

Currently released so far... 6230 / 251,287
Articles
Browse latest releases
2010/12/01
2010/12/02
2010/12/03
2010/12/04
2010/12/05
2010/12/06
2010/12/07
2010/12/08
2010/12/09
2010/12/10
2010/12/11
2010/12/12
2010/12/13
2010/12/14
2010/12/15
2010/12/16
2010/12/17
2010/12/18
2010/12/19
2010/12/20
2010/12/21
2010/12/22
2010/12/23
2010/12/24
2010/12/25
2010/12/26
2010/12/27
2010/12/28
2010/12/29
2010/12/30
2011/01/01
2011/01/02
2011/01/04
2011/01/05
2011/01/07
2011/01/09
2011/01/10
2011/01/11
2011/01/12
2011/01/13
2011/01/14
2011/01/15
2011/01/16
2011/01/17
2011/01/18
2011/01/19
2011/01/20
2011/01/21
2011/01/22
2011/01/23
2011/01/24
2011/01/25
2011/01/26
2011/01/27
2011/01/28
2011/01/29
2011/01/30
2011/01/31
2011/02/01
2011/02/02
2011/02/03
2011/02/04
2011/02/05
2011/02/06
2011/02/07
2011/02/08
2011/02/09
2011/02/10
2011/02/11
2011/02/12
2011/02/13
2011/02/14
2011/02/15
2011/02/16
2011/02/17
2011/02/18
2011/02/19
2011/02/20
2011/02/21
2011/02/22
2011/02/23
2011/02/24
2011/02/25
2011/02/26
2011/02/27
2011/02/28
2011/03/01
2011/03/02
2011/03/03
2011/03/04
2011/03/05
2011/03/06
2011/03/07
2011/03/08
2011/03/09
2011/03/10
2011/03/11
2011/03/13
2011/03/14
2011/03/15
2011/03/16
2011/03/17
2011/03/18
2011/03/19
2011/03/20
2011/03/21
Browse by creation date
Browse by origin
Embassy Athens
Embassy Asuncion
Embassy Astana
Embassy Asmara
Embassy Ashgabat
Embassy Ankara
Embassy Amman
Embassy Algiers
Embassy Addis Ababa
Embassy Accra
Embassy Abuja
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Embassy Abidjan
Consulate Amsterdam
American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
Embassy Bujumbura
Embassy Buenos Aires
Embassy Budapest
Embassy Bucharest
Embassy Brussels
Embassy Bridgetown
Embassy Bratislava
Embassy Brasilia
Embassy Bogota
Embassy Bishkek
Embassy Bern
Embassy Berlin
Embassy Belgrade
Embassy Beirut
Embassy Beijing
Embassy Banjul
Embassy Bangkok
Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan
Embassy Bamako
Embassy Baku
Embassy Baghdad
Consulate Barcelona
Embassy Copenhagen
Embassy Conakry
Embassy Colombo
Embassy Chisinau
Embassy Caracas
Embassy Canberra
Embassy Cairo
Consulate Curacao
Consulate Ciudad Juarez
Consulate Chennai
Consulate Casablanca
Consulate Cape Town
Embassy Dushanbe
Embassy Dublin
Embassy Doha
Embassy Djibouti
Embassy Dhaka
Embassy Dar Es Salaam
Embassy Damascus
Embassy Dakar
Consulate Dubai
Embassy Kyiv
Embassy Kuwait
Embassy Kuala Lumpur
Embassy Kinshasa
Embassy Kigali
Embassy Khartoum
Embassy Kathmandu
Embassy Kampala
Embassy Kabul
Consulate Kolkata
Embassy Luxembourg
Embassy Luanda
Embassy London
Embassy Ljubljana
Embassy Lisbon
Embassy Lima
Embassy Lilongwe
Embassy La Paz
Consulate Lagos
Mission USNATO
Embassy Muscat
Embassy Moscow
Embassy Montevideo
Embassy Monrovia
Embassy Minsk
Embassy Mexico
Embassy Mbabane
Embassy Maputo
Embassy Manama
Embassy Managua
Embassy Malabo
Embassy Madrid
Consulate Munich
Consulate Mumbai
Consulate Montreal
Consulate Monterrey
Consulate Milan
Embassy Pristina
Embassy Pretoria
Embassy Prague
Embassy Port Au Prince
Embassy Phnom Penh
Embassy Paris
Embassy Paramaribo
Embassy Panama
Consulate Peshawar
REO Basrah
Embassy Rome
Embassy Riyadh
Embassy Riga
Embassy Reykjavik
Embassy Rangoon
Embassy Rabat
Consulate Rio De Janeiro
Consulate Recife
Secretary of State
