US embassy cable - 05PARIS2471

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AUSTRALIA GROUP: FRENCH GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO USG PROPOSALS ON PUMPS AND REGIONAL NONPROLIFERATION

Identifier: 05PARIS2471
Wikileaks: View 05PARIS2471 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Paris
Created: 2005-04-12 15:01:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA FR SY GR
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 PARIS 002471 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR NP/CBM 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10 YEARS 
TAGS: PARM, PREL, MNUC, ETTC, KSCA, FR, SY, GR 
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIA GROUP: FRENCH GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO USG 
PROPOSALS ON PUMPS AND REGIONAL NONPROLIFERATION 
 
REF: A. PARIS 1708 
     B. STATE 41247 
     C. STATE 39371 
 
Classified By: EST COUNSELOR ROBERT W. DRY FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) (D) AND 
(H) 
 
1.  (C) In response to 11 March 2005 Embassy EST officer 
demarche regarding U.S. Government (USG) proposals in advance 
of the April 2005 Australia Group (AG) Plenary, EST officer 
received a 11 April call from French Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs BWC desk officer, Gabriel Bernier.  He informed EST 
officer that France would fully support the USG proposals 
regarding placing pumps and related components on the common 
control list for chemical manufacturing facilities and 
equipment, as well as the USG position on Regional 
Nonproliferation as described reftel b. 
 
2.  (C)  In regard to USG proposal to add twenty-five 
biological agents to the AG core list, Bernier told EST 
officer that French government experts were still reviewing 
the list of proposed agents, and that the French would 
provide a formal response no later than 15 April. 
LEACH 

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