Currently released so far... 243 / 251,287

### Articles

Brazil

### Browse by release date

2010/11

### Browse by creation date

66 72 79 86 89 90 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
1966/12
1972/02
1979/08
1986/05
1989/12
1990/01
2004/01 2004/12
2005/03 2005/05 2005/06 2005/12
2006/04 2006/08 2006/12
2007/01 2007/02 2007/03 2007/04 2007/05 2007/06 2007/07 2007/08 2007/09 2007/11 2007/12
2008/01 2008/03 2008/04 2008/05 2008/07 2008/08 2008/09 2008/10 2008/12
2009/01 2009/02 2009/03 2009/04 2009/05 2009/06 2009/07 2009/08 2009/09 2009/10 2009/11 2009/12
2010/01 2010/02

### Browse by origin

A B C D H I J K L M P R S T U
Embassy Ashgabat Embassy Ankara Embassy Amman Embassy Abu Dhabi
Embassy Buenos Aires Embassy Brasilia Embassy Bishkek Embassy Berlin Embassy Beirut Embassy Beijing Embassy Baku Embassy Baghdad
Embassy Cairo Consulate Cape Town
Embassy Doha Embassy Damascus Consulate Dubai
Embassy Harare
Iran RPO Dubai Consulate Istanbul
Consulate Jeddah
Embassy Kuwait Embassy Kabul
Embassy London
Embassy Muscat Embassy Moscow Embassy Manama Embassy Madrid Consulate Munich
Embassy Prague Embassy Paris Embassy Panama
Embassy Rome Embassy Riyadh
Secretary of State Embassy Sanaa Consulate Sao Paulo
Embassy Tripoli Embassy Tel Aviv Embassy Tehran Embassy Tegucigalpa
USEU Brussels UNVIE

### Browse by tag

A B C E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U X Y Z
AE ASEC AM AF AR AU AORC AJ AG
BA BR BH BY BU
CVIS CH CASC CF COUNTERTERRORISM CD CV
ETRD ECON ELAB EFIN ENRG EG ETTC EPET EINV EFIS EXTERNAL EAID EUN EU ECUN EAIR EZ EAGR ELTN ECPS
FR
GM GG GR GOI GE GA
HO
IR IAEA IS IZ INRB IN IRAJ IQ IT
JO JA
KNNP KHLS KJUS KDEM KSPR KPKO KUNR KWBG KWMN KPAL KCRM KU KG KHIV KPRP KZ KN KTFN KGHG KSCA KMDR KPAO KCOR KACT KIRF KS KTIA KISL
LE LY LG
MNUC MPOS MARR MU MASS MOPS MCAP MOPPS MK MAR MTCRE MY ML MR
NATO NG
OPDC OEXC OIIP OVIP OPRC OTR OTRA
PGOV PREL PARM PTER PINR PHUM PINS PREF PM PEPR PROP PK PBIO PA PBTS PECON POLITICAL PARTIES
QA
RU RS RW
SA SYR SY SO SU SF SCUL SM SNAR SOCI SENV SP SG
TRGY TU TI TX TC TSPA
US UZ UE UK UNESCO UP UNSC UV
XF XA
YM
ZP ZR ZF ZI

### Browse by classification

CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN SECRET SECRET//NOFORN UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

### Community resources

Follow us on Twitter Check our Reddit Twitter this Digg this page

### Viewing cable 07PARIS3956, KOUCHNER EXPECTED TO MEET IRANIAN COUNTERPART AT

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.

To understand the justification used for the classification of each cable, please use this WikiSource article as reference.
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. #07PARIS3956.
Help us extend and defend this work

Reference ID | Date | Classification | Origin
--- | --- | --- | ---
07PARIS3956 | 2007-09-21 09:09 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Paris

`

    VZCZCXRO4039
    OO RUEHAG RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHDIR RUEHKUK RUEHROV
    DE RUEHFR #3956/01 2640945
    ZNY CCCCC ZZH
    O 210945Z SEP 07
    FM AMEMBASSY PARIS
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0328
    INFO RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES
    RUCNIRA/IRAN COLLECTIVE

` `

    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 PARIS 003956

    SIPDIS

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/20/2017
    TAGS: PREL PGOV PARM FR IR
    SUBJECT: KOUCHNER EXPECTED TO MEET IRANIAN COUNTERPART AT
    UNGA BUT NOT SARKOZY

    REF: A. (A) PARIS POINTS 20 SEPTEMBER 2007

         ¶B. (B) PARIS 3668

    Classified By: Acting Political Minister-Counselor Andrew Young for rea
    sons 1.4. (b), (d).

