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O 300855Z OCT 09
FM AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7384
INFO RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA PRIORITY 0062
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUCNASE/ASEAN MEMBER COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS SINGAPORE 001060
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NSC FOR L. HOLGATE
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TAGS: AORC ENRG PREL PTER TRGY IAEA SN
SUBJECT: NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT: SINGAPORE DESIGNATES
SHERPA
REF: SECSTATE 104896
(SBU) MFA 2nd Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan will
serve as Singapore's "Sherpa" to the Global Nuclear Security
Summit prep meetings, MFA IO Deputy Director Chin Siew Fei
informed us. Chin confirmed that Perm Sec. Kausikan will
attend the December 3-4 Sherpa meeting in Tokyo and that she
will accompany him. Chin noted that Singapore still hopes to
be allowed to bring one additional official from another
agency to the Tokyo meeting, and that she is in direct
communication with NSC WMD Terrorism and Threat Reduction
Senior Director Holgate regarding the issue.
SHIELDS
Visit Embassy Singapore's Classified website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eap/singapore/ind ex.cfm