GOJ REQUESTS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PROPOSED

C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 000319 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS FOR NEA AND S/WCI E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/23/2017 TAGS: PTER PREL PHUM JO SUBJECT: GOJ REQUESTS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PROPOSED DETAINEE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT REF: A. 06 STATE 196628 ¶B. 06 AMMAN 8947 Classified By: Ambassador David Hale for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (SBU) Embassy received a diplomatic note from MFA dated January 17, in response to the U.S. proposal for a written framework agreement for the transfer to Jordan of detainees from Guantanamo (ref A). The Jordanian note requests "the names of the fourteen detainees who are expected to be transferred to the Kingdom, their files and any related information which will enable concerned authorities to study them." ¶2. (C) On December 12 polcouns conveyed to MFA the names of the two detainees the USG would like to send to Jordan next - Hassan Achmed Abu Kabir and Zaid Muhammad Sa'ad al Hussein (ref A). On January 22 the director of the Foreign Minister's private office told polcouns that GOJ agencies were still considering the Abu Kabir and al Hussein cases. COMMENT: In the past GOJ interagency consideration of similar requests has been a lengthy process. In this case, post believes the GoJ might address the Abu Kabir and al Hussein requests only after it has first reached a decision on ref A request for a written detainee transfer framework agreement. END COMMENT. HALE