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    UN Security's Drennan Also “Buried” Report on Somalia, & Bokova, As UN Condemns Leak to ICP By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive UNITED NATIONS, May 18 – After Inner City Press exclusively reported that UN Department of Safety and Security's top officer Peter Drennan ordered that a security report on UNESCO chief Irina Bokova be “buried” last year due to the personal political implications for Drennan if Bokova instead of Antonio Guterres became UN Secretary General, the UN's response was to attack the leak. Click here; embedded below. The failure to respond to the substance is indicative of why today's UN is failing - as is a May 18 raid on Inner City Press' remainign workspace in the UN, see below. Now facing UN search and seizure Inner City Press publishes more, here: that the UN Board of Inquiry (BOI) report into the killing of its own staff in Garowe, Somalia was also buried, and the informed opinion that "former SG, Ban ki Moon, was at the top of the accountability framework; and will no longer be held to account for decisions at that time. So, hopefully, the results of the BOI will be made public." So what will "new" Secretary General Antonio Guterres do? His holdover spokesman, who passed without comment the windowless focus booth he has confined the Press to, did not seek to distinguish any part of these leaks- instead, he only sought to evict and still restrict Inner City Press, see Paragraphs 9-10, here. Why did the UN, as if by coincidence, search Inner City Press' lone remaining workspace on May 18? The only solution is restoration to the stolen S-303. Also cc-ed here is Michael "Mick" Brown, supervisor of Deputy McNulty who evicted and broken Inner City Press' computer, and who excused surveillance of Inner City Press and UNCA assaults on it. Inner City Press asked Guterres' holdover spokesman Stephane Dujarric about it, and hours later he emailed all correspondents an attack on "leaks" - "In response to a question asked at the noon briefing about a DSS assessment concerning Irina Bokova, the Spokesman has the following to say: The allegation that security information was 'buried' is strongly denied. The relevant information has been provided to Ms Bokova, the Director General of UNESCO, in the appropriate manner. In addition the substance of the report was prepared in conjunction with the UNESCO security staff and as a result UNESCO security staff, who are responsible for the safety and security of Ms Bokova and UNESCO, were fully aware of the report's contents. The Department is deeply concerned about the leaking to the media of confidential information concerning matters of security. The leaking of confidential security information is irresponsible and may well create additional security risks to the UN." Whistleblowers - different whistleblowers - within the Department of Safety and Security say that the claimed concern about Bokova is a pretext. What has roiled feathers in DSS is the assertion that Under Secretary General Drennan moved to bury the report for his personal political reasons in case Bokova became Secretary General. We'll have more on this. Fearing retaliation, the UN's Kenneth Rosario two months ago wrote to Drennan to formally notify him of the charge of burying the security report, citing the deadly consequence of such UN burying in the cases of the Canal Hotel in Baghdad and later in Algiers. Rosario noted that even in those cases, no one alleged that the reports were suppressed by a head of Department like Drennan. The documents cited specific and credible death threats against Bokova, the UN system's top ranking official in France, and the letter bomb attack on the International Monetary Fund / World Bank office, ascribing it to the Greek anarchist group Conspiracy of Fire Cells or SPF. Exclusive: UN Security's Drennan “Buried” Report on Threats Against Bokova, Documents Indicate by Matthew Russell Lee on Scribd Rosario's fear of retaliation was and is well-founded: fo

