SECRETARY'S THANK YOU TO PRESIDENT SALEH FOR

S E C R E T STATE 232623 E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/05/10 TAGS: OPDC PREL PTER YM SUBJECT: SECRETARY'S THANK YOU TO PRESIDENT SALEH FOR COOPERATION WITH FBI CLASSIFIED BY SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). ¶1. (S) PLEASE DELIVER THE FOLLOWING ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT ALI ABDULLAH SALEH AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME. ¶2. (S) BEGIN ORAL MESSAGE: I DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE ON-GOING COOPERATION WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM YOU DURING OUR JOINT INVESTIGATION INTO THE ATTACK ON THE USS COLE. I WAS ALSO MOST PLEASED WHEN AMBASSADOR BODINE REPORTED THAT SHE HAD SIGNED JOINTLY DEVELOPED GUIDELINES THAT SHOULD ALLOW BOTH SIDES EVEN GREATER ACCESS TO EACH OTHER'S INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS. BOTH SIDES WILL BENEFIT FROM BEING PRESENT DURING INTERVIEWS AND THE CONTINUED SHARING OF INFORMATION. WE ARE COMMITTED TO SEEING THIS INVESTIGATION THROUGH UNTIL WE FIND ALL THOSE RESPONSIBLE. FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE GUIDELINES WILL BE IMPORTANT TO OUR EFFORT TO DO SO. END TEXT. LARSON