US embassy cable - 04BRATISLAVA762

C O N F I D E N T I A L BRATISLAVA 000762 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
DEPT FOR EUR/NCE, EUR/RPM, AND PM/RSAT 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/13/2014 
TAGS: PREL, MARR, LO, NATO 
SUBJECT: GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW DEMARCHE DELIVERED 
 
REF: STATE 174698 
 
Classified By: CDA Scott N. Thayer for reasons 1.4 b, d 
 
(C) 1.  Charge delivered reftel demarche August 13 to MFA and 
MOD officials responsible for security policy and alliance 
affairs, as well as Prime Minister's international affairs 
advisor.  All expressed appreciation for heads-up on the 
President's likely decision and speech and thus to be able to 
respond to likely local press inquiries.  They understood 
that Slovakia was not under consideration for stationing of 
U.S. troops under the new structure, but reiterated 
Slovakia's willingness to host training deployments at a 
number of facilities.  In that context, MFA officials asked 
about missile defense discussions, noting that their three 
neighbors (Poland, Czech Republic, and Hungary) were being 
considered for possible deployment while Slovakia was not. 
Charge replied based on informal guidance that there were 
(unspecified) practical reasons why Slovakia had not been 
included in these discussions. 
 
(U) 2.  ACTION REQUEST: We would appreciate a brief cleared 
explanation for Slovakia's exclusion from consideration for 
missile defense deployment discussions which can be shared 
with GOS officials and used by them to respond to press 
inquiries. 
THAYER 
 
 
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