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UNCLAS LIMA 000185 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE ALSO FOR PM/WRA, WHA/AND AND ISN 
STATE PLEASE PASS DTRA AND ATF 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PARM MASS EAIR ETTC PREL OAS PE
SUBJECT: PERU ON U.S. PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS ILLICIT ARMS 
TRAFFICKING 
 
REF: STATE 08063 
 
¶1. (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and Spanish language 
non-paper to the MFA's Chief for International Security and 
Disarmament, Lilliam Ballon and to her assistant for 
disarmament matters, Milagros Winkelreid. Ballon expressed a 
keen interest in maintaining an open, continuing dialog with 
the Embassy on the subject of small arms and light weapons 
and related topics. 
 
¶2. (U) Winkelreid said that the MFA would soon be sending a 
diplomatic note to the Embassy inviting some of its officers 
to attend a February 18 meeting of Peru's Technical 
Secretariat of the National Commission Against the 
Fabrication, and Illicit Traffic of Fire Arms, Munitions, 
Explosives, and Other Related Crimes. (Note: This body is 
headed by the MFA, but includes representatives of the Armed 
Forces Joint Command and the Peruvian National Police - PNP. 
End Note.) 
 
¶3. (SBU) Comment: In a separate conversation, Ballon said 
that Peru has destroyed some 35,000 obsolete or confiscated 
small arms and light weapons from the PNP's arsenal over the 
last year. She cautioned against publicly highlighting this 
accomplishment, however, for fear that it might be exploited 
as propaganda by ultra-nationalists. End Comment. 
MCKINLEY