Cablegate: Meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working

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UNCLAS CAIRO 003806

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

NEA FOR DAS DIBBLE AND FOR NEA/ELA;
DS FOR JOE MORTON AND FOR DSS AND IP/NEA;
S/ES FOR AMBASSADOR HOFMANN;
S/CT FOR MARGARET HAWTHORNE;
CA FOR AMBASSADOR HARTY.

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG HSWG
SUBJECT: MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING
GROUP (MAY 18, 2005)

REF: CAIRO 3320

Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. Not
for Internet distribution.

1. (SBU) The Charge chaired on May 18 a meeting of the
Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). RSO,
LEGAT, ORA, DEA, CONS, and ECPO attended.

2. (SBU) ECPO briefed the group on post preparations for the
projected May 30-31 visit of Fran Townsend, President Bush's
Homeland Security Advisor. As we move forward with planning,
ECPO is checking on the composition of HSA Townsend's
delegation before finalizing the schedule.

3. (SBU) DEA briefed HSWG members on plans to hold in
September a training seminar in Cairo for DEA locally engaged
staff from across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. DEA
also briefed the group on a recent successful visit to the
field office of ANGA, DEA's Egyptian counterpart agency, at
Cairo International Airport. The visit strengthened DEA's
relationships with key personnel at this important site.

4. (SBU) The Consul General advised HSWG members on follow
up actions related to a recent submission to the Visas Viper
program and reminded the group to remain alert for
information that might be used in preparing new Viper entries.

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GRAY

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