
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR ISN/MTR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/05/2019
TAGS: MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA UNLIKELY TO MAKE PRESENTATION AT MTCR
PLENARY
REF: STATE 80072
Classified by: Economic-Political Counselor Philip Kaplan
(acting) for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
(C) Polchief discussed reftel points August 5 with Alexander
Marschik, MFA Director for Disarmament, Arms Control, and
Non-Proliferation. Marschik said he understands the
importance of having more Missile Technology Control Regime
partners make presentations at the Information Exchange, and
favors the idea of a GOA presentation. However, he said, the
Economics Ministry has the necessary expertise within the GOA
to make such a presentation, and officials there have
consistently declined when the MFA has encouraged them to do
so. Marschik said he would again encourage colleagues at the
Economics Ministry to prepare a presentation, but was not
optimistic about the response. He said the MFA
non-proliferation unit is understaffed, and would not have
the time to research and prepare a presentation using
information from the Economics Ministry. Marschik said that
if, in the future, the USG had a specific issue that it
believed the GOA should address, he would be willing to raise
it with colleagues at the Economics Ministry in effort to
persuade them to cooperate.
HOH
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR ISN/MTR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/05/2019
TAGS: MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA UNLIKELY TO MAKE PRESENTATION AT MTCR
PLENARY
REF: STATE 80072
Classified by: Economic-Political Counselor Philip Kaplan
(acting) for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
(C) Polchief discussed reftel points August 5 with Alexander
Marschik, MFA Director for Disarmament, Arms Control, and
Non-Proliferation. Marschik said he understands the
importance of having more Missile Technology Control Regime
partners make presentations at the Information Exchange, and
favors the idea of a GOA presentation. However, he said, the
Economics Ministry has the necessary expertise within the GOA
to make such a presentation, and officials there have
consistently declined when the MFA has encouraged them to do
so. Marschik said he would again encourage colleagues at the
Economics Ministry to prepare a presentation, but was not
optimistic about the response. He said the MFA
non-proliferation unit is understaffed, and would not have
the time to research and prepare a presentation using
information from the Economics Ministry. Marschik said that
if, in the future, the USG had a specific issue that it
believed the GOA should address, he would be willing to raise
it with colleagues at the Economics Ministry in effort to
persuade them to cooperate.
HOH