US embassy cable - 05CANBERRA837

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GOA ARF SOM DELEGATION

Identifier: 05CANBERRA837
Wikileaks: View 05CANBERRA837 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Canberra
Created: 2005-05-12 07:14:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PARM MARR PREL AORC AS
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 CANBERRA 000837 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/AS HILL 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PARM, MARR, PREL, AORC, AS 
SUBJECT: GOA ARF SOM DELEGATION 
 
 
1.  (U) On May 12, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs 
and Trade (DFAT) officials told poloff that First Assistant 
Secretary for International Security David Stuart and 
 
SIPDIS 
Assistant Secretary for Strategic Affairs Susan 
Dietz-Henderson would head the GOA delegation to the May 
18-20 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Senior Officials Meeting in 
Vientiane, Laos.  Australian Department of Defense Assistant 
Secretary for Asia Ben Coleman will also be in the 
 
SIPDIS 
delegation.  DFAT Deputy Secretary Nick Warner would have led 
the delegation but he is heading up the Australian Emergency 
Response Team in Baghdad handling the Australian hostage 
crisis. 
 
2.  (U) DFAT officials said that there would be nothing new 
in their positions and that they hoped for a good statement 
on North Korea and Burma as well as a forward-leaning 
statement on counterterrorism.  DFAT officials were 
interested to know what was on the U.S. agenda for the ARF 
SOM. 
 
STANTON 

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