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Viewing cable 08BUENOSAIRES961, U.S. Fourth Fleet Stirs Concern in Argentina

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08BUENOSAIRES961 2008-07-14 19:18 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Buenos Aires
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R 141918Z JUL 08
FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1524
INFO RUCNMER/MERCOSUR COLLECTIVE
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RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO 1111
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RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO 2461
RUEHSO/AMCONSUL SAO PAULO 3729
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RHMFIUU/HQ USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 000961 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: MARR PREL KPAO AR
SUBJECT: U.S. Fourth Fleet Stirs Concern in Argentina 
 
1. (SBU) Summary: Argentine government officials expressed serious 
concern about the U.S. Fourth Fleet last week, but were reassured by 
Assistant Secretary Shannon and other U.S. messages.  GoA concern 
had been fed by assertions made by President Chavez at the Mercosur 
Summit held June 30-July 1 in Tucuman, Argentina, but were 
apparently driven home by Brazilian President Lula's expressions of 
concern. End Summary 
 
2. (SBU) On July 9, an informal advisor to Argentine Cabinet Chief 
Alberto Fernandez told Ambassador that President Cristina Fernandez 
de Kirchner (CFK) was very concerned about the creation of the U.S. 
Fourth Fleet.  He said Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had ranted 
and raved about the dangers and intentions of the U.S. fleet at the 
last Mercosur Summit held in Tucuman, Argentina July 1, including 
claims that the fleet contained the same ship inventory as our fleet 
in the Persian Gulf, that the U.S. intended to enter hemispheric 
rivers and territorial waters, and that the fleet was formed to gain 
control of natural resources such as oil in Venezuela and now in 
Brazil.  The Ambassador gave the advisor U.S. background notes on 
the Fourth Fleet, the interview on the fleet which Admiral Stavridis 
had given while visiting Argentina and an op-ed which Ambassador 
Sobel had just published in Brazil.  The advisor passed them that 
same day to GoA Cabinet Chief Fernandez, who reportedly shared some 
of the material with President Fernandez de Kirchner.  Post public 
affairs officer also arranged to place in the July 10 edition of 
center-right daily La Nacion an op-ed by Admiral Stavridis on the 
Fourth Fleet. 
 
3. (SBU) However, on July 8, Argentine Vice Foreign Minister 
Victorio Taccetti told the Argentine press that the government would 
use the July 10-11 visit of Assistant Secretary Shannon to raise its 
worries about the fleet.  The issue was carried prominently in local 
media.  Taccetti subsequently told the Ambassador that he had been 
ordered to express this concern and that the government was raising 
the issue, not because Chavez raised it, but because Lula had made a 
strong pitch in Tucuman about the danger of the fleet's formation. 
Ariel Basteiro, a Kirchner-allied socialist member of the Chamber of 
Deputies, reportedly introduced a draft resolution criticizing the 
Fourth Fleet.  (Post is seeking a meeting with Basteiro to brief 
him.) 
 
4. (SBU) Assistant Secretary Shannon subsequently explained to 
President Fernandez de Kirchner, Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernandez, 
Foreign Minister Taiana, and others (septels) the U.S. rationale and 
the facts about the Fourth Fleet's mission and composition.  All 
appeared to accept the explanations.  A/S Shannon also discussed the 
issues extensively with the press, and his remarks were given wide 
coverage.  No GOA sources offered differing accounts or expressed 
continuing worries about the fleet. 
 
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Comment 
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5. (SBU) While we cannot assure there will not be further critical 
commentary or reporting on the Fourth fleet, we clearly did good by 
our cause in responding rapidly and authoritatively to fears being 
kindled by Lula and Chavez.  One top Foreign Ministry official told 
the Ambassador that he thought Lula was trying to use this concern 
to rally folk around his South American Defense council initiative. 
Another Argentine commented that he was struck by the effectiveness 
of our communications and the degree of willingness to accept our 
explanations: "A couple of years ago you would have had a few 
pro-government leftists out in the streets protesting the Fourth 
Fleet, instead you had Shannon covered in all the papers.  That is a 
change." End Comment. 
 
WAYNE