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    UN Security's Drennan Also “Buried” Report on Somalia, & Bokova, As UN Condemns Leak to ICP By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive UNITED NATIONS, May 18 – After Inner City Press exclusively reported that UN Department of Safety and Security's top officer Peter Drennan ordered that a security report on UNESCO chief Irina Bokova be “buried” last year due to the personal political implications for Drennan if Bokova instead of Antonio Guterres became UN Secretary General, the UN's response was to attack the leak. Click here; embedded below. The failure to respond to the substance is indicative of why today's UN is failing - as is a May 18 raid on Inner City Press' remainign workspace in the UN, see below. Now facing UN search and seizure Inner City Press publishes more, here: that the UN Board of Inquiry (BOI) report into the killing of its own staff in Garowe, Somalia was also buried, and the informed opinion that "former SG, Ban ki Moon, was at the top of the accountability framework; and will no longer be held to account for decisions at that time. So, hopefully, the results of the BOI will be made public." So what will "new" Secretary General Antonio Guterres do? His holdover spokesman, who passed without comment the windowless focus booth he has confined the Press to, did not seek to distinguish any part of these leaks- instead, he only sought to evict and still restrict Inner City Press, see Paragraphs 9-10, here. Why did the UN, as if by coincidence, search Inner City Press' lone remaining workspace on May 18? The only solution is restoration to the stolen S-303. Also cc-ed here is Michael "Mick" Brown, supervisor of Deputy McNulty who evicted and broken Inner City Press' computer, and who excused surveillance of Inner City Press and UNCA assaults on it. Inner City Press asked Guterres' holdover spokesman Stephane Dujarric about it, and hours later he emailed all correspondents an attack on "leaks" - "In response to a question asked at the noon briefing about a DSS assessment concerning Irina Bokova, the Spokesman has the following to say: The allegation that security information was 'buried' is strongly denied. The relevant information has been provided to Ms Bokova, the Director General of UNESCO, in the appropriate manner. In addition the substance of the report was prepared in conjunction with the UNESCO security staff and as a result UNESCO security staff, who are responsible for the safety and security of Ms Bokova and UNESCO, were fully aware of the report's contents. The Department is deeply concerned about the leaking to the media of confidential information concerning matters of security. The leaking of confidential security information is irresponsible and may well create additional security risks to the UN." Whistleblowers - different whistleblowers - within the Department of Safety and Security say that the claimed concern about Bokova is a pretext. What has roiled feathers in DSS is the assertion that Under Secretary General Drennan moved to bury the report for his personal political reasons in case Bokova became Secretary General. We'll have more on this. Fearing retaliation, the UN's Kenneth Rosario two months ago wrote to Drennan to formally notify him of the charge of burying the security report, citing the deadly consequence of such UN burying in the cases of the Canal Hotel in Baghdad and later in Algiers. Rosario noted that even in those cases, no one alleged that the reports were suppressed by a head of Department like Drennan. The documents cited specific and credible death threats against Bokova, the UN system's top ranking official in France, and the letter bomb attack on the International Monetary Fund / World Bank office, ascribing it to the Greek anarchist group Conspiracy of Fire Cells or SPF. Exclusive: UN Security's Drennan “Buried” Report on Threats Against Bokova, Documents Indicate by Matthew Russell Lee on Scribd Rosario's fear of retaliation was and is well-founded: fo

