Cablegate: Tallinn Delivers Mv Lehmann Timber Dip Note Response

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DE RUEHTL #0231 1891402
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 071402Z JUL 08
FM AMEMBASSY TALLINN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0694

UNCLAS TALLINN 000231

DEPT FOR BGILCHRIST EUR/NB

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHSA BM CY GM NATO RS SO UK UP EN
SUBJECT: TALLINN DELIVERS MV LEHMANN TIMBER DIP NOTE RESPONSE

REF: 71264

1. (SBU) Conoff delivered reftel's points verbally and in the form
of a letter from Charge to acting Director General of the Estonian
MFA's Consular Affairs Division, Kerli Veski. In the letter, CDA
reaffirmed the USG's commitment to combating piracy and to assist
the GoE's efforts to resolve the crisis aboard the MV Lehmann Timber
through multilateral institutions. Veski thanked the Embassy and
Department for the consideration and confirmed that the letter will
suffice as an official reply to Dip Note No. 76.

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