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E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/19/2034 
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SUBJECT: IAEA PROVIDES CLARIFICATIONS TO ITS REQUEST FOR 
IMAGERY MAPPING PRODUCTS 
 
REF: STATE 054459 
 
Classified By: CHARGE D'AFFAIRES GEOFFREY PYATT FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND 
 (D) 
 
 1.  (C) Summary.  Msnoff delivered reftel points to Karen 
Steinmaus, Acting Head of the IAEA's Satellite Imagery 
Analysis Unit (SIAU), noting that the National 
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is willing to assist the 
IAEA with its request for worldwide mapping products, subject 
to certain parameters.  Steinmaus appreciated the response 
and NGA's willingness to assist, and provided clarifications 
as requested.  End Summary. 
 
 2.  (C) Msnoff delivered reftel points to Karen Steinmaus, 
the Acting Head of the IAEA's Satellite Imagery Analysis Unit 
(SIAU), noting that the National Geospatial-Intelligence 
Agency (NGA) is willing to assist the IAEA with its request 
for worldwide mapping products, subject to certain 
parameters.  Steinmaus clarified that the IAEA is requesting 
SRTM Level 2 (30m) data, and not SRTM Level 1 data as she 
mistakenly originally requested.  As noted in reftel, SRTM 
Level 2 products are Limited Distribution and cannot be 
provided on a worldwide basis.  Steinmaus specified the 
following countries of prioritized interest: 
 
-- Iran 
-- Syria 
-- Myanmar (Burma) 
-- Pakistan 
-- DPRK 
-- Libya 
-- India 
-- Republic of Korea 
-- Democratic Republic of Congo 
-- Japan 
-- Indonesia 
-- Egypt 
-- Argentina 
-- Brazil 
-- Finland 
-- Sweden 
-- Norway 
-- Austria 
 
 3.  (C) Per reftel, NGA needs written assurance, such as an 
information security plan, that the data will not/not be 
stored on servers accessible to the general public before it 
can provide any SRTM Level 2 data to the IAEA.  To fulfill 
this requirement, Steinmaus provided the following written 
response to the Mission.  "This data will be used on the 
Agency's secure, air-gapped SIAU server, which has no 
connection to any other server (no public access).  The 
intended use of this data is for internal processing 
(orthorectification) of remote sensing data and in support of 
derived products which use the data as underlying background 
information (i.e. 3D perspectives and fly-throughs).  Any 
imagery products derived from this data will be treated as 
safeguards confidential."  (Mission Comment: Safeguards 
confidential information is considered restricted and is not 
shared with member states.) 
 
 4.  (C) With regards to worldwide VMAP Level 0 data, the IAEA 
would very much appreciate obtaining the 4-CD set for $106 as 
indicated in reftel.  Steinmaus requested USSP support in 
purchasing this set on the Agency's behalf under USSP task 
D1477. 
PYATT