US embassy cable - 05LJUBLJANA340

UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000340 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
DOE HQ FOR GEORGE VERRY 
TTFWI FOR TAMI FROELICH 
NNSA FOR PEGGIE DILL AND BETTY SHORTER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ENRG, KNNP, PARM, TRGY, SI 
SUBJECT:  COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NNSA PERSONNEL 
 
REF: STATE 094468 
 
1.  Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants 
Country Clearance to NNSA/SLD funded personnel, to 
visit Ljubljana, Slovenia on June 06 to 11, 2005, to 
meet with Officials from Government of Slovenia 
regarding sustainability and training. 
 
Personnel: 
  -    Roberts, Randal James 
-    Verdibello, Mario Salvatore 
-    Graham, Ziba Daniel (Alternate) 
 
2.  The Control Officer for your visit is John Crosby, 
Office phone: 386-1-200-5534, fax: 386-1-200-5555, Cell 
phone: 386-70-361-542. 
 
3.  In order to ensure USG contracted rates within per 
diem, a reservation for two rooms has been made for you 
at the Grand Hotel Union, tel: 386-1-308-1270; FAX: 386- 
1-308-1015, web page: www.gh-union.si.  The cost of a 
single room is EUR 90.  Please inform Post of any 
changes in order to avoid a no-show bill. 
 
4.  Transportation: A taxi from the airport to the 
hotel should cost approximately SIT 6000 (about $35 
US).  Shuttle bus service (8-passenger) is available to 
and from the airport and Ljubljana at a cost of 
approximately 2,000 Slovene Tolars, or about 12 dollars 
(with additional discounts for two or more passengers 
traveling together).  One-day advance notice is 
necessary to schedule the shuttle.  If you wish to take 
the shuttle bus from the airport upon arrival, please 
contact your control officer in advance.  There are two 
change machines as you come out of the customs area: 
the one on your left will accept US dollars and the one 
on your right will accept credit cards.  During normal 
working hours you can use the bank inside the regular 
departure area, near the rental car counters. 
 
5.  The overall security threat level for U.S. 
personnel and interests in Ljubljana, Slovenia is 
considered to be low.  Slovenia has a low crime rate 
and violent crime is extremely rare.  Nonetheless, 
visitors should take normal security precautions and 
are requested to report any suspected surveillance of 
themselves or U.S. facilities to the Mission Security 
Office.  Visitors should avoid carrying large amounts 
of cash and jewelry on their person and are urged to 
use safe deposit boxes available in hotel.  While very 
uncommon, there have been some incidents of purse 
snatching or pickpockets, usually at night outside of 
bars.  The threat from intelligence services remains 
viable, and official visitors should take appropriate 
measures to protect classified or sensitive 
conversations and documents.  Conversations on non- 
secure lines and cell phones should be considered 
subject to compromise. 
 
HAAS 
 
 
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