Delivery of Letters on U.S.-Colombia DCA

C O N F I D E N T I A L QUITO 001011 SIPDIS AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PASS TO AMCONSUL RECIFE E.O. 12958: DECL: 2019/12/02 TAGS: PREL MARR KTIA AORC US CO EC SUBJECT: Delivery of Letters on U.S.-Colombia DCA REF: QUITO 979; STATE 121858 ... id: 237635 date: 12/2/2009 14:23 refid: 09QUITO1011 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: 09QUITO979|09STATE121858 header: VZCZCXYZ0031 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #1011 3361423 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O R 021423Z DEC 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0490 INFO RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 0131 RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS RUEHGL/AMCONSUL GUAYAQUIL RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ RUEHPE/AMEMBASSY LIMA RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO RUEHSO/AMCONSUL SAO PAULO -------------- header ends -------------- C O N F I D E N T I A L QUITO 001011 SIPDIS AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PASS TO AMCONSUL RECIFE E.O. 12958: DECL: 2019/12/02 TAGS: PREL MARR KTIA AORC US CO EC SUBJECT: Delivery of Letters on U.S.-Colombia DCA REF: QUITO 979; STATE 121858 CLASSIFIED BY: Andrew Chritton, DCM; REASON: 1.4(B),(D) ¶1. (SBU) The Embassy delivered Ref B letters under cover of a diplomatic note to the Foreign Minister's office, as well as the MFA's Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) Coordination Office and Directorate General of North America, by e-mail on November 25, and delivered the original on the morning of November 26. MFA U.S. desk officer Sebastian Fonseca confirmed that the letters had been distributed early on November 26 to the appropriate offices at the MFA, Ministry of Defense and Presidency. ¶2. (C) Marjorie Ulloa of the Foreign Ministry's UNASUR Coordination Office informed us on December 1 that the Brazilian delegation had distributed the letter from Secretary Clinton and Secretary Gates to all UNASUR participants during the November 27 ministerial meeting. Ulloa added that the letter had proved useful in the discussion surrounding the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) (Ref B). HODGES =======================CABLE ENDS============================