    ¶1.  (C)  During a September 19 call on French MFA
    DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille, we asked
    whether he had heard anything that might indicate FM Kouchner
    or any other French officials planned to meet with Iranian
    President Ahmadi Nejad in New York.  Pouille shook his head
    no on Ahmadi Nejad, but he stated that Kouchner is scheduled
    to meet with his Iranian counterpart on the margins of the
    UNGA.

    ¶2.  (C)  Although Pouille does not cover Iran, he stated that
    posts throughout the NEA region had reported queries from
    host governments about France,s policy in light of FM
    Kouchner,s recent remarks about the possibility the
    confrontation over Iran,s nuclear program could lead to war.
     This had necessitated the drafting of &talking points8 to
    be sent out worldwide to refocus attention on what Kouchner
    said about the need to pursue diplomacy to the maximum extent
    possible.  Pouille (strictly protect) opined that Kouchner
    had not for the first time allowed his tongue to get ahead of
    his brain in terms of his public utterances.  He has
    struggled since to get the emphasis back on diplomatic
    efforts to resolve the nuclear issue and to minimize the
    importance of his reference to the possibility of war.

    ¶3.  (C)  We spoke September 20 to French MFA Iran desk
    officer Arnaud Pescheux, who confirmed his understanding that
    Kouchner was currently the most senior French official
    expected to meet with the Iranians in New York, and then only
    the foreign minister.  He related that the Iranian mission in
    New York had passed a formal written request to the French
    mission for an Ahmadi Nejad/Sarkozy meeting.  The GOF had
    ignored the request in the same manner it ignored Ahmadi
    Nejad,s congratulatory message to Sarkozy after his election
    as president.  Nonetheless, and as Kouchner has publicly
    stated, Pescheux underscored that France continues to have a
    normal relationship with Iran across the board, covering a
    host of bilateral and regional issues (notably Lebanon).
    This includes frequent visits to Paris by Iranian officials.
    Tension over the nuclear issue has not changed this, even
    though it has obviously complicated the bilateral dialogue
    somewhat.  In this respect, Pescheux stated that the French
    embassy in Tehran has received numerous complaints about
    recent public French statements despite the fact that few of
    them have been replayed fully via the Iranian media to the
    public at large.  (Comment:  This echoes what MFA
    DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf Franck Gellet and
    others have told us per ref b.  End comment)

    ¶4.  (C)  With respect to the new channel Velayati has tried
    to open via Gellet and Presidency strategic affairs adviser
    Francois Richier (also ref b), Pescheux said that it was not
    closed off, just inactive until such time as France might
    decide to make use of it.  He repeated that the GOF is fully
    aware that Tehran is trying to divide the P-5 1 by opening
    such a channel.  As for the idea, bruited by Pouille, that
    French special envoy for Lebanon Jean-Claude Cousseran might
    travel to Tehran with a larger mandate than the situation in
    Lebanon, Pescheux said that was under discussion.  Nothing
    had been decided, either in terms of dispatching Cousseran on
    such a mission or possible timing, although it was unlikely
    to happen prior to the end of the ministerial portion of the
    current UNGA.  Pescheux reiterated the often expressed view
    at the Quai that, unlike Syria, Iran is not presently
    inclined to stir things up in Lebanon.  He explained that for
    Iran, the consequences of a renewed civil war that could
    inter alia pit Sunnis against Shi,a would set Iranian
    efforts to expand its regional influence back.

    ¶5.  (C)  Comment:  As ref a demonstrates, Kouchner is not
    only trying to recast his earlier remarks in a way that
    downplays references to the possibility of war with Iran but
    to underscore his readiness to engage with Iran including via
    a trip to Tehran.  We are not aware of any plans for Kouchner
    to travel there, however, and he was very careful when he
    responded to a reporter,s question on this that he kept it
    limited to whether in principle he was prepared to go.
    Despite the rhetoric and the furor surrounding Kouchner,s
    remarks, the French have not closed any doors to continued
    engagement.  We think it unlikely, given the charged
    atmosphere and the French determination to keep Ahmadi Nejad
    at arms length, that President Sarkozy will meet formally
    with him on the margins of UNGA, although we would not rule
    out the possibility of an impromptu pull-aside should the two
    find themselves at a group event organized by the UN.
    Sarkozy was unwavering in a national television interview

    PARIS 00003956  002 OF 002

    September 21 that Iran must not be allowed to develop nuclear
    weapons.

    Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
    http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm

    Pekala

`