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Viewing cable 07PRAGUE1009, CODEL FRANKS LEAVES POSITIVE IMPRESSION ON CZECH

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07PRAGUE1009 2007-09-05 05:35 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Prague
VZCZCXRO8156
PP RUEHAG RUEHAST RUEHDA RUEHDBU RUEHDF RUEHFL RUEHIK RUEHKW RUEHLA
RUEHLN RUEHLZ RUEHPOD RUEHROV RUEHSR RUEHVK RUEHYG
DE RUEHPG #1009/01 2480535
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 050535Z SEP 07
FM AMEMBASSY PRAGUE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9561
INFO RUEHWR/AMEMBASSY WARSAW PRIORITY 3273
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 PRAGUE 001009 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EUR/NCE, TRATENSEK AND H. 
H PASS TO REPRESENTATIVE FRANKS' STAFF 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ
SUBJECT: CODEL FRANKS LEAVES POSITIVE IMPRESSION ON CZECH 
HOSTS 
 
 
1. (SBU) Summary and Conclusion:  Ambassador Graber and U.S. 
Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ) met in Prague August 29-30 
with key Czech government officials and politicians to 
discuss missile defense.  Franks' main message to the 
President, the Prime Minister, Foreign and Defense Ministers, 
and the head of the opposition was two-fold: 1) there is 
strong bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress for missile 
defense and, he believes, funding for the European site would 
be available provided that the Czechs and Poles conclude 
agreements with the United States; 2) the threat from rogue 
states and terrorist networks is real and must be countered, 
including through missile defense. Franks also gave five 
interviews on camera and to print media.  Overall, he 
delivered an impassioned, well-articulated message of U.S. 
commitment to working with the Czech Republic and European 
allies on missile defense.  Unsurprisingly, President Klaus 
and opposition leader Paroubek did not deviate from earlier 
positions.  However, they were engaged and both expressed 
interest in the questions surrounding MD funding. 
Paroubek,s focus on whether the threat is real indicates 
that a greater U.S. effort to explain the threats which MD 
would seek to counter could pay off.   End Summary and 
Comment. 
 
2. (SBU) FM Schwarzenberg stressed his strong support for the 
MD project, and pledged that the government negotiating 
effort in the months ahead would result in a positive 
outcome, which the GOCR hopes to achieve by year's end.  He 
noted the difficulty with the "disinformation" campaign, and 
said that the funding cuts in the Congress played directly 
into the hands of MD opponents.  Schwarzenberg noted that any 
U.S. effort to move forward with the radar in the Czech 
Republic, but without interceptors in Poland, would not be 
successful in parliament.  Schwarzenberg told Franks that it 
was important, in his public remarks, to focus on the threat 
and the need to prepare ahead to meet future threats. 
 
3. (SBU) In his meeting with PM Topolanek, Franks was able to 
address the government's questions and concerns about MD 
funding.  Topolanek summarized his &mission8 on MD as 
follows:  1) counter pressures to delay the government's 
negotiations and decisions, especially those coming from 
Russia; 2) provide as much information as possible to the 
public, specifically on the funding issue; 3) convince MD 
opponents that the system will not divide NATO, but will 
eventually be a part of it; and 4) rebut charges that the 
Czech radar will be decoupled from the Polish interceptors. 
According to Topolanek, if he is successful on these four 
counts, he will go a long way toward ensuring an eventual 
Czech approval.  Topolanek also stressed potential 
scientific/R&D cooperation as an important side benefit of 
the MD facility, and one that would resonate with the public. 
 He encouraged the U.S. side to explore ways to spur such 
cooperation. 
 
4. (SBU) Franks had a good exchange with Jiri Paroubek, 
former Prime Minister and currently head of the largest 
opposition party.  While he agreed with Franks that too many 
times in history the West had failed to act until a looming 
threat had already materialized, Paroubek maintained that, in 
his view, the threat from rogue regimes remains &virtual.8 
He admitted, however, that this virtual threat could become a 
real threat in the next 3 to 5 years, in which case his 
party's position would also evolve.  Paroubek also reiterated 
an earlier commitment that a future CSSD government would 
honor the MD agreement, if one were reached by the current 
government and passed in the Czech parliament. 
 
5.  (SBU) Paroubek was remarkably open about the political 
reasons driving his position on MD.  He stated that he was in 
a tough position politically, with 60 % of Czechs, and more 
than 80% of his party members opposing the radar 
installation, "leaving me with little room for maneuver."  He 
remarked that the communists would capitalize on any missteps 
by CSSD, and MD support would be just such a misstep. 
(Comment:  This political calculus behind Paroubek,s MD 
opposition will not change in the near future.  Despite 
Franks, urging to take a longer term view, Paroubek is very 
much focused on the next election.  However, the admission 
that the threat, if perceived as more serious, could change 
his party position may offer some opening for us to expand 
his maneuvering room.  We should focus on explaining better 
the threats and providing as much information as we can share 
with Czech officials and the public. Paroubek's planned visit 
to Washington in October provides such an opportunity.  End 
 
PRAGUE 00001009  002 OF 002 
 
 
comment.) 
 
6.  (SBU) Congressman Franks briefly met with the Minister of 
Defense Parkanova.  The Minister stated that the GOCR shared 
the U.S. view of the global security situation.  She 
remarked, however, that public opposition to the planned base 
was somewhat surprising, saying that she never would have 
imagined that 18 years after the Revolution ended a 
totalitarian regime, "that the Czech people would have such a 
rigid way of thinking."  She stated that the public emphasis 
should not be on the radars but on "the Russian efforts to 
exert pressure on the CR."  That is why, she said, she is 
investing all of her political capital on MD. 
 
7. (SBU) Congressman Franks, meeting with President Klaus 
was cordial, but did not indicate any change in Klaus, 
deliberately vague position on MD.  While Klaus, who will be 
running in early next year's presidential elections, adopted 
his usual supportive stance on U.S.-Czech relations, he was 
difficult to pin down on anything having to do with MD. He 
said that a parliamentary vote of 101 to 99 in favor of 
hosting the radar facility would not be good and that a 
national consensus must be reached.  However, Klaus was 
interested in hearing more about Congressional support and 
funding for MD, an indication that he remains engaged on the 
issue. 
 
 
8. (SBU) Congressman Franks also met with a group of key 
parliamentarians from parties in and out of government.  This 
meeting was a good start to the embassy's reengagement with 
the parliament and the Senate on the issue of MD.  Franks, 
explanation of the budget process was especially helpful in 
addressing the parliamentarians' concerns. 
GRABER