Embassy Stockholm
Embassy Sofia
Embassy Skopje
Embassy Singapore
Embassy Seoul
Embassy Sarajevo
Embassy Santo Domingo
Embassy Santiago
Embassy Sanaa
Embassy San Salvador
Embassy San Jose
Consulate Strasbourg
Consulate Shenyang
Consulate Shanghai
Consulate Sao Paulo
Embassy Tunis
Embassy Tripoli
Embassy Tokyo
Embassy The Hague
Embassy Tel Aviv
Embassy Tehran
Embassy Tegucigalpa
Embassy Tbilisi
Embassy Tashkent
Embassy Tallinn
Consulate Tijuana
USUN New York
USEU Brussels
US Mission Geneva
US Interests Section Havana
US Delegation, Secretary
UNVIE
Embassy Ulaanbaatar
Browse by tag
ASEC
AF
AE
AR
AORC
AJ
AU
AM
ABLD
AL
AMGT
ASUP
AFIN
APER
ABUD
AVERY
APCS
AEMR
ADCO
APECO
ASIG
AG
AA
AS
AFFAIRS
ASECKFRDCVISKIRFPHUMSMIGEG
AMED
AO
ACOA
AX
AROC
ATFN
ASEAN
AFGHANISTAN
AFU
AER
ALOW
AODE
ATRN
AID
AC
AGMT
CH
CO
CS
CE
CU
CLINTON
CG
CVIS
CMGT
CI
CJAN
CF
COM
CASC
CA
CBW
CM
CDG
CR
COUNTER
CD
CWC
CKGR
CN
CPAS
CJUS
CV
CONS
CT
CY
COUNTERTERRORISM
CIA
CACM
CDB
CAN
COE
COUNTRY
CLEARANCE
CACS
CONDOLEEZZA
CARSON
CL
CIS
CODEL
CTM
CB
ECON
EFIN
EAIR
EUN
EINV
ENRG
EG
ETRD
EPET
ETTC
ELAB
EU
ER
ET
EAGR
ECPS
ECIN
ELTN
EAID
EMIN
EWWT
EFIS
EIND
EC
ES
EN
EI
ENVR
ENGR
ENIV
EUNCH
ENVI
ETRDEINVECINPGOVCS
ELN
EZ
EXTERNAL
EINVECONSENVCSJA
EINT
EUR
ECINECONCS
ENNP
EFINECONCS
EK
ELECTIONS
ECUN
EINVEFIN
ECIP
EINDETRD
EUC
EREL
ECA
ENERG
ENGY
ETRO
EFTA
ECONCS
ECONOMICS
ECONEFIN
EINVETC
EINN
ESA
ETC
ETRDEINVTINTCS
ESENV
ETRDECONWTOCS
IN
IC
IR
IZ
IS
IAEA
IT
ICTY
IO
IA
IWC
ID
ICRC
ILC
INTELSAT
IMO
ISRAELI
IACI
ILO
ITRA
IBRD
IMF
ICJ
ICAO
ITALY
ITALIAN
IRAQI
INTERPOL
IV
IQ
IPR
INRB
ITPHUM
IIP
IL
INR
ITPGOV
IZPREL
IRC
INRA
INRO
IRAJ
IEFIN
IF
KDEM
KCRM
KJUS
KTIA
KWBG
KPAL
KIPR
KTIP
KE
KNNP
KGHG
KICC
KV
KTFN
KU
KCFE
KDRG
KWMN
KSCA
KGIC
KCOR
KFRD
KPKO
KSUM
KPRP
KPAO
KBCT
KIRF
KCFC
KISL
KREC
KSPR
KHIV
KBIO
KMCA
KMPI
KFLU
KSTH
KBTR
KS
KOMC
KOMS
KSEP
KPRV
KFLO
KHLS
KN
KWWMN
KUNR
KLIG
KSTC
KZ
KG
KRAD
KOLY
KTBT
KTDB
KOCI
KAWK
KCIP
KNPP
KWAC
KMDR
KAWC
KIDE
KSAF
KX
KWMNCS
KNEI
KCRS
KVPR
KFRDKIRFCVISCMGTKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG
KACT
KO
KFSC
KR
KPWR
KMIG
KSEC
KIFR
KDEMAF
KFIN
KGCC
KPIN
KPLS
KIRC
KFRDCVISCMGTCASCKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG
KGIT
KBTS
KERG
KWMM
KRVC
KNSD
KVIR
KNUP
KTER
KDDG
KHSA
KMRS
KHDP
KTLA
KPAK
KNAR
KREL
KPAI
KTEX
KCOM
KNNPMNUC
KPOA
KRFD
KHUM
KDEV
KNUC
MOPS
MARR
MASS
MNUC
MO
MX
MCAP
ML
MTCRE
MR
MP
MY
MU
MIL
MAR
MC
MRCRE
MTRE
MA
MEPI
MV
MPOS
MD
MZ
MEPP
MOPPS
MAPP
MASC
MT
MERCOSUR
MK
MDC
MI
MAPS
MCC
MASSMNUC
MQADHAFI
MUCN
MTCR
MG
OREP
OVIP
OFDP
ODIP
OPDC
OAS
OTRA
OSCE
OECD
OIIP
OEXC
OPCW
OPIC
OPRC
OVP
OSCI
OTR
OSAC
OIC
OFFICIALS
OIE
PHUM
PREL
PGOV
PREF
PTER
PARM
PBTS
PINR
PINS
PHSA
PK
POL
PM
PINT
PE
PINF
PEL
PA
PARMS
PO
PLN
PROP
PALESTINIAN
PAO
PL
POV
PG
POLITICS
PEPR
PSI
PSOE
PU
POLITICAL
PARTIES
PBIO
PECON
PAK
POGOV
PINL
PKFK
PMIL
PY
PFOR
PHALANAGE
PARTY
PRAM
PMAR
PGOVLO
PUNE
PORG
PHUMPREL
PF
POLINT
PHUS
PGOC
PNR
PGGV
PNAT
PGOVE
PRGOV
PRL
PROV
PTERE
PGOF
PHUMBA
SENV
SY
SZ
SOCI
SO
SR
SNAR
SA
SP
SW
SMIG
SU
SCUL
SC
SAN
SN
SL
SG
SYR
SEVN
SF
SI
STEINBERG
SIPRS
SH
SNARCS
SOFA
SANC
SHUM
SK
ST
TRGY
TU
TBIO
TH
TS
TSPL
TT
TPHY
TSPA
TI
TK
TIP
TERRORISM
TZ
TX
TW
TD
TP
TC
TO
TNGD
TINT
TRSY
TR
TFIN
TURKEY
UK
UNGA
UN
UNHRC
UNMIK
UNO
UZ
UNSC
UP
UG
UNHCR
UNDC
US
UNAUS
USTR
UV
UNEP
UY
UNESCO
USUN
UAE
USEU
UNDP
UNCHS
UNVIE
UNCHC
UE
UNDESCO
USAID
