Cablegate: South Africa: Doe Commodity Identification

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DE RUEHSA #4659 3131515
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FM AMEMBASSY PRETORIA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6844
INFO RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC

UNCLAS PRETORIA 004659

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SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED
SIPDIS

PASS TO LPARKER, DOE
JMCCLELLAN, ISN/ECC

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ENRG KNNP OTRA PARM SF
SUBJECT: SOUTH AFRICA: DOE COMMODITY IDENTIFICATION
TRAINING (CIT) PROGRAM RESPONSE

REF: SECSTATE 174804

1. (SUB) Per Reftel, a diplomatic note was passed October 20
regarding the Department of Energy's (DOE) Commodity
Identification Training (CIT) program to Department of
Foreign Affairs' (DFA) Nokwazi Mtshali and South African
Revenue Services' (SARS) Varsha Singh. Ms. Mtshali responded
on November 3 that the dip note had been passed to DFA's
Ambassador Abdul Minty office. Ms. Singh responded on
November 8 that SARS had taken no position on the CIT
program. Both Ms. Mtshali and Ms. Singh stated that would
provide updates on South Africa's interest in the CIT program.
BOST

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