Cablegate: Russia: Smallpox Follow-Up Letter Delivered

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DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/RUS, ISN/CTR (CAMERON, CHITTENDEN AND RAO) AND
EUR/PRA (FRIEDT AND NASH)
HHS/OGHA FOR STEIGER, VALDEZ, SAWYER, ABDOO AND ESSIET-GIBSON
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DOD/CTR FOR WEBER AND REID

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SUBJECT: RUSSIA: SMALLPOX FOLLOW-UP LETTER DELIVERED

REF: STATE 88256

1. (SBU) We delivered reftel letter from HHS Special Assistant
Steiger to Deputy Health and Social Development Minister Starodubov,
through the ministry's International Department. We also provided
the ministry with an informal Russian translation of the letter, and
sent a courtesy copy and translation to Chief Medical Officer
Onishchenko through the International Department of the Federal
Surveillance Service for Consumer Rights Protection and Human
Well-Being (Rospotrebnadzor).

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