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    UN Security's Drennan Also “Buried” Report on Somalia, & Bokova, As UN Condemns Leak to ICP By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive UNITED NATIONS, May 18 – After Inner City Press exclusively reported that UN Department of Safety and Security's top officer Peter Drennan ordered that a security report on UNESCO chief Irina Bokova be “buried” last year due to the personal political implications for Drennan if Bokova instead of Antonio Guterres became UN Secretary General, the UN's response was to attack the leak. Click here; embedded below. The failure to respond to the substance is indicative of why today's UN is failing - as is a May 18 raid on Inner City Press' remainign workspace in the UN, see below. Now facing UN search and seizure Inner City Press publishes more, here: that the UN Board of Inquiry (BOI) report into the killing of its own staff in Garowe, Somalia was also buried, and the informed opinion that "former SG, Ban ki Moon, was at the top of the accountability framework; and will no longer be held to account for decisions at that time. So, hopefully, the results of the BOI will be made public." So what will "new" Secretary General Antonio Guterres do? His holdover spokesman, who passed without comment the windowless focus booth he has confined the Press to, did not seek to distinguish any part of these leaks- instead, he only sought to evict and still restrict Inner City Press, see Paragraphs 9-10, here. Why did the UN, as if by coincidence, search Inner City Press' lone remaining workspace on May 18? The only solution is restoration to the stolen S-303. Also cc-ed here is Michael "Mick" Brown, supervisor of Deputy McNulty who evicted and broken Inner City Press' computer, and who excused surveillance of Inner City Press and UNCA assaults on it. Inner City Press asked Guterres' holdover spokesman Stephane Dujarric about it, and hours later he emailed all correspondents an attack on "leaks" - "In response to a question asked at the noon briefing about a DSS assessment concerning Irina Bokova, the Spokesman has the following to say: The allegation that security information was 'buried' is strongly denied. The relevant information has been provided to Ms Bokova, the Director General of UNESCO, in the appropriate manner. In addition the substance of the report was prepared in conjunction with the UNESCO security staff and as a result UNESCO security staff, who are responsible for the safety and security of Ms Bokova and UNESCO, were fully aware of the report's contents. The Department is deeply concerned about the leaking to the media of confidential information concerning matters of security. The leaking of confidential security information is irresponsible and may well create additional security risks to the UN." Whistleblowers - different whistleblowers - within the Department of Safety and Security say that the claimed concern about Bokova is a pretext. What has roiled feathers in DSS is the assertion that Under Secretary General Drennan moved to bury the report for his personal political reasons in case Bokova became Secretary General. We'll have more on this. Fearing retaliation, the UN's Kenneth Rosario two months ago wrote to Drennan to formally notify him of the charge of burying the security report, citing the deadly consequence of such UN burying in the cases of the Canal Hotel in Baghdad and later in Algiers. Rosario noted that even in those cases, no one alleged that the reports were suppressed by a head of Department like Drennan. The documents cited specific and credible death threats against Bokova, the UN system's top ranking official in France, and the letter bomb attack on the International Monetary Fund / World Bank office, ascribing it to the Greek anarchist group Conspiracy of Fire Cells or SPF. Exclusive: UN Security's Drennan “Buried” Report on Threats Against Bokova, Documents Indicate by Matthew Russell Lee on Scribd Rosario's fear of retaliation was and is well-founded: fo

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    From: Timothy Kennedy/NY/UNO


    To: Peter Drennan/NY/UNO@UNHQ
    Ce: Margherita Zuin/NY/UNO@UNHQ, Mahsa Jafari/NY/UNO@UNHQ, Fadzai
    Gwaradzimba/NY/UNO@UNHQ
    Bee: Kenneth Rosario/NY/UNO@UNHQ

    Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 06:50PM


    Subject: Re: Fw: Re: *Confidential: Potential Implications of UNDSS

    Good evening, Sir. Thanks for writing back quickly even though you
    are on annual leave. Also, thank you for reassuring that the issues
    raised by Ken will be dealt with in the appropriate manner. Regarding
    rumors: yes that is all they are, and I hope that's all they remain.
    I have informed those that made these statements to me that if they
    have verifiable facts, then, please put them in writing, otherwise
    there is nothing that is actionable on my part as the current Vice
    President of the UN Staff Union. If anything does come to me in
    writing which can substantiate specific claims, I will certainly
    bring them to your attention. However, I did feel it was necessary to
    inform you of rumors (although only general in nature). As an aside,
    I once let rumors go riding for about a year and they did nothing but
    fester causing fear and anxiety, as well as foster discontent among
    and between staff and toward management. So, again, of course if
    anything verifiable arises, I will inform you immediately.

