DCI SPECIAL ADVISOR'S REPORT ON IRAQ WMD:

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 005603 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL MARR DR SUBJECT: DCI SPECIAL ADVISOR'S REPORT ON IRAQ WMD: INFORMING DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REF: STATE 216020 ¶1. Embassy provided reftel talking points as a non-paper to MFA director for U.S. affairs Roger Espaillat on October 8. He undertook to share the information with the director of Middle East affairs. Espaillat had no immediate substantive reaction, but appreciated having the points available if the GODR has or receives questions about the DCI special advisor's report on Iraq WMD. ¶2. Media reaction: To Embassy's knowledge, local media coverage has been limited to half of an inside page of left-of-center daily "Hoy" October 8. This publication ran two AFP wire service stories and a sidebar quoting President Bush as saying on October 7, "The Duelfer report makes clear that much of the material accumulated over 12 years by our Intelligence and that of our allies was erroneous. We should find out why and correct the deficiencies." HERTELL