Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07MANAMA724
2007-07-30 11:23:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Manama
Cable title:
KING HAMAD'S HEALTH: KING MEETS GCC AMBASSADORS IN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 000724
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/30/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL BA POL
SUBJECT: KING HAMAD'S HEALTH: KING MEETS GCC AMBASSADORS IN
LONDON
REF: A. MANAMA 706 B. MANAMA 700
Classified By: Ambassador William T. Monroe. Reason: 1.4 (B)(D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 000724
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/30/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL BA POL
SUBJECT: KING HAMAD'S HEALTH: KING MEETS GCC AMBASSADORS IN
LONDON
REF: A. MANAMA 706 B. MANAMA 700
Classified By: Ambassador William T. Monroe. Reason: 1.4 (B)(D)
1. (C) Three days after the Crown Prince indicated that a
photo opportunity might be arranged to put to rest rumors
about the King's health (reftel),King Hamad on July 28 met
with the GCC Ambassadors stationed in London to discuss
regional developments. The meeting received front-page
coverage in all the country's newspapers, as well as
prime-time television coverage in which the King was seen
descending stairs in his London residence with the envoys and
talking with them. In the television coverage, he appeared
healthy with no visible signs of illness.
2. (C) Comment: While we are lacking concrete details about
the King's exact medical issues, this clearly orchestrated
event appears to have helped dampen rumors about the King's
health, which had continued to circulate in Bahrain.
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Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
********************************************* ********
MONROE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/30/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL BA POL
SUBJECT: KING HAMAD'S HEALTH: KING MEETS GCC AMBASSADORS IN
LONDON
REF: A. MANAMA 706 B. MANAMA 700
Classified By: Ambassador William T. Monroe. Reason: 1.4 (B)(D)
1. (C) Three days after the Crown Prince indicated that a
photo opportunity might be arranged to put to rest rumors
about the King's health (reftel),King Hamad on July 28 met
with the GCC Ambassadors stationed in London to discuss
regional developments. The meeting received front-page
coverage in all the country's newspapers, as well as
prime-time television coverage in which the King was seen
descending stairs in his London residence with the envoys and
talking with them. In the television coverage, he appeared
healthy with no visible signs of illness.
2. (C) Comment: While we are lacking concrete details about
the King's exact medical issues, this clearly orchestrated
event appears to have helped dampen rumors about the King's
health, which had continued to circulate in Bahrain.
********************************************* ********
Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
********************************************* ********
MONROE