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221533 8/20/2009 7:12 09USNATO357 Mission USNATO SECRET//NOFORN VZCZCXRO6781 OO RUEHDBU RUEHFL RUEHLA RUEHMRE RUEHPW RUEHROV RUEHSL DE RUEHNO #0357/01 2320712 ZNY SSSSS ZZH O 200712Z AUG 09 FM USMISSION USNATO TO RHEHNSC/WHITE HOUSE NSC WASHDC IMMEDIATE RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3308 RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC IMMEDIATE INFO RUCNAFG/AFGHANISTAN COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHZG/NATO EU COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUCNOSC/ORG FOR SECURITY CO OP IN EUR COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHAD/AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI PRIORITY 0282 RUEHAM/AMEMBASSY AMMAN PRIORITY 0391 RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA PRIORITY 0616 RUEHTH/AMEMBASSY ATHENS PRIORITY 0004 RUEHKB/AMEMBASSY BAKU PRIORITY 0126 RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN PRIORITY 0777 RUEHSL/AMEMBASSY BRATISLAVA PRIORITY 0001 RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS PRIORITY 6691 RUEHBM/AMEMBASSY BUCHAREST PRIORITY 2448 RUEHCP/AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN PRIORITY 0582 RUEHDL/AMEMBASSY DUBLIN PRIORITY 0295 RUEHHE/AMEMBASSY HELSINKI PRIORITY 0917 RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL PRIORITY 1236 RUEHLI/AMEMBASSY LISBON PRIORITY 0508 RUEHLJ/AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA PRIORITY 1227 RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 0488 RUEHLE/AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG PRIORITY 0860 RUEHMD/AMEMBASSY MADRID PRIORITY 0864 RUEHOT/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA PRIORITY 0673 RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY 0581 RUEHPG/AMEMBASSY PRAGUE PRIORITY 4074 RUEHRK/AMEMBASSY REYKJAVIK PRIORITY 0071 RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME PRIORITY 0812 RUEHVJ/AMEMBASSY SARAJEVO PRIORITY 0175 RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL PRIORITY 0642 RUEHGP/AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE PRIORITY 0441 RUEHSQ/AMEMBASSY SKOPJE PRIORITY 3462 RUEHSF/AMEMBASSY SOFIA PRIORITY 2432 RUEHSM/AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM PRIORITY 0811 RUEHTL/AMEMBASSY TALLINN PRIORITY 0006 RUEHSI/AMEMBASSY TBILISI PRIORITY 5845 RUEHTI/AMEMBASSY TIRANA PRIORITY 4569 RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY 0966 RUEHVI/AMEMBASSY VIENNA PRIORITY 0384 RUEHVL/AMEMBASSY VILNIUS PRIORITY 7303 RUEHWR/AMEMBASSY WARSAW PRIORITY 4187 RUEHWL/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON PRIORITY 0059 RUEHVB/AMEMBASSY ZAGREB PRIORITY 5531 RHMFISS/USNMR SHAPE BE PRIORITY RUEHNO/USDELMC BRUSSELS BE PRIORITY RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE PRIORITY RHMFISS/HQ USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC PRIORITY RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC PRIORITY S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 02 USNATO 000357

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/20/2029 TAGS: AFDB, MARR, MOPS, NATO, PREL, AF SUBJECT: FLAGS-TO-POST CONFERENCE FOR ISAF AFGHANISTAN: GOOD OUTCOME FOR THE U.S.

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Classified By: A/Political Advisor A. "HOOT" Baez Reason 1.4 (b) and (d ).

1.(S/REL ISAF) Summary. On August 14 the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of Europe (DSACEUR)hosted the first Flags-to-Post (FTP) Conference for the new International Security Assistance Force Intermediate Headquarters (ISAF IJC HQ), the NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan (NTM-A), and the ISAF Headquarters (ISAF HQ). At the conference, Allies received the final decision on posts they would fill within each command. This conference was one of many steps in the development of the new ISAF Command structure which creates the ISAF Intermediate Joint Command (IJC) HQs and incorporates the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A). End Summary.

2.(S/REL ISAF) The Flags-to-Post conference for the ISAF HQ, ISAF IJC HQ, and NTM-A was held at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE)on August 14. Allocations of posts were based upon each nation's commitments to SHAPE's Combined Joint Statement of Requirements and were endorsed by the Commander of ISAF and the Commander of Joint Force Command Headquarters Brunssum.

3.(S/REL ISAF) The DSACEUR has forwarded the amended FTP plot to each of the Chiefs of Defense (CHODs) and has requested comments NLT August 28. The new Flag Plot is effective for NTM-A September 15, which coincides with its Initial Operational Capability (IOC) date. It is effective for the ISAF restructure and IJC HQ October 15, coinciding with the IJC's planned IOC of October 12.

4.(S/REL ISAF) Major highlights include: the U.S. received all desired posts on which it bid, the Italians were allocated the one-star police training post within the Combined Training Advisory Group-Police(CTAG-P), and the

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Canadians received the one-star Deputy Commander of NTM-A position and the one-star Medical Advisor post within the ISAF HQ.

5.(S/REL ISAF) Overall, nations were satisfied with the results. France, however, had hoped to get the one-star CTAG-P police training billet. As an alternative to not receiving the position, France suggested adding a deputy position for CTAG-P with the expressed interest of filling it in the first rotation. DSACEUR deferred a decision on the deputy CTAG-P position until the 2011 FTP planning conference for which there is not yet a date.

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