(C) SHAYKH SABAH ACCEPTS POTUS' INVITATION

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 003684

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STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/FO
USDOC FOR 3131/USFCS/OIO/ANESA:KAREN ZENS AND CARLOS POZA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/09/2013
TAGS: PREL KU
SUBJECT: (C) SHAYKH SABAH ACCEPTS POTUS' INVITATION

Classified By: (U) CDA FRANK URBANCIC; REASON: 1.5 (B,D)


1. (C) Post has received a dipnote dated August 11 accepting
President Bush's invitation to meet in the Oval Office at
11:25 a.m. on Wednesday, September 10, followed by a media
event then lunch in the Old Family Dining Room. The GOK is
also accepting the US offer to arrange a schedule of meetings
with appropriate Cabinet Secretaries and agency heads. We
propose the Secretaries of State, Defense, Treasury, and
Commerce, and DCI.


2. (C) We are still trying to clarify whether the GOK wishes
us to request Blair House, and will advise soonest.
URBANCIC