EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S

UNCLAS SAN SALVADOR 002034 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID ECON EINV ES KCRM KJUS KPOW PGOV PREL SUBJECT: EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY EFFORTS REF: A. SAN SALVADOR 1166 ¶B. STATE 131554 ¶1. Pursuant to reftel B, poloff on August 11 delivered White House press release and Department's one-page overview of the President's national strategy to internationalize efforts against kleptocracy to Felix Ulloa, deputy of the MFA's Office of Multilateral Affairs. Embassy INL Director also provided these documents August 14 to Civilian National Police (PNC) Director Rodrigo Avila, in accordance with reftel emphasis on enhanced law enforcement cooperation as an important tool in this effort. (Note: El Salvador's Legislative Assembly on April 25 unanimously approved a comprehensive and robust ethics law, long sought by the Embassy, that will oversee conduct of public sector employees across all branches of government; see reftel A. End note.) Barclay