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C O N F I D E N T I A L USNATO 000121 
 
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STATE FOR EUR-RPM (MONAHAN) 
DEFENSE FOR OASD/ISA (EURO-NATO); USDAT&L/DUSD-IE (VAUGHT); 
OASD/NII (HANSEN); EUCOM J4-EN ENGINEER DIV (MC) (CAPT 
JACKSON); CENTCOM-J4-E (COL GREY); JOINT STAFF J-4 (MR 
MACKIE), J-5 (LTC SEAMON) 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/01/2011 
TAGS: AORC MARR NATO
SUBJECT: RFG: SOURCE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE CHAIR 
 
REF: A. C-M(2007)0010 
 
     ¶B. SG(2006)0515 
     ¶C. SG(2006)0655 
 
Classified By: DEFAD EVAN GALBRAITH.  REASON 1.4.(B/D) 
 
¶1. (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE.  When agreeing the 
establishment of the NATO Office of Resources (NOR), the NAC 
tasked the Senior Resource Board (SRB) to review the source 
of the Infrastructure Committee (IC) chairman.  Mission 
recommends agreement to a national chair, in lieu of the 
current International Staff (IS) chair, on the condition that 
the resource committee's secretariat support is reduced.  The 
SRB held informal discussions on this matter on February 22, 
prior to further consideration at the March 5 preparatory 
session.  Mission requests guidance NLT COB March 2.  END 
SUMMARY. 
 
¶2. (U) On February 14, the NAC agreed to the establishment of 
the NOR, the revised terms of reference (TOR) for the three 
resource committees, and tasked the SRB to review the source 
of the IC Chair (Ref A).  All nations, except the U.S. and 
Portugal, favor a national chair.  MISSION NOTE:  The Deputy 
Assistant Secretary General (DASG) for Defense Investment, 
currently Ken Peltier (U.S.), chairs the IC.   END MISSION 
NOTE.   Our efforts to maintain the International Staff (IS) 
chair no doubt delayed agreement to the NOR by several 
months.  The language in the approved IC TOR reads, "... upon 
approval of the TOR, as a temporary arrangement, the Director 
NOR will also chair the IC.   Within three months following 
the approval of the TOR, the SRB will review this temporary 
arrangement, seeking IC advice, and will then recommend to 
the NAC the source of the future Chairman, as agreed by the 
nations.  Thereafter, the TOR will be amended appropriately." 
 
¶3. (C) Now that the NOR is agreed, Mission has no further 
objection to a national IC chair, since a national IC chair 
is compatible with other resource committees, eg. SRB, 
Military Budget Committee (MBC), Civil Budget Committee 
(CBC), and because the U.S. retains the I.S. position as the 
Director of the NOR, thus ensuring continued U.S. influence 
and support.  Agreement to a national IC Chair also enables 
the U.S. to now compete for three chairman positions (SRB, 
IC, MBC/CBC) in the future, although there is no reason to do 
so at this time. 
 
¶4. (C) Mission does not support the proposed secretariat 
support for each of the resource committee chairmen, one 
staff officer and one secretary, since these personnel will 
absorb resources from the NOR.  Mission recommends instead, 
that our agreement to a national IC Chair be with the 
understanding that the resource committee Chairmen,s staff 
support be limited to one secretary each. 
 
NULAND