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FM AMEMBASSY PARIS
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3024
INFO RUCNAFG/AFGHANISTAN COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHAD/AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI PRIORITY 0159
RUEHDO/AMEMBASSY DOHA PRIORITY 0106
RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL PRIORITY 0335
RUEHKU/AMEMBASSY KUWAIT PRIORITY 0125
RUEHRH/AMEMBASSY RIYADH PRIORITY 0254
RUEHNO/USMISSION USNATO PRIORITY 3218
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0512

UNCLAS PARIS 000201 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KDEM EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
SUBJECT: LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN: FRENCH 
CONTRIBUTION 
 
REF: A. SECSTATE 3627 
 
     ¶B. SECSTATE 03546 
 
On January 10 reftel points were delivered to French MFA 
Afghanistan desk officer, Cyril Gerardon, who said that the 
French had discussed and submitted a proposal to the French 
Cabinet on January 5 whereby the French would donate ten 
million euros to a trust fund.  He stressed that the cabinet 
had yet to approve this contribution, but that the MFA felt 
relatively confident that it would be approved, thus 
providing greater funding than originally anticipated.  He 
added that the lead French representative at the meeting 
would probably be Herve Ladsous, the Director for Asia at the 
MFA.  The talking points were shared with the office of the 
Ambassador to Afghanistan in Paris and with the British 
Embassy. 
 
 
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at: 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm 
 
Stapleton