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### Viewing cable 09KHARTOUM881, GOK/GOSS AGREE ON TIMETABLE FOR SECOND TANK

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09KHARTOUM881 | 2009-07-29 14:02 | 2010-12-08 21:09 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Khartoum
Appears in these articles: http://www.spiegel.de/

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    VZCZCXRO9313
    PP RUEHBC RUEHBZ RUEHDE RUEHDH RUEHDU RUEHKUK RUEHMR RUEHPA RUEHRN
    RUEHROV RUEHTRO
    DE RUEHKH #0881/01 2101442
    ZNY CCCCC ZZH
    P 291442Z JUL 09
    FM AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4161
    INFO RUEHZO/AFRICAN UNION COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
    RUEHEE/ARAB LEAGUE COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
    RUCNFUR/DARFUR COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
    RUCNIAD/IGAD COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
    RUEHGG/UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
    RUEHKI/AMEMBASSY KINSHASA PRIORITY 0100
    RHMFISS/CJTF HOA PRIORITY
    RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY 0291

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    <<218634>>
    7/29/2009 14:42
    09KHARTOUM881
    Embassy Khartoum
    CONFIDENTIAL
    09KHARTOUM378
    VZCZCXRO9313
    PP RUEHBC RUEHBZ RUEHDE RUEHDH RUEHDU RUEHKUK RUEHMR RUEHPA RUEHRN
    RUEHROV RUEHTRO
    DE RUEHKH #0881/01 2101442
    ZNY CCCCC ZZH
    P 291442Z JUL 09
    FM AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4161
    INFO RUEHZO/AFRICAN UNION COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
    RUEHEE/ARAB LEAGUE COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
    RUCNFUR/DARFUR COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
    RUCNIAD/IGAD COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
    RUEHGG/UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
    RUEHKI/AMEMBASSY KINSHASA PRIORITY 0100
    RHMFISS/CJTF HOA PRIORITY
    RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY 0291
    TAGS: ASEC PINS PREL PINR EFIN KE MARR SU UNSC UG
    SUBJECT: GOK/GOSS AGREE ON TIMETABLE FOR SECOND TANK
    REF: KHARTOUM 00378

    C o n f i d e n t i a l section 01 of 02 khartoum 000881

    Sipdis

    Dept for se gration, s/usses, af a/s carson, af/e
    nsc for mgavin
    dept pls pass usaid for afr/sudan
    addis ababa also for au

    E.o. 12958: decl: 07/28/2019
    Tags: asec, pins, prel, pinr, efin, ke, marr, su, unsc, ug,
    cf
    Subject: gok/goss agree on timetable for second tank
    shipment

    Ref: khartoum 00378

    Classified By: CDA Robert Whitehead for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d)

    ¶1. (C) GOSS xxxxxxxxxxxx has admitted that, on
    the margins of the Washington "Forum for CPA Partners," he
    pressed Kenyan Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula on the need
    to expedite delivery to South Sudan of tanks off-loaded from
    the MV Faina. Three months had passed since Nairobi
    initially agreed -- albeit in a staggered fashion and only
    under cover of darkness -- to ship the SPLA its second order
    of tanks (REFTEL Khartoum 00378). According to xxxxxxxxxxxx upon
    xxxxxxxxxxxx instruction he told the Kenyan ForMin that if the
    tanks did not start moving by Juli's end, the GOSS would be
    forced to "reevaluate its relationship with Nairobi. Despite
    such threats, xxxxxxxxxxxx maintained that the meeting was largely
    positive. "The Kenyans are relieved that we will be routing
    them through Uganda -- keeping them out of the spotlight."

    ¶2. (C) Asked whether he was any more confident of actual
    delivery, given how earlier promises from the Kenyans had
    vaporized, xxxxxxxxxxxx responded in the affirmative. xxxxxxxxxxxx and
    newly-appointed xxxxxxxxxxxx had met in
    Nairobi as xxxxxxxxxxxx returned from Washington to again discuss the
    transfer with Kenyan Department of Defense counterparts. "We
    are certain that this time they will move." xxxxxxxxxxxx further
    confirmed that weapons, armaments, and the spare parts and
    support packages for the T-72 tanks had already been moved
    out of Nairobi into Sudan's South, although he would not
    divulge their location. xxxxxxxxxxxx

    ¶3. (C) xxxxxxxxxxxx optimism appears to be merited. xxxxxxxxxxxx
    travelled to Kampala xxxxxxxxxxxx in order to meet with Ugandan counterparts on unspecified
    business. xxxxxxxxxxxx remains an
    integral member of the SPLA's tank procurement team, despite
    the SPLA's May reshuffle which pushed him into the xxxxxxxxxxxx. SPLA Affairs Minister Nhial Deng Nhial
    admitted to A/CG xxxxxxxxxxxx had been granted
    extraordinary authorities to handle the totality of the
    SPLA's outstanding contracts in order to ensure the circle of
    those involved in the tank procurement remained small "for
    obvious security reasons." xxxxxxxxxxxx The
    decision to extend such authorities xxxxxxxxxxxx
    would appear to indicate the entire "adminstrative chain" of
    the SPLA has been shielded from the decision. END COMMENT).
    At a July 23 farewell dinner, xxxxxxxxxxxx confirmed the Kenyans had
    begun trans-shipment of tanks to Uganda, but could not speak
    to when they would arrive in the South.

    ¶4. (C) Per reftel, the SPLA is dependent on Nairobi
    concurrence to authorize the third and final shipment of
    Juba's 2006 tanks purchase. xxxxxxxxxxxx maintained in mid-July that
    Nairobi, facing increasing pressure from Khartoum, continued
    to resist green-lighting the shipment. Notwithstanding
    xxxxxxxxxxxx contention that the Juba/Nairobi bilateral
    relationship was weathering the tank-shipment "stand-off,"
    there is growing vidence to the contrary.

    ¶5. (C) xxxxxxxxxxxx that she had access to
    documents pertaining to a pending bank transfer linked to an
    unspecified SPLA procurement initiative worth $34 million.
    According to the contractor, past SPLA contracts consistently
    included routing information for banks to Kenya. This
    contract did not -- a first in this individual's tenure with
    the Finance Ministry. (NOTE: The contractor further advised
    that the contract would drive SPLA finances into the red;
    unless the SPLA saw a budget increase next fiscal year, the
    SPLA would be without financing until April 2010 if this
    contract moved forward. END NOTE.) As of July 24, the
    contractor did not believe this SPLA contract had gone
    forward in the Finance Ministry's internal approval process.

    Khartoum 00000881 002 of 002

    (COMMENT: We are not sure that the contractor would be privy
    to information regarding this contract's approval, however,
    and think it possible that, given Finance Minister David Deng
    Athorbei's failed attempts to purchase attack helicopters for
    the SPLA out of Ministry of Roads and Transport monies in
    November 2008, he might be sympathetic to other SPLA
    procurement requests despite current GOSS budgeting woes. END
    comment).

    ¶6. (C) Comment. Despite extensive coverage of the tank
    purchases and delivery in local and internationl media, the
    SPLM continues to treat the matter as a secret matter,
    perhaps as a concession to Kenyan sensitivities. The
    existence of the tanks, however, is one of the least secret
    secrets in Khartoum.
    Whitehead
    ...

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