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09STATE40425
2009-04-22 21:18:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Secretary of State
Cable title:  

(C) KUDOS FOR LOOK AT NEW PRIME MINISTER'S

Tags:  PINR PGOV MY 
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DE RUEHC #0425 1122136
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R 222118Z APR 09
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR 1497
C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 040425 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/22/2034 
TAGS: PINR PGOV MY
SUBJECT: (C) KUDOS FOR LOOK AT NEW PRIME MINISTER'S 
NETWORK (C-AL9-00913) 
 
REF: KUALA LUMPUR 000268 
 
Classified By: SUZANNE MCCORMICK, DIR., INR/OPS. REASON: 1.4(C).
C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 040425

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/22/2034
TAGS: PINR PGOV MY
SUBJECT: (C) KUDOS FOR LOOK AT NEW PRIME MINISTER'S
NETWORK (C-AL9-00913)

REF: KUALA LUMPUR 000268

Classified By: SUZANNE MCCORMICK, DIR., INR/OPS. REASON: 1.4(C).


1. (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS THANK POST FOR REFTEL ON NEW
PRIME MINISTER NAJIB RAZAK'S BUSINESS, POLITICAL, AND
PERSONAL NETWORKS. REFTEL'S IDENTIFICATION OF NUMEROUS
OFFICIALS AND BUSINESSES LINKED TO NAJIB PROVIDED FOR GREATER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEW PRIME MINISTER, BEGAN TO CLARIFY
SOURCES OF NAJIB'S DECISIONMAKING, AND POINTED TO SEVERAL
NODES IN NAJIB'S NETWORK OF WHICH WE WERE NOT AWARE. ANALYSTS
ESPECIALLY APPRECIATED THE DETAILS ON NAJIB'S BROTHERS.
REGARDS FROM WASHINGTON AND A BELATED HAPPY EASTER.
CLINTON