Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07VIENTIANE338
2007-04-26 04:09:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Vientiane
Cable title:
NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: MAINTAINING
VZCZCXYZ0003 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHVN #0338 1160409 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 260409Z APR 07 FM AMEMBASSY VIENTIANE TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1157 INFO RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC RHHMUNA/CDR USPACOM HONOLULU HI RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENTIANE 000338
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR PM/RSAT AND EAP/MLS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/25/2017
TAGS: MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ LA
SUBJECT: NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: MAINTAINING
PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION
REF: STATE 54925
Classified By: Ambassador Patricia M. Haslach for reasons 1.4(b) and (d
).
(C) In response to reftel, Laos is a Communist country with
a leadership that maintains highly negative views toward the
U.S. as a result of the Vietnam War. The Lao government
lacks both the will and the potential to contribute troops to
Iraq.
HASLACH
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR PM/RSAT AND EAP/MLS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/25/2017
TAGS: MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ LA
SUBJECT: NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: MAINTAINING
PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION
REF: STATE 54925
Classified By: Ambassador Patricia M. Haslach for reasons 1.4(b) and (d
).
(C) In response to reftel, Laos is a Communist country with
a leadership that maintains highly negative views toward the
U.S. as a result of the Vietnam War. The Lao government
lacks both the will and the potential to contribute troops to
Iraq.
HASLACH