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RR RUEHWEB
DE RUEHHE #0145 0930710
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 020710Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY HELSINKI
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 4204
UNCLAS HELSINKI 000145
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/WMDT/BLEWI AND T/TKATSAPIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MCAP ARM PINR PINS PREL PTER FI FR
SUBJECT: FINLND: GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG INAUGURAL MEETING
REF STATE 27349
(U) PolChief delivered reftel inviation and background
material regarding theGlobal Initiative's Exercise Planning
Group to Outi Holopainen, Director of the Finnish MFA's
Office of Nonproliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
April 1. Holopainen said the GoF had not made a formal
decision about participating in the EPG, but she expected a
positive response to our demarche and predicted that Finland
would send a representative to the EPG meeting in Paris in
April.
HYATT