PESHAWAR EAC CONVENES OFFICIAL JULY 4TH EVENT POSTPONED

C O N F I D E N T I A L PESHAWAR 000380 DEPT FOR: DS/EX; DS/IP/SCA; DS/ITA; DS/ICI/PII; S/CT E.O. 12958: DECL: 6/30/2018 TAGS: ASEC PK SUBJECT: PESHAWAR EAC CONVENES OFFICIAL JULY 4TH EVENT POSTPONED CLASSIFIED BY: Karl Bultrowicz, Regional Security Officer, RSO, State. REASON: 1.4 (d) ¶1. (C) On June 30, 2008 the U.S. Consulate Peshawar convened its Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review the current security environment in Peshawar and Post's ability to proceed with it's planned official July 4th event. Present for the EAC was PO, RSO, RAO, USAID, MGT, ODRP, PAO, GSO, DEA and CON. ¶2. (C) The EAC was presented with information that the RSO received during a meeting with the Chief Capital Police Officer (CCPO),Dr. Salman. The CCPO reported that he would support the event, although with the ongoing operations in the Bara area of the Khyber Agency, supporting this event would force him to re-deploy police assets from the current ongoing operations. The EAC determined the best course of action under these circumstances was to postpone Post's official July 4th event to an indefinite date. TRACY