    As far as the BOI is concerned, the Staff Union was wondering why it
    is taking so long. We know it has to run its course, but it has been
    nearly two years since the incident. We always ask for the results to
    be made public. Even in the aftermath of the UN House bombing in
    Nigeria, perpetrated by Boko Haram, we (all the unions that went to
    Nigeria at the time) pressed Ms. Helen Clark to make the results of
    the BOI public. The unions attending SMC in April of 2015 also
    pressed for public release of future results of other inquiries. It
    is what unions do. As we all know, former SG, Ban ki Moon, was at the
    top of the accountability framework; and will no longer be held to
    account for decisions at that time. So, hopefully, the results of the
    BOI will be made public so that the staff at large are made aware of
    the findings. I ask this both respectfully and formally.

    I have to own what I stated about the survey. It was the first thing
    that came to my mind. I misinterpreted our ranking. I should have
    stated that we are in the top 5 of the most unethical. Once the
    results came out the vibe ''on the street" indicated that morale is
    low. (And not just in our department). We are not a horrible
    department. We always can seek self-improvement, though, especially
    since it is the department which sets the standards and policies for

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    the security and safety of all the UN staff. Since the creation of
    DSS I have felt that we are one department, although it is difficult
    to erase years of the "us vs. them" sub-culture. And, yes, there are
    some positive comments in the survey.

    Again, thanks for responding quickly even though you are on annual.

    See you out and about.


    All the best.
    Tim
    VP UNSU

    SS/0 Timothy J. Kennedy


    Operations
    Security and Safety Service
    Department of Safety and Security
    UNHQNY

    Office: 212-963-6666

    Email: kennedy4@un.org

    -----Peter Drennan/NY/UNO wrote: -----


    To: Timothy Kennedy/NY/UNO@UNHQ
    From: Peter Drennan/NY/UNO
    Date: 03/21/2017 12:56PM
    Cc: Margherita Zuin/NY/UNO@UNHQ, Mahsa Jafari/NY/UNO@UNHQ, Fadzai
    Gwaradzimba/NY/UNO@UNHQ
    Subject: Re: Fw:Re: *Confidential: Potential Implications of UNDSS

    Dear Tim

    Thank you for this note. Please be assured the issues raised will be
    dealt with in the appropriate manner. I note you make a specific
    mention of 'rumours' concerning the BOI in response to the suicide
    attack in Garowe, Somalia. This is a serious allegation. I request
    that if you have any substantive information or evidence supporting
    this-allegation that it provided to me as a matter of urgency so that
    it may be validated.

    In regards to the survey conducted by the staff unions, I have read


    the document and failed to see the category 'the worst place in the
    Organization to work' and therefore I'm not sure on what basis you
    draw this conclusion. I encourage you to read the document and
    hopefully place equal emphasis on the positive things said about the
    Department in this survey.

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    Timothy Kennedy---20/03/2017 04:29:40 PM---Good afternoon, Mr.


    Drennan. I'm saddened to learn of both the injury to our colleague
    and about all

    From: Timothy Kennedy/NY/UNO


    To: Peter Drennan/NY/UNO@UNHQ
    Date: 20/03/2017 04:29 PM
    Subject: Re: Fw:Re: *Confidential: Potential Implications of UNDSS

    Good afternoon, Mr. Drennan. I'm saddened to learn of both the injury
    to our colleague and about allegations of Mr. Croll concerning your
    stewardship as the USG of DSS. On behalf of the staff at large, I
    must indicate that both the Ahtisaari and Brahimi Reports have done
    little to curb the Department's and the Organization's apparent
    insatiable desire to place staff at risk; as well as the fact that
    Boards of Inquiries have met in the past, and that there are rumors
    of allegations that some of the information provided to the BOI on
    the bus-bomb attack in Somalia, was false, thereby alluding to a
    possible cover-up of the real facts.

    Concerning the aspect of avoiding a conflict of interest, the staff -


    at-large would expect that an independent panel outside the
    Department of Safety and Security be convened to investigate the
    allegation presented by Mr. Croll. In light of the injury to the
    staff member, it (the entirety of the issue) must be shared with the
    Administration in the very near future. I'm hopeful that the DDRO has
    provided some clarity to you on the issues raised by Ken.

