Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08STATE91052
2008-08-25 05:41:00
SECRET
Secretary of State
Cable title:
TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO.
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S E C R E T STATE 091052
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SUBJECT: TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO.
37
CLASSIFIED BY: RICHARD N. LYONS, S/ES-O, REASONS 1.4 (B)
AND (D)
MERKEL SAYS RUSSIA MUST WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM GEORGIA
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S E C R E T STATE 091052
SIPDIS
2ND C O R R E C T E D COPY - REMOVING CAPTION
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/24/2018
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
SUBJECT: TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO.
37
CLASSIFIED BY: RICHARD N. LYONS, S/ES-O, REASONS 1.4 (B)
AND (D)
MERKEL SAYS RUSSIA MUST WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM GEORGIA
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1. (U) The German Chancellor said Russia failed to honor
the cease-fire and must pull out its troops immediately,
adding ties with Moscow could be scaled back if the troops
were not withdrawn. Merkel noted Georgia and Ukraine had
the right to join NATO, although she did not expect a
decision at the next NATO summit. (Reuters)
SAAKASHVILI VOWS TO REBUILD SHATTERED ARMY
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2. (U) The Georgian president said he plans to pursue a
policy of re-integrating South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Saakashvili said to save his country, he decided not to
continue fighting the Russians after the invasion. ?We
had a choice here. We could turn this country into
Chechnya...or do nothing and stay a modern European country.
? (nytimes.com)
EMBASSIES SEEK UAV, BOSPORUS TRANSIT PERMISSIONS
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3. (S) Embassies Tbilisi and Ankara expect responses
August 25 to requests for the USS Mt. Whitney to transit
the Black Sea and overflight clearances for unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs). (TF/Embassy Ankara e-mail,
TF/Embassy Tbilisi e-mail)
EMBASSY DEPENDENTS RETURN; PEACE CORPS WEIGHS STATUS
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4. (SBU) Twenty-seven EFMs returned to Tbilisi, with 30
more expected to arrive August 25. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi e-
mail)
5. (SBU) Ambassador Tefft encouraged the Peace Corps
Chief of Staff to resume regular operations. (TF/Embassy
Tbilisi telcon)
6. (U) MINIMIZE CONSIDERED
RICE
SIPDIS
2ND C O R R E C T E D COPY - REMOVING CAPTION
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/24/2018
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
SUBJECT: TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO.
37
CLASSIFIED BY: RICHARD N. LYONS, S/ES-O, REASONS 1.4 (B)
AND (D)
MERKEL SAYS RUSSIA MUST WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM GEORGIA
-------------- --------------
1. (U) The German Chancellor said Russia failed to honor
the cease-fire and must pull out its troops immediately,
adding ties with Moscow could be scaled back if the troops
were not withdrawn. Merkel noted Georgia and Ukraine had
the right to join NATO, although she did not expect a
decision at the next NATO summit. (Reuters)
SAAKASHVILI VOWS TO REBUILD SHATTERED ARMY
--------------
2. (U) The Georgian president said he plans to pursue a
policy of re-integrating South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Saakashvili said to save his country, he decided not to
continue fighting the Russians after the invasion. ?We
had a choice here. We could turn this country into
Chechnya...or do nothing and stay a modern European country.
? (nytimes.com)
EMBASSIES SEEK UAV, BOSPORUS TRANSIT PERMISSIONS
-------------- ---
3. (S) Embassies Tbilisi and Ankara expect responses
August 25 to requests for the USS Mt. Whitney to transit
the Black Sea and overflight clearances for unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs). (TF/Embassy Ankara e-mail,
TF/Embassy Tbilisi e-mail)
EMBASSY DEPENDENTS RETURN; PEACE CORPS WEIGHS STATUS
-------------- --------------
4. (SBU) Twenty-seven EFMs returned to Tbilisi, with 30
more expected to arrive August 25. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi e-
mail)
5. (SBU) Ambassador Tefft encouraged the Peace Corps
Chief of Staff to resume regular operations. (TF/Embassy
Tbilisi telcon)
6. (U) MINIMIZE CONSIDERED
RICE