FPC REPORTING TOUR FOR NEAR EAST JOURNALISTS

UNCLAS AMMAN 004369 SIPDIS PA/PR/FPC (ASILAS); (PACE)(PA/PR/FPCW) LTHURSTON; NEA/PPD (JBAROODY, CBOURGEOIS); NEA/ARN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: JO SCUL OEXC SUBJECT: FPC REPORTING TOUR FOR NEAR EAST JOURNALISTS REF: SECSTATE 125633 ¶1. MR. ABDUL MAJID ASFOUR, ASSISTANT CHIEF EDITOR, AL RA'I NEWSPAPER, CONFIRMS HIS PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROGRAM. ¶2. MR. ASFOUR'S TRAVEL ITINERARY FOLLOWS: --AUGUST 18, AMMAN - AMSTERDAM VIA NW 8370 AT 0210/0630 --AUGUST 18, AMSTERDAM - WASHINGTON, D.C. (DULLES AIRPORT) VIA NW 35 AT 1135/1405 --AUGUST 31, NEW YORK - PARIS VIA DL 8271 AT 2250/1150 --SEPTEMBER 1, PARIS - AMMAN VIA DL 8666 AT 1320/1900. ¶3. COST OF ROUND TRIP ECONOMY CLASS TICKET AMMAN- WASHINGTON, D.C - NEW YORK - AMMAN IS JORDANIAN DINARS 1496.350 OR APPROXIMATELY DOLS 2112. ¶4. WE WILL PROVIDE MR. ASFOUR WITH TRAVEL ALLOWANCE OF DOLS 217 PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. GNEHM