    I'm also disappointed on how the Global Staff Satisfaction Survey


    results show DSS as the worst place in the Organization to work.
    Attached is the survey.

    All the best.


    Tim

    Timothy J. Kennedy
    Vice President UN Staff Union
    2 UN Plaza Room 0205
    NY NY 10017
    212-963-7075

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    SS/0 Timothy J. Kenneay
    Operations
    Security and Safety Service
    Department of Safety and Security
    UNHQNY

    Office: 212-963-6666

    Email: kennedy4@un.org

    Kenneth Rosario---17/03/2017 11:52:50 PM---Dear all For your


    information and apprisal.

    From: Kenneth Rosario/NY/UNO


    To: Igor Mitrokhin/NY/UNO@unhq, Mohamed Ragaey/NY/UNO@unhq, David
    Bongi/NY/UNO@unhq, Menada Wind-Andersen/NY/UNO@unhq, Andre
    Bouchard/NY/UNO@unhq, m.mone@unesco.org, Timothy Kennedy/NY/UNO@unhq
    Date: 17/03/2017 11:52 PM
    Subject: Fw:Re: *Confidential: Potential Implications of UNDSS

    Dear all

    For your information and apprisal.

    Further comments will be shared as necessary ...

    Best

    Ken

    Sent from IBM Notes Traveler

    Peter Drennan --- Re: *Confidential: Potential Implications of UNDSS

    From:"Peter Drennan" <drennan@un.org>


    To:"Kenneth Rosario" <rosariok@un.org>
    Date:Thu, Mar 16, 2017 8:46 PM
    Subject:Re: *Confidential: Potential Implications of UNDSS

    Dear Ken,

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    Thank you for bringing this matter to my attention. I am currently on
    leave but I have requested DDRO comments on the issues you raised in
    your e-mail.

    Regards,

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    To: Peter Drennan/NY/UNO@UNHQ
    From: Kenneth Rosario/NY/UNO
    Date: 03/16/2017 06:03PM
    Subject: *Confidential: Potential Implications of UNDSS

    UN STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

    Dear USG Drennan

    Due to the current security climate in Paris and the events this
    morning involving the IMF and the injury to a staff member, I firmly
    believe now, that the following must be brought to your attention,
    regarding potential wrong doing by senior managers of this department
    and further implications by one, over the alleged and intentional
    wrong doing involving the OUSG/UNDSS. I make the following assertion
    as Staff Representative and furthermore, as a staff member of this
    department, I will seek specific guidance and direction from the
    ethics office, OHRM, Staff Union and OIOS, based on the below and
    future action concerning any retaliatory action I might be subjected
    to (or have been) as a result of this e-mail and my official
    obligation to notify you of this (as a UN staff member) .

    In June of 2016, I was deployed to Paris as per the department's


    explicit terms of reference and by formal request of the Director
    General of UNESCO, Madame Irina Bokova. On completion of the mission,
    I was to submit a detailed assessment on the threat profile of the
    Director General, Vulnerability Assessment on her office and
    residence and an observation report. The report detailed operational
    concerns on the UNSMS in Paris to UNESCO and Madame Bokova as
    Designated Official for France.

    Both reports were shared with the client who fully concurred with the
    contents, before formal completion and subsequent submission through
    my chain of command i e Director Mohamed Ragaey (TRS) and Mr. Igor
    Mitrokhin (Deputy D/DRO) to you. I believe the report was then
    subsequently submitted to you after the signed approval of both
    reports by my supervisors (see UNDSS routing slip for the reports)

    After the reports were submitted, and over a number of months, I

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    received multiple requests from the client to know of the report's
    status. This is while official concerns were made by them on the
    continued fluid security environment in France. During the same noted
    time frame, TRS received internal STI from UNESCO of the well
    publicised and specific death threats to the DG. Again, after
    numerous attempts to garner some information on the report's status
    to D/DRO Croll (especially after the death threats), I as well as the
    client received no response or further guidelines from him concerning
    the same.

