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### Viewing cable 07PARIS3733, FRENCH ELYSEE NEA ADVISER RECOUNTS TOUGH LINE

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Reference ID | Date | Classification | Origin
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07PARIS3733 | 2007-09-07 18:06 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Paris

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    VZCZCXRO2330
    OO RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHDIR RUEHKUK
    DE RUEHFR #3733 2501830
    ZNY CCCCC ZZH
    O 071830Z SEP 07 ZDK
    FM AMEMBASSY PARIS
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9971
    INFO RUCNIRA/IRAN COLLECTIVE

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 003733

    SIPDIS

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/07/2017
    TAGS: PREL PGOV FR IR
    SUBJECT: FRENCH ELYSEE NEA ADVISER RECOUNTS TOUGH LINE
    TAKEN WITH IRANIANS

    REF: PARIS 3668

    Classified By: Classified by Polmincouns Josiah Rosenblatt for reasons
    1.4.(b), (d)

    ¶1.  (C)  Following up on reftel, Polmincouns and poloff asked
    French presidential adviser for NEA issues Boris Boillon
    September 6 about the visit to Tehran by French Presidency
    official Richier and MFA DAS Gellet.  Polmincouns noted the
    stark phrasing in President Sarkozy's speech to French
    ambassadors (indicating the world faced the choice between
    Iran with a bomb or bombing Iran) and wondered what it meant
    in the context of the visit.  Boillon was glad we raised the
    subject and stated that Sarkozy had wanted to warn Iran in a
    dramatic and public way that it must cooperate with the
    international community with respect to its nuclear program
    or face potential catastrophe in the form of military action.
     This did not mean, as some media were misinterpreting the
    statement, that France would be ready to participate in such
    action.  Far from it, Boillon continued; France vigorously
    opposed a resort to force and preferred to resolve the
    ongoing dispute diplomatically.

    ¶2.  (C)  Boillon echoed much of what MFA DAS Gellet had
    related in reftel when he observed that the Iranians do not
    seem to understand the gravity of the situation or France's
    position.  They suffer, he complained, from a closed mindset
    that he later termed "autistic."  Boillon recounted in the
    same terms as Gellet the origin of the Iranian initiative
    from Ali Akbar Velayati, foreign affairs adviser to supreme
    leader Khamenei, to establish a special dialogue between
    Tehran and Paris.  Even before Richier and Gellet traveled,
    the GOF told the Iranians to "forget it" if their intention
    was to split France away from the P-5 plus one.  Richier and
    Gellet repeated this message in Tehran and indicated that
    France might be willing to speak of other subjects (NFI).
    Boillon believed the level was perfect in that the French
    sent senior working level officials well below the "political
    level," whereas Velayati clearly was at the political level.
    This disparity gave the French considerable leeway in terms
    of the frankness with which they could speak.

    ¶3.  (C)  Boillon repeated that it was clear the Iranians did
    not understand or accept the blunt message they heard.  In
    his characteristic candor, Richier told Velayati and other
    Iranian officials that, absent full compliance, sanctions
    against Iran will only ratchet up.  As he previewed the tough
    line that Sarkozy would express in his speech, Richier added
    that France wants to avoid military action against Iran but
    might eventually have to accept it as the only recourse left
    to the international community to prevent a nuclear-armed
    Iran.

    ¶4.  (C)  Boillon stated that the GOF had not decided whether
    to continue the dialogue that Richier and Gellet had started.
     Diplomatic contacts, nevertheless, continue apace, and he
    pointed to a then current visit to Paris by Iranian Deputy
    Foreign Minister for European and American Affairs Jalili.
    (Note:  As reported by a staffer of KM Kouchner September 7,
    Jalili had inexplicably not been briefed on Richier's and
    Gellet's message to Velayati.  End note)  Boillon contended
    that France had no problem pursuing a diplomatic dialogue per
    se and kept its embassy in Tehran for just such a reason.  As
    Richier told the Iranians, however, there was no need for a
    special channel if the Iranian aim was to pry France away
    from the P-5 plus one.  Richier was very direct that France
    had no intention to deviate from the line it was on with its
    partners.  Boillon expanded his assessment of the Iranians as
    "autistic like the Syrians.  As with the Syrians, one must be
    direct and not always 'diplomatic.'"

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

    PEKALA

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