Identifier
Created
Classification
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07LIBREVILLE280
2007-06-21 16:44:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Libreville
Cable title:
STP PRESIDENT DE MENEZES MEDEVACED TO BELGIUM
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C O N F I D E N T I A L LIBREVILLE 000280
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
KINSHASA ALSO FOR BRAZZAVILLE
YAOUNDE ALSO FOR MALABO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/21/2017
TAGS: PGOV TP
SUBJECT: STP PRESIDENT DE MENEZES MEDEVACED TO BELGIUM
Classified By: Ambassador Barrie Walkley
C O N F I D E N T I A L LIBREVILLE 000280
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
KINSHASA ALSO FOR BRAZZAVILLE
YAOUNDE ALSO FOR MALABO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/21/2017
TAGS: PGOV TP
SUBJECT: STP PRESIDENT DE MENEZES MEDEVACED TO BELGIUM
Classified By: Ambassador Barrie Walkley
1. (U) Fradique de Menezes, the president of Sao Tome and
Principe (STP),left Sao Tome June 11. A statement indicated
that de Menezes was going to Belgium for medical tests and
would be returning after a few days. Since then there has
been no official word of his condition.
2. (C) According to insiders at the Presidency, de Menezes
was suffering from "an intestinal blockage" and went to
Belgium for surgery. He is not expected back in STP until
the first week of July.
3. (C) COMMENT: De Menezes, who is 65, drinks heavily, is
overweight and does not eat sensibly. On May 27, he told
Ambassador Walkley that he was suffering from "stomach
cramps." The "cramps" were serious enough to cause him to
miss the national convention of the MDFM -- his own political
party. De Menezes has many contacts with Belgium: he holds a
degree from a Belgian university and was STP's ambassador to
that country; his deceased wife was Belgian.
WALKLEY
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
KINSHASA ALSO FOR BRAZZAVILLE
YAOUNDE ALSO FOR MALABO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/21/2017
TAGS: PGOV TP
SUBJECT: STP PRESIDENT DE MENEZES MEDEVACED TO BELGIUM
Classified By: Ambassador Barrie Walkley
1. (U) Fradique de Menezes, the president of Sao Tome and
Principe (STP),left Sao Tome June 11. A statement indicated
that de Menezes was going to Belgium for medical tests and
would be returning after a few days. Since then there has
been no official word of his condition.
2. (C) According to insiders at the Presidency, de Menezes
was suffering from "an intestinal blockage" and went to
Belgium for surgery. He is not expected back in STP until
the first week of July.
3. (C) COMMENT: De Menezes, who is 65, drinks heavily, is
overweight and does not eat sensibly. On May 27, he told
Ambassador Walkley that he was suffering from "stomach
cramps." The "cramps" were serious enough to cause him to
miss the national convention of the MDFM -- his own political
party. De Menezes has many contacts with Belgium: he holds a
degree from a Belgian university and was STP's ambassador to
that country; his deceased wife was Belgian.
WALKLEY