8 November 2006
To: iaeage[at]unog.ch, iaeany[at]un.org
From: John Young <jya[at]pipeline.com>
Date: 23 October 2006
Subject: Request for Documents
Dear IAEA,
Would you please provide a copy of the 7-volume "Currently Accurate, Full and
Complete Declaration" (CAFCD) Submitted by Iraq, as described in the
Director's briefing of the Security Council on 19 December 2002, and
announced on the Internet at:
http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Statements/2002/ebsp2002n010.shtml
The purpose of this request is to transcribe and publish these volumes on the
Web site cryptome.org, a forum for information on national security
affairs.
We have received several requests from educational institutions and
individuals for these volumes.
The US State Department has recently written to me in response to a
Freedom of Information request that it does not have a copy of this
material.
I shall be pleased to pay for reproduction and shipping costs. Or if
the documents are available in New York, I shall arrange to have
them picked up from the IAEA UN office.
Thank you very much,
John Young
251 West 89th Street
New York, NY 10024
Tel: (US) 212-873-8700
Fax: (US) 212-787-6102
Subject: RE: Request for Documents
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:27:02 +0100
From: <L.Wedekind[at]iaea.org>
Importance: normal
To: <jya[at]pipeline.com>
Cc: <Official.Mail[at]iaea.org>, <brown[at]un.org>
Thank you for your message. In checking on your request, I am advised
by our Department of Safeguards that the document is classified as
safeguards confidential and thus not publicly available from the IAEA.
________________________________
From: Tracy Brown [mailto:brown[at]un.org] On Behalf Of IAEANY
Sent: Monday, 23 October 2006 22:50
To: John Young; Official Mail - IAEA Mail address
Cc: UNOG - IAEA Contact Geneva; iaeany[at]un.org
Subject: Re: Request for Documents
Your request has been forwarded to IAEA headquarters for reply to you
directly. Regards, IAEA Office at the United Nations, New York
To: L.Wedekind[at]iaea.org
From: John Young <jya[at]pipeline.com>
Date: 8 November 2006
Subject: Re: Request for Documents
Dear L. Wedekind,
Thank you for responding. Would you be able to provide
a version of the document with its safeguards information
redacted?
We understand the need to protect safeguards information but
as you are aware there is considerable public and scholarly
interest in learning as much as possible about the history and
current state of nuclear development, in particular that of the
Middle East and Korean Peninsula.
The Iraq compilation of documents continues to be a magnet
for interest, thanks to the IAEA's most admirable pursuit of
reliable information. We encourage IAEA to weigh the need to
protect dangerous information against the public's desire to
know more about the threat so long concealed by secrecy
requirements. There is a renewed interest in asking for a
redefinition of past secrecy requirements to reflect skepticism
of what nation's are telling and not telling the public.
We will publish this correspondence in anticipation that you
will see the benefit of releasing information vital to public
support for you efforts.
Sincerely,
John Young
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