GUATEMALA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON REPASCH

UNCLAS GUATEMALA 002926 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC GT UNGA UN SUBJECT: GUATEMALA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON REPASCH CANDIDACY FOR RE-ELECTION TO UN JOINT STAFF PENSION COMMITTEE REF: STATE 232089 (U) Following delivery of reftel talking points and Repasch C.V. on November 8, Poloff met November 17 with Luis Carranza, Vice Director for UN Affairs in the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry's Multilateral Affairs Directorate. Carranza said that the Foreign Ministry had reviewed the Repasch C.V. but was not prepared to divulge its preferences for the Joint Staff Pension Committee election. HAMILTON