US embassy cable - 04ROME401

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IRAQ: ITALY AND THE IFC SMALL BUSINESS FACILITY

Identifier: 04ROME401
Wikileaks: View 04ROME401 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Rome
Created: 2004-02-04 17:27:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: EAID ECON EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
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.

UNCLAS ROME 000401 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID, ECON, EFIN, IZ, IT, IRAQI FREEDOM 
SUBJECT: IRAQ: ITALY AND THE IFC SMALL BUSINESS FACILITY 
 
REF: A. SECSTATE 23349 
     B. SECSTATE 3481 
     C. ROME 355 
     D. ROME 322 
     E. ROME 121 
 
 1.  (U) IN RESPONSE TO REF B, EMBASSY REPORTED THAT THE GOI 
WAS NOT LIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE ITS MADRID-PLEDGED IRAQ 
RECONSTRUCTION FUNDS TO THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE 
CORPORATION'S SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE FACILITY FOR IRAQ (REF 
    E).  WE HAVE ALSO DESCRIBED ITALY'S OVERALL RECONSTRUCTION 
PRIORITIES AND THE GOI'S PREFERENCE FOR USING ITS FUNDS TO 
SUPPORT PRIMARILY BILATERAL PROJECTS (REF C). 
 
2. (U) AS INSTRUCTED IN REF A, EMBASSY WILL AGAIN MAKE THE 
CASE FOR A GOI CONTRIBUTION TO THE FACILITY.  OUR PRIMARY 
INTERLOCUTOR ON THE INTERAGENCY IRAQ TASK FORCE IS NOW 
TRAVELING IN THE UNITED STATES WITH ITALIAN U/S MANTICA (REF 
D).  WE WILL REPORT THE GOI RESPONSE TO OUR SECOND DEMARCHE 
AS SOON AS WE HAVE IT. 
SEMBLER 
 
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	2004ROME00401 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED 


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