SEPTEMBER 11 COMMEMORATION AMMAN

UNCLAS AMMAN 005074 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KPAO PREL OIIP JO SUBJECT: SEPTEMBER 11 COMMEMORATION AMMAN REF: STATE 163125 ¶1. EMBASSY AMMAN WILL COMMEMORATE THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERROR ATTACK ANNIVERSARY WITH IN-HOUSE AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO REMIND OUR JORDANIAN AUDIENCE OF THE TRAGIC EVENTS BEHIND THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM. FOLLOWING ARE OUR MAJOR ACTIVITIES. ¶2. EMBASSY HAS COMMISSIONED THE PRODUCTION OF A THREE- VOLUME COMMEMORATIVE BOOK SET OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, READINGS IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, AND OTHER SELECTIONS OF AMERICAN PROSE WHICH HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO ARABIC BOUND AS A BOXED SET. EMBASSY HEADS OF SECTION WILL DISTRIBUTE THE COMMEMORATIVE BOOK SETS IN CALLS ON PRINCIPAL JORDANIAN CONTACTS ON SEPTEMBER 11. CHARGE WILL DELIVER A SET OF THE COMMEMORATIVE BOOKS TO FOREIGN MINISTER MUASHER SEPTEMBER 10 IN A BRIEF EVENT AT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY THAT WILL BE COVERED BY THE JORDANIAN PRESS. PA WILL ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE TO EXPLAIN THE MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BOOK SETS. ¶3. POST WILL RUN AN EDITORIAL BY THE AMBASSADOR IN THE THREE HIGHEST-CIRCULATION JORDANIAN DAILIES BASED ON THE THEMES IN REFTEL. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY SECTION WILL ALSO DISTRIBUTE IIP-PROVIDED MATERIALS RELATED TO SEPTEMBER 11 TO CONTACTS IN THE PRESS, TARGETTED, IN PARTICULAR AT JOURNALISTS PREPARING ARTICLES, SUPPLEMENTS AND NEWS PROGRAMS RELATED TO THE SEPTEMBER 11 ANNIVERSARY. ¶4. POST HAS CREATED A SPECIAL "SEPTEMBER 11: ONE YEAR LATER" WEBPAGE ON THE EMBASSY WEBSITE THAT WILL FEATURE PHOTO GALLERIES, USG OFFICIAL STATEMENTS, IIP ELECTRONIC JOURNALS, AND LINKS TO OTHER USG 9/11-RELATED WEBSITES. ¶5. IN HOUSE, ON SEPTEMBER 11, WE WILL HOLD A BRIEF COMMEMORATIVE EVENT FOR THE EMBASSY COMMUNITY. JTV AND JORDANIAN PRINT MEDIA PLAN TO SEND PHOTOGRAPHERS TO RECORD THIS EVENT. WE FURTHER UNDERSTAND THAT JTV IS NEGOTIATING TO SECURE RIGHTS TO AIR THE ROBERT DENIRO-HOSTED 9/11 SPECIAL FOR THE LOCAL JORDANIAN TELEVISION AUDIENCE. BERRY