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| Identifier: | 03ROME4495 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 03ROME4495 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Rome |
| Created: | 2003-09-30 16:19:00 |
| Classification: | CONFIDENTIAL |
| Tags: | TSPA ECPS IT NATO EUN |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 004495
SIPDIS
STATE FOR OES/SAT: RALPH BRAIBANTI AND EUR/ERA: MARJA
VERLOOP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/29/2008
TAGS: TSPA, ECPS, IT, NATO, EUN
SUBJECT: ITALIAN VIEWS ON GALILEO NEXT STEPS
REF: SECSTATE 270600
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CLASSIFIED BY: ECONOMIC MINISTER COUNSELOR SCOTT KILNER FOR REASONS 1.5
(B) AND (D)
1.(C) EST COUNSELOR DISCUSSED REFTEL POINTS WITH TRANSPORT
MINISTRY FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADVISOR EMILIO MARAINI ON SEPTEMBER
29. MARAINI HAS LONG BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT GALILEO AND THE
SECURITY ISSUES THE PROJECT RAISES. HE WAS PRESENT AT A U.S.
CLASSIFIED BRIEFING IN BRUSSELS EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT, IN
HIS WORDS, "RAISED SERIOUS SECURITY CONCERNS." A BRIEF
CONVERSATION WITH HILBRECHT AFTER THE LONDON BRIEFING HAD
RAISED HIS HOPES THAT THESE CONCERNS WERE BEING
SATISFACTORILY ADDRESSED, BUT MARAINI IS NOW LESS OPTIMISTIC
AFTER THE FORMAL INTRA-EU BRIEFING ON THE LONDON DISCUSSIONS.
MARAINI STRESSED, AS HE HAS REPEATEDLY, THAT THE FINAL
DECISION ON GALILEO AND U.S. CONCERNS MUST AND WILL BE MADE
BY EU HEADS OF GOVERNMENT, WITH ITALY'S POSITION DETERMINED
BY PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI.
2. (SBU) POL-MIL OFFICER ALSO DELIVERED POINTS TO MFA NATO
AFFAIRS OFFICE DIRECTOR GIOVANNI BRAUZZI AND MOD DIPLOMATIC
ADVISOR FRANCESCO TRUPIANO, BOTH OF WHOM HAD LITTLE TO ADD.
3. (C) COMMENT: SENIOR ITALIAN OFFICIALS STILL SEEM TO BE
PINNING THEIR HOPES FOR A SOLUTION ON A TECHNICAL FIX. AT
THE SAME TIME, MANY ARE FINALLY WAKING UP TO THE FACT THAT
THE CULMINATING ACT OF ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY COULD BE A MAJOR
TRANSATLANTIC TRAIN WRECK OVER GALILEO/M-CODE. EMBASSY
RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO ELEVATE THIS TO THE POLITICAL LEVEL
IN ITALY WILL BE SENT SEPTEL.
SEMBLER
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