OAS: HELMS-BURTON RESOLUTION AND SANTO DOMINGO

UNCLAS PORT OF SPAIN 000672 SIPDIS INFO WESTERN HEMISPHERIC AFFAIRS DIPL POSTS AMEMBASSY MADRID SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ECON PREL XL TD MX SUBJECT: OAS: HELMS-BURTON RESOLUTION AND SANTO DOMINGO DECLARATION REF: SECSTATE 87933 SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED ¶1. (SBU) A/DCM made reftel demarche early on June 1 with Kathleen Seenarine, MFA Americas Department acting director. Seenarine said she was familiar with both issues, having prepared the briefing book for Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift. She committed to convey our request at once via email to the T&T embassy in Washington, which she said would be supporting the T&T delegation at the OAS General Assembly. ¶2. (U) According to Seenarine, Minister Gift and MFA Americas Director Mary-Beth West will lead the T&T delegation. They have already departed Port of Spain for the meeting. AUSTIN