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(TS//SI) Austrians Propose New Areas of Cooperation
FROM:
Country Desk Officer - Austria (DP11)
Run Date: 06/30/2006
(TS//SI) Austrians visit NSA; proliferation, terrorism, and Middle East top agenda.
(TS//SI) In late March 2006, senior personnel from the Austrian Army Intelligence Service's
(HNaA) Analysis Department visited NSA to discuss expansion of cooperation between our
organizations.
(TS//SI) The Directors of the Analysis Department's Middle East, Proliferation, and Balkans
divisions accompanied Delegation Lead Brigadier General Gunther Eisl, and presented detailed
briefings on their respective areas. Brigadier General Eisl also provided information from their
Terrorism Division (whose director was unable to attend).
(TS//SI) This visit represented our first foray into the proliferation, terrorism, and Middle East
areas with the Austrians (cooperation has historically focused on Russia and the Balkans).
During the day of briefings and dialogue, it became clear that NSA could benefit from Austria's
expertise and reporting on these topics. Work is currently underway to identify specific areas for
cooperation on new targets of mutual interest.
(U//FOUO) This article is reprinted from the Foreign Affairs Digest , May edition.
"(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet
without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)."
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