(C) MESSAGE FROM POTUS ON IRAQ

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 001356

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA, NEA/ARP, NEA/PD

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/25/2014
TAGS: OPDC PARM PREL IZ KU
SUBJECT: (C) MESSAGE FROM POTUS ON IRAQ

REF: STATE 91439

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


1. (U) CDA delivered reftel letter from President Bush
addressed to the Amir, to Minister for Amiri Diwan Affairs
Shaykh Nasser Mohammed al-Sabah April 25. Director of the
Amir's Office Ibrahim al-Shatti and A/DCM sat in. Receipt of
the letter was announced in the Kuwaiti media, as the
Minister had said it would be, but the specific contents were
not divulged.


2. (C) In response to the letter and CDA's oral
presentation, Shaykh Nasser assured CDA that Kuwait
understands and supports what we are trying to accomplish in
Iraq. He went on to complain about the great damage being
done by Al-Jazeera, Al-Arabiya and - to a lesser extent - Abu
Dhabi satellite TV stations. He insisted that if the USG
wanted to, it could fix Al-Jazeera's hostile slant "with one
word" to the Qatari government. On the way out, Shatti
suggested the USG coopt Lebanese TV stations to counter the
poisonous propaganda of Al-Jazeera and others. He said many
Lebanese want to be on America's side.
MORAN