DIPLOMATIC NOTE NAMING BAHRAINI OFFICIALS FOR

C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 001000 SIPDIS SIPDIS FOR NEA/ARP, S/WCI E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/06/2016 TAGS: PREL PTER BA BILAT CTR SUBJECT: DIPLOMATIC NOTE NAMING BAHRAINI OFFICIALS FOR PROPOSED VISIT TO GUANTANAMO REF: MANAMA 00963 Classified By: Ambassador William T. Monroe for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (U) This is an action request; see para 3. ¶2. (C) Post received the following diplomatic note on June 3, 2006, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Begin Text: Ref: 19/1/15-69076 Date: June 3, 2006 Confidential and Urgent SIPDIS The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America in the Kingdom of Bahrain and refers to the Ministry's note number 19/1/5-68530 dated May 28, 2006, regarding the desire of the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain to send a delegation from the Ministry of Interior and the National Security Agency, accompanied by a psychiatrist from the Ministry of Health, to the United States of America to visit the three Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo Base to follow and observe their health and psychological status. The Ministry would like to notify that the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Bahrain nominate the following for the mentioned visit: ¶1. Col Adel Khalifa Al-Fadhel, Director General of the Northern Governorate Police Department. ¶2. Col Mohammed Rashid Buhumood, Assistant Undersecretary for Legal Affairs in the Ministry of Interior. ¶3. Major Ahmed Yaqoub Zaid, National Security Agency. ¶4. Dr. Fadhel Jassim Al Nasheet, psychiatrist from the Ministry of Health. The Ministry would highly appreciate the Embassy's notification in regard to this matter as soon as possible. The Ministry avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the esteemed Embassy the assurances of its highest consideration. ¶3. (C) Action Request: Post requests Department guidance in responding to the diplomatic note. Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/ MONROE