US embassy cable - 04DUBLIN1258

UNCLAS DUBLIN 001258 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ENRG, ETTC, KNNP, MNUC, PARM, PREL, TRGY, IAEA 
SUBJECT: IRISH VIEWS ON ESTABLISHING THE ADDITIONAL 
PROTOCOL AS A NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP CONDITION OF SUPPLY 
 
REF: STATE 180283 
 
1.  On August 27, Post delivered reftel talking points to 
Therese Healy, Third Secretary in the Department of Foreign 
Affairs (DFA) Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Section. 
Healy said that Ireland backs the UK/Austrian proposal to 
make the Additional Protocol (AP) a Condition of Supply (COS) 
for transfers of Trigger List items and related technology. 
Ireland's support for robust non-proliferation standards, she 
added, was reflected in the U.S.-EU Declaration on the 
Non-proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, issued at 
the June U.S.-EU Summit.  She expressed thanks for U.S. 
support of the initiative to bring new EU Member States into 
the Nuclear Suppliers Group.  Healy also noted that there was 
broad support for the AP proposal within the EU, except for 
France, and that the EU's non-proliferation working group 
would discuss the issue further in a planned September 1 
meeting.  Healy expressed hope that the discussion could lead 
France to soften its position against the AP proposal. 
KENNY