    After almost two months of requests, I, Mohamed and Igor met with the
    D/DRO in his office at my request (please see note for file for
    further details). During this meeting, I officially make note to you
    that Mr. Croll implicated you as giving him direction/orders to
    ''bury" an official DSS assessment report (Observation Report) for
    reasons he gave, as having personal political implications for you,
    had Madame Bokova become Secretary-General.

    This morning, the client again after today's events (see below e-
    mail), has requested the status of the said report- as I have on
    numerous occasions requested the same to the D/DRO as is clearly
    stated in the above (see attached e-mails) . It should also be noted
    that lessons learned from the tragedies in both Baghdad and Algiers
    were found to be partly caused by the intentional suppression of
    UNDSS assessment reports. However they were never suppressed by order
    of the head of department, as it has been alleged by the D/DRO in
    this instance.

    Because of the seriousness of these allegations, especially after


    this morning's incident and injuries to the staff member, I am
    respectfully requesting that you sir, as head of department, initiate
    an independent investigation in to the matter that I have briefly
    outlined to you. In order to avoid any conflict of interest,
    especially over the implications by Mr. Croll, of your alleged
    actions, the investigation should not involve anyone of this
    department or anyone that might be known to you or Mr. Croll. I
    suggest that OHRM be brought in to this matter in order to determine
    the path forward.

    Finally, in order to protect both you, your office and the


    organization, I make this request based on common practices of the
    organization when dealing with such senior members of the
    organization, specifically in cases of potential wrong doing
    involving security matters.

    (See attached file: Note for File ref UNESCO 2 Decemeber 2016
    docx.pdf) (See attached file: Supporting e-mails for
    UNESCO. pdf)

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    Kenneth Rosario, UNDSS Staff Represenative


    Security Advisor, CCISUA

    -----Forwarded by Kenneth Rosario/NY/UNO on 16/03/2017 03:34 PM----

    From: "Mone, Mary J" <m.mone@unesco.org>


    To: Kenneth Rosario <rosariok@un.org>, Mohamed Ragaey
    <ragaey@un.org>, "Igor Mitrokhin" <mitrokhin@un.org>, David Bongi
    <bongi@un.org>, Mike Croll <croll@un.org>, Michael Browne
    <browne2@un.org>
    Cc: "Gary D. Ermutlu" <ermutlu@un.org>, Benjamin Segarra-Cervera
    <segarra@un.org>, Michael McNulty <mcnulty@un.org>, Noel Heffernan
    <heffernann@un.org>, Andre Bouchard <bouchard@un.org>
    Date: 16/03/2017 12:36 PM
    Subject: RE: *Confidential: Incident at IMF Paris: Update on STI

    Dear All,

    Thank you for this summary.

    Just a comment in relation to the Observation Report - which we have


    not yet received - would you be kind enough to share the status on
    this please.

    Kind regards
    Mary
    From: Kenneth Rosario [mailto:rosariok@un.org]
    Sent: jeudi 16 mars 2017 17:30
    To: Mohamed Ragaey; Igor Mitrokhin; David Bongi; Mike Croll; Michael
    Browne
    Cc: Gary D. Ermutlu; Benjamin Segarra-Cervera; Michael McNulty; Noel
    Heffernan; Andre Bouchard; Mone, Mary J
    Subject: *Confidential: Incident at IMF Paris: Update on STI
    Importance: High

    UN STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

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    Dear all

    This morning a device placed in an envelope addressed to the head of


    office for the IMF in Paris ignited , injuring an IMF staff member -
    also a member of the UNSMS and IASMN. TRS has received internal
    information that the injured staff member was the security focal
    point for the IMF.

    It should be noted that TRS deployed an analyst earlier last year to


    Paris, at the request of UNESCO, in order to develop an assessment on
    vulnerabilities to the Director General and to the UNESCO premises.
    TRS submitted an assessment report/Observation report, identifying
    this identical threat (IED in parcel/post).

