State Department UAP Cable 3, Tbilisi, Georgia, October 30, 2001
Department of State · 10/28/2001-10/29/2001 · Georgia · Document
State Department UAP Cable 3, Tbilisi, Georgia, October 30, 2001 is indexed as a Department of State record with incident date 10/28/2001-10/29/2001 and location Georgia. On October 28-29, there was an incident alleged by the Georgian Foreign Ministry that Russian aircraft had violated Georgian airspace and bombed areas of the Kodori Gorge. Russians denied any of the claims and said that it could have been UFOs. Cable authors note that Russians typically engage in the bold lie when they wish to conceal actions.
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- J,e'f summary: deputy foreign minister mamedov told ambassador vershbow october 30 that according to the russian ministry of defense, no russian planes flew over or bombed positions in the kodori gorge october 28-29, despite georgian accusations to the contrary. (native PDF text, page 2)
- Mfa georgia desk chief tereoken echoed mamedov's statement. (native PDF text, page 2)
- Tereoken further confirmed that one railway car full of russian military equipment left gudauta base and entered russia october 29 (ref a) and that two other railway cars are loaded and awaiting abkhaz permission to leave for russia. (native PDF text, page 2)
- There are no plans to withdraw personnel until tbilisi agrees that approximately 340 russian "guards" can remain at gudauta. (native PDF text, page 2)
- Tereoken denied media reports that defense minister sergey ivanov was planning to visit tbilisi soon but did not rule out a visit completely. (native PDF text, page 2)
- Mamedov agreed that such incidents would have a negative effect on the summit, but quoted the russian ministry of defense as categorically denying that russian plans were involved in any incidents in georgian airspace. (native PDF text, page 2)
- Jj&'j mfa georgia desk chief tereoken, echoing mamedov's claims, denied to us october 30 reports of russian planes bombing kodori gorge in abkhazia. (native PDF text, page 2)
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