Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08CANBERRA518
2008-05-20 07:00:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Canberra
Cable title:
LETTER TO LAURA BUSH FROM THERESE REIN, SPOUSE OF
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OVIP BUSH LAURA OVIP REIN THERESE OPDC OPRC AS
SUBJECT: LETTER TO LAURA BUSH FROM THERESE REIN, SPOUSE OF
AUSTRALIAN PM KEVIN RUDD
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 CANBERRA 000518
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OVIP BUSH LAURA OVIP REIN THERESE OPDC OPRC AS
SUBJECT: LETTER TO LAURA BUSH FROM THERESE REIN, SPOUSE OF
AUSTRALIAN PM KEVIN RUDD
1. (U) On May 15, Embassy received a letter from Ms. Therese
Rein, spouse of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, to First Lady
Laura Bush, dated May 5, under cover of a transmittal letter
from the Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. Post is
pouching both letters to the State Department to pass to the
White House under registry number 9701085, departing post May
23, 2008.
2. (U) Text of the letter from Therese Rein to Laura Bush,
dated May 5, follows:
Begin text:
OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER
CANBERRA
Mrs Laura Bush
First Lady of the United States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington DC 20500
5 May 2008
Dear Mrs Bush: (Laura)
It was a great pleasure meeting you during our recent visit
to Washington.
Both Kevin and I were deeply appreciative of the warm
hospitality extended to us by the President and yourself,
particularly during our delightful stay at Blair House which
will evoke such fine memories for a long time to come.
I thoroughly enjoyed our morning tea together and hope to see
you again in the near future.
On another matter, you may be interested to know that this
week I am to launch in Sydney the Indigenous Literacy
Project. I have agreed to become patron of this organisation
which is a partnership between the publishing and bookselling
industry and one of our leading NGOs working with indigenous
people here in Australia. The aim is to promote reading to
children and increase literacy levels in Aboriginal
communities. I am also encouraging the project to publish
about indigenous experiences so that these materials can find
their way into the hands of non indigenous children.
Once again, thank you for your kindness during our stay in
Washington DC.
Yours sincerely
/s/
Therese Rein
End text.
3. (U) Text of the cover letter from Peter Stephens, dated
May 13, 2008, follows:
Begin text:
OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER
CANBERRA
His Excellency Mr Robert McCallum Jr
Ambassador
Embassy or the United States of America
1 Moonah Place
Yarralumla ACT 2600
Your Excellency
I would be grateful if you could pass, through diplomatic
channe1s, this personal letter from Ms Therese Rein, wife of
the Prime Minister to the First Lady, Mrs Laura Bush.
Yours sincerely
/s/
Peter Stephens
Private Secretary
13 May 2008
End text.
CANBERRA 00000518 002 OF 002
STETTENBAUER
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OVIP BUSH LAURA OVIP REIN THERESE OPDC OPRC AS
SUBJECT: LETTER TO LAURA BUSH FROM THERESE REIN, SPOUSE OF
AUSTRALIAN PM KEVIN RUDD
1. (U) On May 15, Embassy received a letter from Ms. Therese
Rein, spouse of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, to First Lady
Laura Bush, dated May 5, under cover of a transmittal letter
from the Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. Post is
pouching both letters to the State Department to pass to the
White House under registry number 9701085, departing post May
23, 2008.
2. (U) Text of the letter from Therese Rein to Laura Bush,
dated May 5, follows:
Begin text:
OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER
CANBERRA
Mrs Laura Bush
First Lady of the United States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington DC 20500
5 May 2008
Dear Mrs Bush: (Laura)
It was a great pleasure meeting you during our recent visit
to Washington.
Both Kevin and I were deeply appreciative of the warm
hospitality extended to us by the President and yourself,
particularly during our delightful stay at Blair House which
will evoke such fine memories for a long time to come.
I thoroughly enjoyed our morning tea together and hope to see
you again in the near future.
On another matter, you may be interested to know that this
week I am to launch in Sydney the Indigenous Literacy
Project. I have agreed to become patron of this organisation
which is a partnership between the publishing and bookselling
industry and one of our leading NGOs working with indigenous
people here in Australia. The aim is to promote reading to
children and increase literacy levels in Aboriginal
communities. I am also encouraging the project to publish
about indigenous experiences so that these materials can find
their way into the hands of non indigenous children.
Once again, thank you for your kindness during our stay in
Washington DC.
Yours sincerely
/s/
Therese Rein
End text.
3. (U) Text of the cover letter from Peter Stephens, dated
May 13, 2008, follows:
Begin text:
OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER
CANBERRA
His Excellency Mr Robert McCallum Jr
Ambassador
Embassy or the United States of America
1 Moonah Place
Yarralumla ACT 2600
Your Excellency
I would be grateful if you could pass, through diplomatic
channe1s, this personal letter from Ms Therese Rein, wife of
the Prime Minister to the First Lady, Mrs Laura Bush.
Yours sincerely
/s/
Peter Stephens
Private Secretary
13 May 2008
End text.
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