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Brazil
Sri Lanka Tuesday, 10 November 2009, 09:35
S E C R E T RANGOON 000732
United Kingdom SIPDIS
Sweden DEPT FOR EAP/MLS, INR/EAP
Editorial PACOM FOR FPA
United States EO 12958 DECL: 11/10/2019
Latin America TAGS KNNP, PARM, PREL, NPT, PGOV, PINR, KN, BM
SUBJECT: BURMA: ANOTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT BURMA-DPRK
NUCLEAR ISSUE
Browse latest releases REF: RANGOON 502
Classified By: CDA Larry Dinger for Reasons 1.4 (b) & (d)
2010/12/13 ¶1. (S) [NAME REMOVED] , who on [DETAILS REMOVED] informed Australian
2010/12/12 Chan in Rangoon that Burma and the DPRK were engaged in “peaceful nuc
2010/12/11 cooperation” (reftel), has changed [DETAILS REMOVED] story. In a Nove
conversation with Ambassador Chan, [NAME REMOVED] said there had been
2010/12/10 “misunderstanding.” After Chan’s “blunt” response to the August revel
2010/12/09 had responded with incredulity to the thought that the GOB might cons
2010/12/08 cooperation of any sort with the DPRK to be acceptable), [NAME REMOVE
2010/12/07 checked around Nay Pyi Taw. [DETAILS REMOVED] now says GOB-DPRK conve
were merely “exploratory.” [NAME REMOVED] cannot confirm any direct n
2010/12/06 cooperation. [DETAILS REMOVED] added that, in any case, the Kang Nam
2010/12/05 Secretary Clinton’s remarks in Phuket in July “put everything on hold
2010/12/04 ¶2. (S)[NAME REMOVED] observed that Russia is the key GOB partner for
2010/12/03 reactor, but [DETAILS REMOVED] said there has been no progress. Russi
2010/12/02 proposed a commercial deal, and the GOB cannot afford it. [NAME REMOV
that many countries have relations with the DPRK, including Australia
2010/12/01 worry?!”
2010/11/30 Comment
2010/11/29 -------
2010/11/28 ¶3. (S) As with many issues in Burma, the truth behind and possible m
for [NAME REMOVED] first version and the recent revision are difficul
ascertain. Ambassador Chan now believes [DETAILS REMOVED] was simply
Browse by creation date in August and has corrected the record. We were not in the actual con
but to us [DETAILS REMOVED] revision sounds more like an effort to co
66 72 75 79 86 88 89 90 in judgment than to deny the earlier story outright. The comment abou
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 Nam 1 and the Secretary’s remarks having “put everything on hold” lea
08 09 10 concern. That noted, other of [NAME REMOVED] comments have caused us
just how well plugged in [NAME REMOVED] is on the “nuclear” issue. Bo

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GOB-DPRK cooperation remains opaque. Something is certainly happening; whether

that something includes “nukes” is a very open question which remains a very high
priority for Embassy reporting. DINGER

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