(C) DEPUTY SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE DELIVERED

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 005692

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STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/NGA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/16/2013
TAGS: PREL PGOV PTER SOCI KU IZ
SUBJECT: (C) DEPUTY SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE DELIVERED

REF: A. STATE 342120


B. STATE 342117

Classified By: CDA JOHN MORAN; REASON 1.4 (B,D)


1. (C) Charge, accompanied by Acting DCM, delivered the
Deputy Secretary's oral message (ref A) to MFA Undersecretary
Khaled al-Jarallah December 16. He took the opportunity to
deliver ref B demarche asking the GOK to use its influence on
Iraqis -- especially tribal leaders -- to urge them to
participate in the political process that is underway in
Iraq.


2. (C) The Undersecretary responded that the GOK as host of
the upcoming GCC Summit would draw extensively on the Deputy
Secretary's points in drafting the communique and

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resolutions. He said Kuwait was "totally optimistic" about
the Summit, which would take place at a time when there is a
"very positive spirit in the region," made even more so by
the capture of Saddam Hussein (about which he said
"Congratulations to you and to ourselves"). With regard to
terrorism, he expected the GCC leaders to give their blessing
to a draft GCC agreement against terrorism and instruct their
Ministers of Interior to sign it "soon." This agreement, he
asserted, would facilitate practical steps against terrorism.


3. (U) Baghdad minimize considered.
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