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Cablegate: Only Eight at Debt Relief Demonstration

This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

081109Z Jun 04

UNCLAS ABUJA 001008

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV ASEC EFIN NI
SUBJECT: ONLY EIGHT AT DEBT RELIEF DEMONSTRATION

REF: ABUJA 1005

1. Only eight people showed up at the supposed debt relief
demonstration (reftel) on June 8. They left a letter that
they wanted the Ambassador (who is outside Nigeria) to send
to the G8 Sea Island Summit, lauding progress under President
Obasanjo and calling for debt relief for Nigeria. The
"demonstrators" departed without incident.
ROBERTS

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