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08STATE4986
2008-01-16 18:46:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:  

MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST: JAMES SWAN AND JAMES

Tags:  UNSC PREL 
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TO RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 0277
INFO RUEHDS/AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA PRIORITY 3976
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UNCLAS STATE 004986 

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: UNSC PREL
SUBJECT: MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST: JAMES SWAN AND JAMES
KNIGHT


UNCLAS STATE 004986

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: UNSC PREL
SUBJECT: MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST: JAMES SWAN AND JAMES
KNIGHT



1. Department requests mission clearance for Africa Bureau
DAS James Swan and AF/E Director James Knight to
travel to New York to meet with UN Under Secretary General
for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe. Swan and Knight will
discuss Pascoe's initiative regarding the Ethiopia-Eritrea
boundary dispute and other issues preventing the
normalization of relations between those countries.
Department requests that USUN set up the meeting with
Pascoe's office for January 24, attend the meeting at the
appropriate level, and report back to Washington on the
outcome.


2. Swan and Knight will arrive in New York on the morning of
January 24 and will depart the same day.


3. Both Swan and Knight have TOP SECRET clearances.
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