US embassy cable - 03ANKARA1002

Disclaimer: This site has been first put up 15 years ago. Since then I would probably do a couple things differently, but because I've noticed this site had been linked from news outlets, PhD theses and peer rewieved papers and because I really hate the concept of "digital dark age" I've decided to put it back up. There's no chance it can produce any harm now.

Identifier:	03ANKARA1002
Wikileaks:	View 03ANKARA1002 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Ankara
Created:	2003-02-08 13:42:00
Classification:	SECRET
Tags:	PREL MARR MOPS TU NATO Iraq
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

S E C R E T ANKARA 001002 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
STATE FOR P, EUR/RPM EUR/SE. OSD FOR ISA, ISP AND LEGAL; 
JCS FOR J3 AND J5; EUCOM FOR J3, J4, J5, POLAD; CENTCOM FOR 
J3, J5 AND POLAD 
 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/31/2013 
TAGS: PREL, MARR, MOPS, TU, NATO, Iraq 
SUBJECT: NATO/IRAQ: GOT ACTION ON ARTICLE IV IS AT NATO 
 
REF: STATE 35416 
 
 
(u) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch. 
Reasons:  1.5 (B and D) 
 
 
1. (S) Pol-Mil Counselor spoke with MFA Nato Department Fatih 
Celan February 8 regarding reftel request instructing Embassy 
and USNATO to coordinate with the GOT a formal Turkish 
request for Article IV consultations on February 10.  Celan 
said he did not know whether the GOT intended to submit a 
formal request for Article IV consultations on February 10. 
He added the MFA recently had authorized the Turkish mission 
at NATO to handle the Article IV issue, and suggested that 
USG contact the TU mission at NATO to inquire about Turkey's 
intentions for February 10. 
 
 
2. (S) Comment:  This information tracks closely with what we 
have heard from other MFA officials regarding the lead role 
that the TU mission at NATO (vice the MFA) is playing on 
Article IV consultations.  MFA DG for International Security 
Morali earlier told the DCM that the MFA had given the 
Turkish mission "a free hand" at NATO to proceed on Article 
IV matters. 
PEARSON