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09STATE21863
2009-03-09 17:31:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:
LETTER FROM SECRETARY CLINTON TO SYG BAN ON
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UNCLAS STATE 021863
SIPDIS
USUN FOR GERMAN AND KUJAWINSKI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPDC PREL UNSC IZ KU
SUBJECT: LETTER FROM SECRETARY CLINTON TO SYG BAN ON
KUWAITI ARCHIVES
UNCLAS STATE 021863
SIPDIS
USUN FOR GERMAN AND KUJAWINSKI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPDC PREL UNSC IZ KU
SUBJECT: LETTER FROM SECRETARY CLINTON TO SYG BAN ON
KUWAITI ARCHIVES
1. This is an action request. Please deliver the
following message from Secretary Clinton to Secretary
General Ban Ki-moon. There will be no signed original.
2. Begin text:
Dear Mr. Secretary General:
Thank you for your letter noting the status of efforts
to locate the missing Kuwaiti archives and expressing
concern over the lack of progress in this regard.
The United States shares your concern regarding the
location and repatriation of these documents and fully
supports the work of Ambassador Tarasov in this effort,
and more generally, Ambassador Tarasov's role as High-
level Coordinator for missing Kuwaitis and third-country
nationals and missing Kuwaiti property. His work, and
that of his predecessor Yuri Vorontsov, has, indeed,
been commendable.
Regrettably, the United States has no information at
this time regarding the whereabouts of these documents.
It is our hope that the greatly improved environment in
Iraq, which the United Nations Assistance Mission for
Iraq helped to bring about through its work on elections
preparation and political reconciliation, will increase
opportunities to investigate the whereabouts of these
documents.
The United States looks forward to the Ambassador's
comprehensive report this April and assisting, if
possible, in the documents' recovery.
I offer assurances of our cooperation and my great
personal regard.
Sincerely yours,
Hillary Rodham Clinton
CLINTON
SIPDIS
USUN FOR GERMAN AND KUJAWINSKI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPDC PREL UNSC IZ KU
SUBJECT: LETTER FROM SECRETARY CLINTON TO SYG BAN ON
KUWAITI ARCHIVES
1. This is an action request. Please deliver the
following message from Secretary Clinton to Secretary
General Ban Ki-moon. There will be no signed original.
2. Begin text:
Dear Mr. Secretary General:
Thank you for your letter noting the status of efforts
to locate the missing Kuwaiti archives and expressing
concern over the lack of progress in this regard.
The United States shares your concern regarding the
location and repatriation of these documents and fully
supports the work of Ambassador Tarasov in this effort,
and more generally, Ambassador Tarasov's role as High-
level Coordinator for missing Kuwaitis and third-country
nationals and missing Kuwaiti property. His work, and
that of his predecessor Yuri Vorontsov, has, indeed,
been commendable.
Regrettably, the United States has no information at
this time regarding the whereabouts of these documents.
It is our hope that the greatly improved environment in
Iraq, which the United Nations Assistance Mission for
Iraq helped to bring about through its work on elections
preparation and political reconciliation, will increase
opportunities to investigate the whereabouts of these
documents.
The United States looks forward to the Ambassador's
comprehensive report this April and assisting, if
possible, in the documents' recovery.
I offer assurances of our cooperation and my great
personal regard.
Sincerely yours,
Hillary Rodham Clinton
CLINTON