Cablegate: Demarche On Iraq Interim Travel Documents
Tuesday, 4 November 2003, 12:41 pm Cable: Wikileaks Ref: 03COLOMBO1903
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS COLOMBO 001903
SIPDIS
FOR SA, SA/INS, NEA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL CVIS PREF IZ CE MV
SUBJECT: Demarche on Iraq Interim Travel Documents
Ref: State 307029
(U) Per Reftel, Mission has conveyed the demarche
talking points and nonpaper regarding the Iraq interim
travel documents to the Sri Lankan and Maldivian
governments.
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