Browse by classification
Community resources
courage is contagious
Viewing cable 07ROME1168, DEMARCHE: AGILE LAUNCH; PROTEST OF USML TRANSFER TO INDIA
If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQs
Understanding cables
Every cable message consists of three parts:
- The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
- The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
- The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.
Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #07ROME1168.
Reference ID | Created | Released | Classification | Origin |
---|---|---|---|---|
07ROME1168 | 2007-05-29 16:04 | 2011-03-17 01:01 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Rome |
Appears in these articles: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article1544402.ece |
VZCZCXRO9012
PP RUEHFL RUEHNP
DE RUEHRO #1168/01 1491616
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
P 291616Z MAY 07
FM AMEMBASSY ROME
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8164
INFO RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY 2268
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 0774
RUEHFL/AMCONSUL FLORENCE PRIORITY 2405
RUEHMIL/AMCONSUL MILAN PRIORITY 8676
RUEHNP/AMCONSUL NAPLES PRIORITY 2569
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 ROME 001168
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE PASS TO PM/DTCP DIRECTOR ANN GANZER
STATE ALSO FOR EUR/WE AND OES/SAT
PARIS PASS TO NASA REP - D. MILLER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/29/2017
TAGS: ETTC KOMC PARM TSPA IT IN
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE: AGILE LAUNCH; PROTEST OF USML TRANSFER TO INDIA
REF: A. SECSTATE 71981 (NOTAL)
¶B. NEW DELHI 2455 (NOTAL) C. ROME 310
Classified By: ECMIN T. DELARE PER E.O. 12958 REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D)
¶1. (C) SUMMARY: On May 29, ECMIN delivered points regarding the launch from India of the Italian AGILE satellite, and the related, unlicensed re-export from Italy to India of USML-listed items (ref A), to the MFA official responsible for Space and Science and Technology Cooperation. The latter responded that in the year preceding AGILE's April 23 launch, the MFA had arranged meetings in Washington and Rome to clarify the U.S. regulations. The MFA Director General for Multilateral Economic and Financial Affairs (The MFA's equivalent to ""E"") also had advised the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Ministry of Universities that launching AGILE from India could have negative consequences for bilateral economic relations. Our interlocutor explained that the MFA does not have ""hierarchical"" authority over ASI or the Ministry of Universities and Research, and could not force them to follow the MFA's counsel. He added that the decision to proceed with the AGILE launch was taken while ASI was being run by an interim External Commissioner, prior to the entry on duty on April 26 of ASI President Giovanni Bignami. Emboffs have appointments on May 30 and May 31 to deliver the same message to the Ministry of Universities and Research and ASI in advance of NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale's June 1 meeting with ASI President Bignami. Results of those meetings will be reported septel. END SUMMARY.
