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Viewing cable 10LONDON69, UK MUST WAIT FOR GENEVA FEEDBACK TO AGREE TO NPT

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
10LONDON69 2010-01-13 15:03 2011-02-04 21:09 CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN Embassy London
VZCZCXRO7058
RR RUEHTRO
DE RUEHLO #0069 0131551
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
R 131551Z JAN 10
FM AMEMBASSY LONDON
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4614
INFO RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 3043
RUEHTRO/AMEMBASSY TRIPOLI 0294
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 1286
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 1528
C O N F I D E N T I A L LONDON 000069 
 
NOFORN 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR ISN/MNSA (WILLIAM MENOLD) 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/13/2020 
TAGS: PARM MNUC NPT LY UK
SUBJECT: UK MUST WAIT FOR GENEVA FEEDBACK TO AGREE TO NPT 
JOINT DEMARCHE TEXT 
 

REF: SECSTATE 3073 Classified By: Political Counselor Robin Quinville for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).

1.(SBU/NF) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Judith Gough, Deputy Head of the Security Policy Group at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), and Delphine Hournau and Zoe Smith, Nuclear Issues Desk Officers at the FCO, on January 13. Hournau and Smith had consulted with Nick Low, Head of Nuclear Issues section at the FCO and the main UK point of contact for NPT issues. (Low is currently in Geneva for P-5 NPT discussions and was part of the January 12 talks in Geneva on this subject.)

2.(SBU/NF) All interlocutors said that they found no problems with the text of the joint demarche but indicated that they needed to wait to hear back from their delegation in Geneva before they could formally agree to the U.S. proposed text. According to Hournau, the joint demarche text may come up for discussion in Geneva later on January 13.

3.(C/NF) Gough and Hournau raised the question of whether Libya was acting on its own and stressed the need to develop a contingency plan in case the joint demarche failed to convince Libya to withdraw its amendment. Hournau said that although the UK supported a joint U.S./UK/Russia demarche, the UK was prepared to go forward without the Russians if the need arose.

4.(SBU/NF) Hournau and Smith said that they would discuss this issue with FCO colleagues on the Libya desk and consult with them about effective methods for dealing with the Libyans.

5.(U) Minimize considered. Visit London's Classified Website: XXXXXXXXXXXX 
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