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