¶2. (C) On May 29, ECMIN Thomas Delare delivered ref A points to Minister Giovanni Manfredi, Head of Office VI (Energy, Space, S&T Cooperation, Information Society, and Nuclear Issues) of MFA's Directorate General for Multilateral Economic and Financial Affairs. Delare underlined that while the Department had not yet compiled all the facts of the case, the USG considered the matter of AGILE's India launch so serious as to warrant a strongly worded protest. He also pointed out that Italian press coverage had been unhelpful, noting one report in a major daily that appeared to downplay USG's concerns without explaining them to Italian readers and a brief article in a popular weekly newsmagazine that spun the episode into a case of ""little but tough"" Italy resisting an American attempt to restrict Italian research. ECMIN placed the AGILE problem in the larger context of Italy's export control enforcement, noting previous USG dissatisfaction with the GOI's handling of fast boat (and engines) exports to Iran. Looking ahead, Delare proposed holding bilateral consultations on export controls, in order to air mutual concerns and prevent future exports that might damage otherwise good bilateral relations.
¶3. (C) Manfredi responded by outlining MFA attempts to ensure that USG export control regulations were made clear to and respected by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), responsible for AGILE. He recalled the Italian Embassy's participation in meetings between Department and representatives of Carlo Gavazzi Spazio in 2006, as well as the April 10, 2007 meeting (which ECMIN attended) in which the MFA brought together Embassy officers and representatives from the MFA, ASI, and the Ministry of Universities and Research (the agency to which ASI reports) to review AGILE's status. Manfredi emphasized that the MFA was so concerned about possible violations of U.S. export control regulations that the Italian Embassy in Washington then arranged two meetings/conversations, one at the ambassadorial level, with Department representatives. He confirmed that following the last Italian Embassy-Department contacts, MFA Director General Giandomenico Magliano wrote ASI and the Ministry of Universities and Research to explain the potential negative consequences to economic bilateral relations should ASI launch AGILE from India with USML components on board, and advising that MFA considered it unwise to proceed with the launch.
¶4. (C) Manfredi made little attempt to defend ASI and/or the Ministry of Universities' decision to authorize AGILE's Indian launch, disregarding MFA's counsel. He explained that the MFA has no authority over either the Agency or the Ministry. Manfredi noted that at the time the final decision on AGILE was made, External Commissioner Vincenzo Roppo was in charge of the space agency in the interregnum between former President Sergio Vetrella's resignation in October and ROME 00001168 002 OF 002 current ASI President Giovanni Bignami's entry on duty on April 26, three days after AGILE's launch. With Vetrella's resignation, ASI's Management Board stepped down, removing another layer of control over ASI's activities. ECMIN noted that we would be meeting separately with President Bignami and with the Ministry of Universities and Research to deliver the same protest.
¶5. (C) Manfredi pushed back, without going into detail, noting the MFA's perception that the State Department's Export Control bureau handled Carlo Gavazzi Spazio's export license requests in a ""confusing"" way in 2005-2006. The Department's directed disclosure order to the Goodrich company was in order, he said, since a good deal of what Carlo Gavazzi Spazio did was based on assurances from Goodrich, including a shipping order, which appeared to give the go-ahead for re-transfer of the USML component (the reaction wheel assembly) to India. While not saying openly that Carlo Gavazzi and ASI acted in good faith according to the paperwork received from Goodrich, Manfredi opined that they probably did not deliberately violate U.S. export control regulations, given their efforts to remove other USML components originally ordered or procured for AGILE -- which delayed AGILE's launch for over a year and resulted in substantial financial losses for ASI and the company.
¶6. (C) Manfredi reinforced his message -- that the MFA has treated U.S. concerns seriously throughout this process. He told ECMIN that he accompanied MFA Director General Giandomenico Magliano to meet ASI President Bignami on May 25, where the DG delivered the message that ASI should consult with the MFA to avoid any potential problems in the future. Manfredi also said he would brief the MFA's member of ASI's new Management Board in the near future.
¶7. (C) COMMENT. Although we have follow-up meetings scheduled with ASI and the Ministry of Universities and Research, we are fairly sure they will repeat the essence of Manfredi's position -- that ASI and Carlo Gavazzi acted based on assurances from Goodrich that re-export of the USML items to India was authorized and that, the USG's concerns notwithstanding, the decision to go ahead with the launch was made by ASI's interim External Commissioner, who has since left ASI. This case highlights the need for bilateral export control consultations, which were last held in 2004. Post hereby repeats its request (ref C) for Department guidance on the possibility of bilateral consultations. END COMMENT.
Spogli