Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07RIYADH2485
2007-12-13 10:10:00
SECRET
Embassy Riyadh
Cable title:
SAUDI KING OFFERS UNPRECEDENTED ACCOMMODATIONS TO
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S E C R E T RIYADH 002485
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
WHITE HOUSE FOR SPENCER GEISSINGER AND MELISSA BENNETT, NSC
FOR MARY HAINES, STATE FOR CHRIS SYZMANSKI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/13/2017
TAGS: OVIP ASEC PGOV SA
SUBJECT: SAUDI KING OFFERS UNPRECEDENTED ACCOMMODATIONS TO
POTUS AND HIS PARTY
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Michael Gfoeller
for reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
S E C R E T RIYADH 002485
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
WHITE HOUSE FOR SPENCER GEISSINGER AND MELISSA BENNETT, NSC
FOR MARY HAINES, STATE FOR CHRIS SYZMANSKI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/13/2017
TAGS: OVIP ASEC PGOV SA
SUBJECT: SAUDI KING OFFERS UNPRECEDENTED ACCOMMODATIONS TO
POTUS AND HIS PARTY
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Michael Gfoeller
for reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
1. (S) In an unprecedented show of hospitality and
friendship, Saudi King Abdullah graciously offered POTUS the
finest, most prestigious, and most luxurious accommodation
ever offered to a USG official-- 'the' Royal Palace for POTUS
and SecState, should she accompany POTUS, on the Riyadh
Conference Palace grounds. He also offered other
top-of-the-line accommodations for the entire traveling party
also located within this facility.
2. (S) The entire Riyadh Conference Palace complex is the
most secure location for POTUS. As a facility designed to
host the Saudi royal family as well as the King's personal
guests, it shares the same high level of security as the
King's own home, unmatched at any other location in the
Kingdom.
3. (S) The King also graciously offered his farm,
al-Jenadriyah, for the second night of the visit. This
location, which boasts the same luxurious facilities as the
Royal Palace, also provides the same high level of security.
Not only is it equipped with helicopter landing capabilities,
it is also protected by the King's elite Royal Guard, thereby
affording the same superior and unparalleled level of
security as the Riyadh Conference Palace.
4. (S) Comment and Recommendation: The Riyadh Conference
Palace and al-Jenadriyah accommodations are the best and most
secure RON locations in the Kingdom. The Mission strongly
recommends that POTUS accept the King's formal offer. Opting
to stay in any other hotel would exclude the most comfortable
and secure locations in the Kingdom. It would also be taken
personally by the King as a direct rejection of his
unprecedented hospitality and an affront to his honor.
Ambassador Fraker has approved this message. End Comment and
Recommendation.
FRAKER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
WHITE HOUSE FOR SPENCER GEISSINGER AND MELISSA BENNETT, NSC
FOR MARY HAINES, STATE FOR CHRIS SYZMANSKI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/13/2017
TAGS: OVIP ASEC PGOV SA
SUBJECT: SAUDI KING OFFERS UNPRECEDENTED ACCOMMODATIONS TO
POTUS AND HIS PARTY
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Michael Gfoeller
for reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
1. (S) In an unprecedented show of hospitality and
friendship, Saudi King Abdullah graciously offered POTUS the
finest, most prestigious, and most luxurious accommodation
ever offered to a USG official-- 'the' Royal Palace for POTUS
and SecState, should she accompany POTUS, on the Riyadh
Conference Palace grounds. He also offered other
top-of-the-line accommodations for the entire traveling party
also located within this facility.
2. (S) The entire Riyadh Conference Palace complex is the
most secure location for POTUS. As a facility designed to
host the Saudi royal family as well as the King's personal
guests, it shares the same high level of security as the
King's own home, unmatched at any other location in the
Kingdom.
3. (S) The King also graciously offered his farm,
al-Jenadriyah, for the second night of the visit. This
location, which boasts the same luxurious facilities as the
Royal Palace, also provides the same high level of security.
Not only is it equipped with helicopter landing capabilities,
it is also protected by the King's elite Royal Guard, thereby
affording the same superior and unparalleled level of
security as the Riyadh Conference Palace.
4. (S) Comment and Recommendation: The Riyadh Conference
Palace and al-Jenadriyah accommodations are the best and most
secure RON locations in the Kingdom. The Mission strongly
recommends that POTUS accept the King's formal offer. Opting
to stay in any other hotel would exclude the most comfortable
and secure locations in the Kingdom. It would also be taken
personally by the King as a direct rejection of his
unprecedented hospitality and an affront to his honor.
Ambassador Fraker has approved this message. End Comment and
Recommendation.
FRAKER