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102635 3/30/2007 14:05 07VIENNA858 Embassy Vienna CONFIDENTIAL 07STATE36991|07STATE37005 VZCZCXYZ0001 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHVI #0858 0891405 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 301405Z MAR 07 FM AMEMBASSY VIENNA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6856 INFO RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA PRIORITY 1139 RUEHTH/AMEMBASSY ATHENS PRIORITY 0833 RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN PRIORITY 1720 RUEHSL/AMEMBASSY BRATISLAVA PRIORITY 2023 RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS PRIORITY 1213 RUEHBM/AMEMBASSY BUCHAREST PRIORITY 1406 RUEHUP/AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST PRIORITY 1224 RUEHCP/AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN PRIORITY 0477 RUEHHE/AMEMBASSY HELSINKI PRIORITY 0440 RUEHLI/AMEMBASSY LISBON PRIORITY 0383 RUEHLJ/AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA PRIORITY 1487 RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 0722 RUEHLE/AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG PRIORITY 0125 RUEHMD/AMEMBASSY MADRID PRIORITY 0779 RUEHNY/AMEMBASSY OSLO PRIORITY 0464 RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY 0793 RUEHPG/AMEMBASSY PRAGUE PRIORITY 1457 RUEHRK/AMEMBASSY REYKJAVIK PRIORITY 0102 RUEHRA/AMEMBASSY RIGA PRIORITY 0639 RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME PRIORITY 2759 RUEHSF/AMEMBASSY SOFIA PRIORITY 1122 RUEHSM/AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM PRIORITY 0476 RUEHTL/AMEMBASSY TALLINN PRIORITY 0572 RUEHVL/AMEMBASSY VILNIUS PRIORITY 0589 RUEHWR/AMEMBASSY WARSAW PRIORITY 1353 RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY RUEHNO/USMISSION USNATO PRIORITY 0488 C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 000858
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STATE FOR S/WCI - MUBANGU/HARMS, EUR/PGI - NORMAN, AND EUR/AGS - SAINT-ANDRE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/30/2017 TAGS: PREL, PTER, PHUM, PINR, KAWC, XG, AU SUBJECT: AUSTRIA ON GUANTANAMO PRISONERS
REF: A. STATE 36991 B. STATE 37005
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Scott F. Kilner. Reasons: 1.4 (b) an d (d).
1. (C) Charge delivered refs (a) and (b) points on March 28 to Johannes Kyrle, Secretary General in the Austrian Foreign Ministry. Charge stressed that governments -- like Austria's -- that have been urging the U.S. to close guantanamo could help us do just that by accepting a small number of prisoners.
2. (C) Kyrle responded that this was "one of the most sensitive political issues." Only the highest political level in Austria could make a determination in this matter, he stated. Kyrle undertook to consult with FM Plassnik on the issue. Charge left Kyrle with ref (b), para 7, points a-i as a non-paper.
2. (C) Kilner
