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106893 5/4/2007 15:33 07VIENNA1162 Embassy Vienna CONFIDENTIAL 07STATE54924 VZCZCXYZ0028 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHVI #1162 1241533 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 041533Z MAY 07 FM AMEMBASSY VIENNA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7200 INFO RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA PRIORITY 1144 RUEHTH/AMEMBASSY ATHENS PRIORITY 0849 RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN PRIORITY 1727 RUEHSL/AMEMBASSY BRATISLAVA PRIORITY 2028 RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS PRIORITY 1216 RUEHBM/AMEMBASSY BUCHAREST PRIORITY 1409 RUEHUP/AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST PRIORITY 1228 RUEHCP/AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN PRIORITY 0478 RUEHHE/AMEMBASSY HELSINKI PRIORITY 0441 RUEHLI/AMEMBASSY LISBON PRIORITY 0384 RUEHLJ/AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA PRIORITY 1495 RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 0728 RUEHLE/AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG PRIORITY 0126 RUEHMD/AMEMBASSY MADRID PRIORITY 0782 RUEHNY/AMEMBASSY OSLO PRIORITY 0465 RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY 0794 RUEHPG/AMEMBASSY PRAGUE PRIORITY 1464 RUEHRA/AMEMBASSY RIGA PRIORITY 0640 RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME PRIORITY 2775 RUEHSF/AMEMBASSY SOFIA PRIORITY 1124 RUEHSM/AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM PRIORITY 0477 RUEHTL/AMEMBASSY TALLINN PRIORITY 0573 RUEHTC/AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE PRIORITY 1029 RUEHVL/AMEMBASSY VILNIUS PRIORITY 0590 RUEHNO/USMISSION USNATO PRIORITY 0490 RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 001162
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STATE FOR S/WCI -- AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON STATE ALSO FOR EUR/AGS - SAINT-ANDRE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/03/2017 TAGS: PTER, PINR, AU SUBJECT: DETAINEE RESETTLEMENT -- AUSTRIA: EXPAT COMMUNITIES AND POST POC
REF: STATE 54924 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Deputy Dhief of Mission Scott F. Kilner
1. (U) The following responses are keyed to reftel information requests.
2. (C) Embassy Vienna POCs on resettlement issues are as follows:
Deputy Chief of Mission Scott Kilner kilnersf@state.gov, kilnersf@state.sgov.gov 43-1 31339-2415
Economic Unit Chief Phillip Nelson nelsonpr@state.gov, nelsonpr@state.sgov.gov 43-1 31339-2299
3. (C) Austria hosts no expatriate communities of Egyptians, Uzbeks, Mauritanians, Somalis, Palestinians Sudanese or Chinese Uighurs. However, small numbers of individuals of these nationalities or groups are present in Austria.
4. (C) Beyond its close ties with other EU member states, Austria does not have relationships which it could exploit to persuade other countries to receive detainees. Although Austria maintains long-term assistance relationships with a small number of "priority" aid recipients, these relationships would not deliver sufficient political penetration to have an impact in a case such as this one.
5. (C) As instructed separately, Embassy will report septel on the status of resettlement efforts in Austria.
Kilner
