Cablegate: Independence Day Congratulatory Message From
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PP RUEHWEB
DE RUEHDR #0928 1800923
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 290923Z JUN 07
FM AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6395
UNCLAS DAR ES SALAAM 000928
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
AF/E FOR BARBARA YODER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL TZ
SUBJECT: INDEPENDENCE DAY CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM
TANZANIA
(U) On June 28, Post received diplomatic note KA. 709/710/01
which reads as follows:
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
of the united Republic of Tanzania presents its compliments
to the Embassy of the Untied States of America and has the
honour to request the esteemed Embassy to forward the
following congratulatory message from H.E. Jakaya Mrisho
Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania to H.E.
George W. Bush, President of the United States of America on
the occasion of his country's National Day on 4th July 2007.
The message reads as follows.
H.E. George W. Bush,
President of the United States of America,
Washington, DC,
USA
Your Excellency,
It is my pleasure on behalf of the people, the Government of
the United Republic of Tanzania and my own behalf to
congratulate you and through you, the Government and people
of the United States of America on the occasion of your
Country's National Day.
As you celebrate your Country's National Day allow me to take
this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation for the
good relations that exist between our two countries and
peoples.
Please accept, Your Excellency, my best wishes to you for
your continued good health and prosperity of your country as
well as the assurances of my highest consideration.
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
President of the United Republic of Tanzania
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
of the United Republic of Tanzania avails itself of this
opportunity to renew to the Embassy of the United States of
America the assurances of its highest consideration.
Dar es Salaam, 28th June 2007
RETZER