VZCZCXRO3584
PP RUEHAST RUEHFL RUEHLA RUEHMRE RUEHPOD RUEHROV RUEHSK RUEHSR
DE RUEHVEN #0320 3581335
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 231335Z DEC 08
FM USMISSION USOSCE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6146
INFO RUCNOSC/ORG FOR SECURITY CO OP IN EUR COLLECTIVE
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0665
RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA 1220
RHMFISS/CDR USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
RHMFISS/CDRUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RHDLCNE/CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK
RUEKJCS/DIA WASHDC
RUEASWA/DTRA ALEX WASHINGTON DC
RUESDT/DTRA-OSES DARMSTADT GE
RHMFIUU/HQ USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL
RUEKJCS/JCS WASHDC
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 1160

UNCLAS USOSCE 000320 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR VCI/CCA, VCI/NRRC, EUR/RPM, EUR/PRA, EUR/CARC, 
SCA/CEN, SCA/RA, PM/WRA 
JCS FOR J-5 
OSD FOR ISA (PERENYI) 
NSC FOR HAYES 
USUN FOR LEGAL, POL 
EUCOM FOR J-5 
CENTCOM FOR J-5 
UNVIE FOR AC 
GENEVA FOR CD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
SUBJECT: CFE/CSBM: ANNUAL EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION FOR 2009 
 
REF: STATE 129922 
 
¶1. (SBU) Summary.  Annual exchanges of information under the 
CFE Treaty and the Vienna Document, with information 
effective January 1, 2009, were held in Vienna on December 
12-15, 2008.  Both achieved high levels of participation. 
The electronic exchange, with support provided by the United 
States, also reached a high participation level.  As 
expected, Russia did not provide its CFE data. Azerbaijan's 
declared holdings exceed their Treaty limits by 99 Battle 
Tanks and by 64 artillery pieces, compared to 58 last year 
(see para 5).  End summary. 
 
¶2. (SBU) CFE Treaty:  Required hard-copy information was 
provided by 27 of the 30 States Parties.  As expected, Russia 
did not provide its data (see para 4) and Mission is awaiting 
Iceland's nil report.  Belarus for the first time failed to 
provide hardcopy data, although they did provide data in the 
electronic exchange.  USDEL queried a Belarus rep on this 
omission after the FSC meeting on December 17, who explained 
that they were having "technical problems" and hoped to have 
the hardcopy data provided by early the next week.  Georgia 
delivered its hard-copy information late because of what it 
termed "technical delays."  With the exception of Russia, 
Iceland, and Georgia, all States Parties participated in the 
automated exchange. 
 
¶3. (SBU) Vienna Document 1999:  Information was submitted in 
hard copy by 44 participating States; 45 participated in the 
electronic exchange.  In addition, diplomatic notes conveying 
nil reports are on hand from Iceland and Canada. NOTE: Nil 
reports are still pending from Andorra, Liechtenstein, 
Monaco, San Marino and the Holy See. END NOTE.  Of those with 
military forces, data have not yet been submitted by 
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. 
 
¶4. (SBU) Russia:  Based on its "suspension" of implementation 
of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), 
Russia again failed to provide its information as of January 
1, 2009 on its force structure, armaments, and personnel as 
required during the annual exchange of data by the CFE 
Treaty.  Russia did, however, provide the information 
required by the Vienna Document, which is significantly less 
detailed.  The U.S., NATO States Parties, Georgia, Moldova, 
and Ukraine provided information to all CFE States Parties, 
including Russia.  As it did last year, Russia continues to 
exclude the BRM-1K armored vehicle from Vienna Document 
reporting, while all other holders continue to declare them 
as AIFVs. 
 
¶5. (SBU) Azerbaijan:  A preliminary assessment of Azerbaijani 
data shows that instead of lowering its holdings of battle 
tanks and artillery pieces, it actually has declared higher 
amounts in these categories.  Azerbaijan's declared holdings 
exceed its Treaty limits by 161 Battle Tanks, compared to 99 
over limit last year, and by 119 artillery pieces, compared 
to 64 over limit last year. 
 
¶6. (SBU) Fourteen OSCE participating States have provided 
their Global Exchange of Information (GEMI) data for 2009, 
which is due in April 2009. 
FINLEY