US embassy cable - 05PARIS5041

C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 005041 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
FOR SA/INS, EUR/WE, NP/CBM 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/20/2015 
TAGS: IN, KNNP, ENRG, ETTC, PARM, PREL, FR 
SUBJECT: U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION INITIATIVE - 
POINTS CONVEYED TO FRENCH 
 
REF: SECSTATE 133163 
 
Classified By: EST COUNSELOR ROBERT W. DRY FOR REASONS 1.4 B,D 
 
1. (U) On July 19, EST Counselor read points contained reftel 
regarding U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative to 
Messrs. Nicholas Roche and David Bertolotti, both of the 
Division of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation in the 
Foreign Ministry.  They took careful notes, asked questions, 
and commented.  EST Counselor responded with information in 
the provided Q's and A's and left copies of the President's 
Joint Statement with PM Singh and the fact sheet entitled the 
U.S. and India, Strong Global Partners found on the White 
House website. 
 
2.  (C) Both French officials sought details of the 
initiative, particularly regarding timetabling and 
implementation.  Roche, an expert on Nuclear Suppliers Group 
issues, asked whether the U.S. intended to make "concrete 
proposals" regarding India at the next NSG meeting in 
October.  He asked whether there might be an opportunity to 
discuss any India-related proposals with the U.S. delegation 
before the general meeting.  Bertolotti, who is the French 
Missile Technology Control Regime Point-of-Contact, similarly 
asked about steps the U.S. contemplated with regard to 
de-listing of currently proscribed Indian entities under the 
MTCR guidelines.  He also commented that France would be 
interested to learn how the Indian government implements its 
new export control legislation noting that within the MTCR 
context China has promulgated such legislation but fails to 
meet MTCR thresholds for implementation. 
STAPLETON