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Cablegate: Application of the U.S. - Russia Ctr and Mpc&a Diplomatic

Published: Tue 5 Feb 2008 01:08 PM
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FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6408
INFO RHMFIUU/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
UNCLAS MOSCOW 000290
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL RS
SUBJECT: APPLICATION OF THE U.S. - RUSSIA CTR AND MPC DIPLOMATIC
NOTE DELIVERED
REF: STATE 6686
1. On January 29, Embassy delivered reftel diplomatic note and the
suggested response note regarding the application of the U.S. -
Russia Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Umbrella Agreement and
Materials Protection Control and Accounting (MPC) agreements to
DOE's Second Line of Defense (SLD) and Radiological Threat Reduction
(RTR) programs to Aleksey Karpov, Senior Counselor in the MFA
Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs. Moscow DOE
delivered a courtesy copy to Rosatom's Vladimir Kuchinov immediately
following Embassy's delivery of the notes to MFA.
2. Karpov stated that he would submit the diplomatic note for review
by experts and contact us when he had a response.
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