US embassy cable - 03OTTAWA487

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BEAUFORT SEA LEASE SALE DEMARCHE DELIVERED

Identifier: 03OTTAWA487
Wikileaks: View 03OTTAWA487 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Ottawa
Created: 2003-02-20 15:01:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PHSA PBTS PREL ENRG SENV CA Energy
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 OTTAWA 000487 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR OES/OA (RWSMITH), EB/ESC (MCMANUS AND ERVITI), 
WHA/CAN (MASON AND RUNNING) 
 
DOE FOR I/A (A/S BAILEY AND KATHLEEN DEUTSCH) 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHSA, PBTS, PREL, ENRG, SENV, CA, Energy 
SUBJECT: BEAUFORT SEA LEASE SALE DEMARCHE DELIVERED 
 
REFTEL: STATE 43993 
 
ON FEBRUAY 19, ENERGY/ESTOFF DELIVERED THE DIPNOTE 
CONTAINED IN REFTEL TO JOHN RODNEY, LEGAL OFFICER, OCEANS 
LAW DIVISION (JLO), OF THE CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN 
AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE (DFAIT).  OUR DIPNOTE WAS 
DATED FEBRUARY 18, 2003 AND WAS NUMBERED OTTAWA 169.  WE 
ALSO DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE WITH PETER FAWCETT, DEPUTY 
DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. TRANSBOUNDARY DIVISION OF DFAIT.  IN 
BOTH CONVERSATIONS, ESTOFF EMPHASIZED THE POINTS 
CONTAINED IN THE DIPNOTE AND BACKGROUND, PARTICULARLY 
U.S. WILLINGNESS TO MEET IN AN EFFORT TO RESOLVE THE 
UNDERLYING BEAUFORT SEA TERRITORIAL DISPUTE.  NEITHER 
DFAIT OFFICER MADE A SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE.  RODNEY 
PROMISED A DIPNOTE IN REPLY IN THE RELATIVELY NEAR 
FUTURE.  CELLUCCI 

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