DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON KUWAITI DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 004142

SIPDIS

STATE FOR S/WCI - HODGEKINSON AND NEA/ARPI

E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/21/2015
TAGS: PTER KAWC PHUM PINR KU TERRORISM
SUBJECT: DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON KUWAITI DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO
DELIVERED TO GOK

REF: STATE 174005

Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Tueller for reasons 1.4 (b) and
(d)

(C) DCM delivered reftel diplomatic note to Khaled Mohammed
Al-Maqamis, Director of the Coordination and Follow-Up
Committee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 21.
Al-Maqamis reacted to the dipnote by stating that the GOK
was under increasing public pressure to push for resolution
on the cases of the remaining eleven Kuwaiti Guantanamo
detainees, especially in light of the hunger strikes.
Al-Maqamis asserted that the GOK was ready to comply by
requirements outlined in the dipnote.


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