US embassy cable - 03OTTAWA646

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CANADA UNLIKELY TO INCREASE CONTRIBUTI0N TO MULTINATIONAL FORCE AND OBSERVERS (MFO)

Identifier: 03OTTAWA646
Wikileaks: View 03OTTAWA646 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Ottawa
Created: 2003-03-07 20:59:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: KMFO PREL MASS XF CA
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 000646 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
ROME FOR MFO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KMFO, PREL, MASS, XF, CA 
SUBJECT: CANADA UNLIKELY TO INCREASE CONTRIBUTI0N TO 
MULTINATIONAL FORCE AND OBSERVERS (MFO) 
 
REF: STATE 49688 
 
(SBU) COL Geoff St. John, head of Foreign Affairs' 
Peacekeeping Section, told us on March 7 that Canada is very 
unlikely to be able to increase its contribution to MFO.  He 
said the Department of National Defense is staffing our 
request to see if it could fill any of the specific needs 
lifted in reftel, but that its pending contribution of a 
battalion and brigade headquarters to ISAF IV and V will put 
a huge strain on the Canadian Forces. 
KELLY 

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