    For your further information, please find in the below, internal UN


    STI and Member State STI on the incident today in Paris.

    INTERNAL UN STI

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    March 16, 2017 I 11:52 GMT

    A letter exploded as it was being opened at the offices of the


    International Monetary Fund in central Paris on March 16, slightly
    injuring one person, an unnamed police source reported. On Twitter,
    the Paris police department said an operation was ongoing at the
    offices. The incident comes a day after a militant Greek anarchist
    group known as Conspiracy of Fire Cells claimed responsibility for a
    parcel bomb mailed to the office of German Finance Minister Wolfgang
    Schaeuble - this is a tactic used repeatedly by Greek anarchists in
    the past (Source Open Media)

    UNESCO actions on behalf of DO

    Contact with IMF Security Focal Point.


    Offer of support and all assistance from our side.
    Contact with World Bank as IMF have offices in WB premises
    Same as above - offer of support and assistance.

    Will-keep you posted on updates

    Communication to all UN Offices in France and DSS will be prepared.

    There was one IMF staff member injured (burns) in this morning's
    incident - she is currently being treated at a local hospital.

    that it was their security focal point who was injured this
    morning - life not in danger;
    Remaining staff in the work from home mode;

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    6 IMF staff are currently on mission in Paris - they will
    receive my contact details (cell & email) in event immediate contact
    is necessary;
    Assistance was requested in locating a French Police media
    contact to handle calls on this mornings incident.
    Guidance was also given on another issue of threatening
    calls on a different subject to their office here.

    End

    MEMBER STATE STI

    Begin

    (SBU) SUMMARY: Letters containing explosives have been received by


    the German Finance Ministry in Berlin and the International Monetary
    Fund in Paris. The Berlin letter was intercepted and defused before
    it was opened while the Paris letter exploded when it was opened by
    IMF staff, injuring one person lightly. An anarchist group from
    Greece with a history of using parcel bombs has claimed
    responsibility for the Berlin letter. In 2010, the group, the "SPF"
    or "Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei" sent letter bombs to multiple
    embassies and EU leaders and offices.

    Berlin Letter

    (SBU) On Wednesday, March 15, 2017, the mail processing room at the
    German Finance Ministry in Berlin discovered a suspicious letter
    addressed to the German Finance Minister and apparently originating
    from Greece. Upon further investigation by German police, the letter
    was discovered to contain approximately 30 grams of fireworks
    explosives. It was in a brown envelope with a percussion cap, office
    clamp, battery, and clothes peg.

    Subsequently, Greek media report that the "Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei"


    group, an anarchist organization based in Greece, claimed
    responsibility for the Berlin letter.

    The Berlin letter's return address was:

    Georgiadis Spyridon-Adonis
    84 Akadimias str.
    Attiki Greece

    Paris Letter

    (SBU) On Thursday, March 16, 2017, a letter bomb exploded when it was
    opened at the IMF/World Bank offices in Paris, injuring one person. A
    Paris police spokesman told media there were only three people in the

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    IMF office, which is 2 kilometers from U.S. Embassy Paris, when the
    letter bomb, which the spokesman described as "like a firecracker",
    exploded. The assistant to the head of the office (nationality not
    specified) was injured on the face and hands when she opened the
    envelope. Her life is not in danger, and she is being treated for her
    wounds.

    (SBU) The World Bank confirmed that the return address on the parcel
    that ignited in Paris is the same as the one sent to the German
    Finance Minister.

    Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei ("SPF") (aka Conspiracy of Cells of Fire,


    Conspiracy of Fire Cells)

    In November 2010, two members of SPF were arrested attempting to mail


    parcel bombs to embassies and EU leaders and organizations.

    Sources: RSO Athens, RSO Paris, RSO Berlin, open source media
    reporting.

    Official - SBU (Sensitive-Law Enforcement)


    UNCLASSIFIED

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