<span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Hi Peter,</span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">you have added the
following note to the CESG minutes on the issue that Mehran (and its entire
WG) will not be allowed access to the NASA facility, which by the way is
also outside the main NASA AMES, at the next CCSDS Technical meeting:</span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:11pt;color:blue;font-family:Arial">"NOTE:
This is due to a US State Department embargo on visitors from certain countries
to certain facilities, see (</span><a href="https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2012-title22-vol1/pdf/CFR-2012-title22-vol1-sec126-1.pdf"><span style=" font-size:11pt;color:blue;font-family:Arial">https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2012-title22-vol1/pdf/CFR-2012-title22-vol1-sec126-1.pdf</span></a><span style=" font-size:11pt;color:blue;font-family:Arial">)"</span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">I quickly read through
the CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) and, as far as I can see, this is
not really relevant. It is regulating export of goods and arms to certain
countries and representatives of those countries. I cannot see in this
CFR any Department of State obligation on NASA denying access to a German
citizen (with valid G4 visa released by the US authority) based on his
place of birth being Iran. In addition, the document also clearly mentions
a number of other countries and explicitly mentions China. While NASA has
already confirmed that there is no restriction for Chinese members of CCSDS
to access the site.</span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Could you please clarify?</span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Thanks,</span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">__Mario</span>
<br>
<br>
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<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">From:
       </span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">"Shames,
Peter M (312B)" <Peter.M.Shames@jpl.nasa.gov></span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">To:
       </span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">"Margherita.di.Giulio@esa.int"
<Margherita.di.Giulio@esa.int>, "Tai, Wallace S (9000)"
<Wallace.S.Tai@jpl.nasa.gov></span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">Cc:
       </span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">CCSDS
CESG -- <cesg@mailman.ccsds.org></span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">Date:
       </span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">02/11/2018
01:17</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">Subject:
       </span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">Re:
[CESG] CESG Meeting - draft MoM for your review</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">Sent
by:        </span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">"CESG"
<cesg-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org></span>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Dear
Margherita,</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Please
see attached file with my updates.  I followed the lead of my esteemed
colleagues and just inserted my edits in their already modified text.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Thanks,
Peter</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"></p>
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