Identifier
Created
Classification
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07KINGSTON307
2007-03-02 18:46:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kingston
Cable title:  

COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MS. JEANNE BAILEY, USDA FAS

Tags:  EAGR OTRA JM DR 
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DE RUEHKG #0307 0611846
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 021846Z MAR 07
FM AMEMBASSY KINGSTON
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4427
INFO RUEHRC/USDA FAS WASHDC
RUEHDG/AMEMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO 5798
UNCLAS KINGSTON 000307 

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

SANTO DOMINGO FOR JAMIE ROTHSCHILD

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR OTRA JM DR
SUBJECT: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MS. JEANNE BAILEY, USDA FAS
AREA DIRECTOR

REF: USDA FAS WASHDC 683166

UNCLAS KINGSTON 000307

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

SANTO DOMINGO FOR JAMIE ROTHSCHILD

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR OTRA JM DR
SUBJECT: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MS. JEANNE BAILEY, USDA FAS
AREA DIRECTOR

REF: USDA FAS WASHDC 683166


1. Country Clearance is granted to Ms. Jeanne Bailey, Area Director,
Western Hemisphere, USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service, Washington
D.C. to travel to Kingston, Jamaica for a supervisory site visit
arriving Monday, March 5 and departing Wednesday, March 7.


2. The in-country contact person for Ms. Bailey is Sylburn Thomas,
Agricultural Specialist, who can be reached by telephone at
876-702-6142, 399-2591 or by fax at 876-702-6397. He can be reached
via e-mail at sylburn.thomas@usda.gov.


3. Per reftel request, hotel reservations have been made for Ms.
Bailey at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Knutsford Boulevard, Kingston
5; telephone 876-926-3690; the reservation confirmation number is

180684. The rate is approximately US132 per night.


4. Visitors traveling to Jamaica for periods less than two weeks do
not require a visa.


5. There have been no specific threats directed against official
American visitors or American visitors or American tourists who
visit Jamaica. However, Jamaica has been designated a critical
threat country because of street crime. It is recommended that
caution be exercised while traveling in the Kingston. Walking after
dark is not advised. Care should be taken if driving at night.
Overall, the same level of awareness should be exercised as in large
cities in the United States.


6. Travelers' checks can be exchanged for Jamaican dollars at a
local bank located near the Embassy. ATM machines are also
available.

JOHNSON