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O 301338Z MAY 07
FM AMEMBASSY MANAMA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6874
INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RHMFIUU/HQ USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY
RHBVAKS/COMUSNAVCENT  PRIORITY

UNCLAS MANAMA 000487 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR NEA/ARP, ISN/MTR 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL MNUC ETTC BA BILAT
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN:  ENCOURAGING COUNTRIES TO JOIN THE HCOC 
 
REF: STATE 72346 
 
Sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly.  Not 
for Internet distribution. 
 
(SBU) Pol/Econ Chief May 30 delivered reftel demarche 
concerning joining The Hague Code of Conduct Against 
Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) to MFA Director for 
Bilateral Affairs Dr. Dhafer Al Umran.  Al Umran said that 
the HCOC sounded like a logical extension of Bahrain's 
participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative.  He 
said he would request the MFA legal office to do an analysis 
of the HCOC text and pass it to the Ministry of Defense for 
its input. 
 
 
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