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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
08MUNICH17	2008-01-11 17:03	2011-08-30 01:44	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	Consulate Munich

VZCZCXRO0104
PP RUEHAG RUEHDF RUEHIK RUEHLZ RUEHPOD RUEHYG
DE RUEHMZ #0017 0111703
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 111703Z JAN 08
FM AMCONSUL MUNICH
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4236
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY
INFO RUEHZG/NATO EU COLLECTIVE
RUCNFRG/FRG COLLECTIVE

UNCLAS MUNICH 000017 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EUR EUR/AGS, SECDEF FOR OSD - RICHARD DOTSON 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PARM NATO GM
SUBJECT: PREVIEW OF THE 44TH MUNICH CONFERENCE ON SECURITY POLICY 
 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED.  NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 
 
¶1.  (U) The 44th annual Munich Conference on Security Policy, the 
"Davos" of the security policy world, is set to take place February 
8-10, 2008 at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, Germany.  Invited 
guests include heads of state, foreign ministers, defense ministers, 
parliamentary delegations and journalists from around the world. 
 
¶2.  (SBU) While this year's Conference is still a work in progress, 
the conference organizers have tentatively laid out the following 
agenda (Note: Speaking slots may shift, and not all speakers have 
confirmed their participation.): 
 
Friday, February 8 
 
- Opening Dinner (speech by Ukraine PM Tymoshenko) 
 
Saturday, February 9 
 
- Opening Speech:  Turkish PM Erdogan - "Turkey's Foreign Policy and 
Security Interests" 
 
- Panel Topic 1:  "The Atlantic Alliance: Bucharest and Beyond" 
(Senator John McCain, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, 
German DefMin Franz Josef Jung, Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel) 
 
- Panel Topic 2:  "What Are The Roles Of Deterrence, Prevention And 
Nuclear Weapons In Future Strategies?"  (Senator Joseph Lieberman, 
German FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier, French DefMin Herve Morin, IAEA 
DG Mohamed ElBaradei) 
 
      -  Panel Topic 3:  "A Challenge to European Stability: 
Future of the Western Balkans" (Macedonian President Branko 
Crvenkovski, EU Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Romanian FM 
Adrian Cioroianu, Swedish FM Carl Bildt) 
 
- Dinner hosted by Bavarian Minister-President Guenther Beckstein 
 
Sunday, February 10 
 
- Panel Topic 4:  "Where is Russia going? A New Attempt for an 
All-European Security Order" (Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, EU 
Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier 
Solana Madariaga, Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin) 
 
- Panel Topic 5:  "Asia: Building International Stability" (Indian 
NSA M.K. Narayanan, Chinese FM Yang Jiechi, Japanese FM Masahiko 
Koumura, Singapore DefMin Teo Chee Hean) 
 
      - Concluding Luncheon 
 
¶3.  (U) For more information on the 44th Conference and past 
conferences, visit:"http://www.securityconference.de". 
 
¶4.  (U) This report has been coordinated with Embassy Berlin. 
 
¶5.  (U) Previous reporting from Munich is available on our SIPRNET 
website at www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/munich/ . 
 
NELSON

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