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DE RUEHNE #1997 2031104
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 211104Z JUL 08
FM AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2707
INFO RUCNCLS/ALL SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA COLLECTIVE
RUCNNSG/NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP COLLECTIVE
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA 1573
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 6672
UNCLAS NEW DELHI 001997
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP IR MUNC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC IN
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - INDIA FAMILIAR WITH
INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS ON IRANIAN URANIUM ACQUISITION
REF: SECSTATE 77744
1. (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on July 21 to
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) directors for Disarmament
and International Security Affairs (DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra
and Amandeep Singh Gill. Dharmendra and Singh Gill expressed
interest in knowing why the U.S. was raising this issue at
this particular moment. They confirmed their familiarity
with India's international obligations as outlined reftel,
but offered no further substantive response.
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