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FM AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3366
UNCLAS STOCKHOLM 000294
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SUBJECT: SWEDEN: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
NUCLEAR TERRORISM
REF: STATE 37720
ECON Counselor delivered reftel demarche April 15 to Niklas Wiberg,
Deputy Director in the Security Policy Department's
Counter-Terrorism Unit at the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(MFA). Wiberg commented that it was interesting to learn that the
U.S. is encouraging Bahrain to consider hosting/proposing an
activity in 2008-2009. Post has also shared reftel demarche with
Mats Nystrom, Bahrain desk officer; Asa Gustafsson, Deputy Director,
Department for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation; and Jorgen
Persson, Deputy Director, Department for Disarmament and
Non-Proliferation at the MFA.
WOOD