VZCZCXRO8024
OO RUEHROV
DE RUEHTV #1177/01 1530619
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
O 040220Z NOV 08
FM AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2000
INFO AMEMBASSY ATHENS PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC PRIORITY
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE PRIORITY
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 TEL AVIV 001372
SIPDIS
E.O. 19276: DECL: 09/10/2019
TAGS: PREL PTER GR PGOV MOPS IR PSYOPS KWBG IS IDF ATHENS
SUBJECT: CONTINUATION OF DEBRIEFING XXXXXXX RE IDF PSYOPS
Classified By: DCM XXXXX XXXXXX, reasons 1.4 (b,d)
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¶7. (C) Re. earlier communication re. IDF PSYOPS Athens (see #1472/02
1390618 CODASYL). PSYOPS IDF Lt. Col. XXXXXXXXX assured me that "no
us assets are to be harmed in any way" by imminent PSYOPS operations
in Athens. After consulting with CODEL Atkins, I warned Lt. Col.
XXXXXXXXX again that a controlled civil uprising plan might have unexpected
consequences in US assets. XXXXXXXXX considers modifying existing IDF
PSYOPS operational planning to account for "a very small probability of
unwanted consequential actions" regarding US assets, "that could be easily
contained by us" (them). When warned that AMEMBASSY Athens considers
the IDF operational planning extremely risky, XXXXXXXXX assured me that
he operates in official capacity and that the operational planning has
been officialy sanctioned by General XXXXXXXXXXX at IDF under orders.
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Θα ακολουθήσει σε επόμενη δημοσίευση, λεπτομερής μετάφραση και σχολιασμός του τηλεγραφήματος. Για την ωρα, μένουμε με το αναπάντητο ερώτημα: Τι δουλειά είχε το Τμήμα Ψυχολογικών Επιχειρήσεων των Ισραηλινών Ενόπλων Δυνάμεων στην Αθήνα τον Νοέμβριο του 2008;
