MEDIA REPORT PLACEMENT OF OP-ED ON WTO CANCUN

UNCLAS HARARE 001844 SIPDIS DEPT FOR AF/PDPA FOR DALTON, MITCHELL AND SIMS NSC FOR JENDAYI FRAZER LONDON FOR GURNEY PARIS FOR NEARY NAIROBI FOR PFLAUMER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL KPAO KMDR ZI SUBJECT: MEDIA REPORT PLACEMENT OF OP-ED ON WTO CANCUN MINISTERIAL Post successfully placed subject op-ed in the September 11 edition of Zimbabwe's leading independent financial weekly "The Financial Gazette," with Ambassador Joseph Sullivan's full credit and color picture. The article was reproduced on page 31, the page where front-page articles are continued, under headline "Increased trade brings development." The "Financial Gazette" is currently the one of the most authoritative newspapers on economic and financial developments in Zimbabwe. The paper's readership of decision makers includes the government and leading party officials and influential members of the private sector such as academics and business executives. SULLIVAN