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Cablegate: Tfgg01: Mfa State Secretary Unusually Blunt In

Tuesday, 12 August 2008, 1:01 pm
Cable: Wikileaks
Ref: 08RIGA478

VZCZCXRO8698
OO RUEHFL RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHROV RUEHSR
DE RUEHRA #0478 2251351
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
O 121351Z AUG 08
FM AMEMBASSY RIGA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5154
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE

C O N F I D E N T I A L RIGA 000478

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/12/2018
TAGS: PREL MOPS EAID PINR EUN NATO RS GG LG
SUBJECT: TFGG01: MFA STATE SECRETARY UNUSUALLY BLUNT IN
CRTICISM OF RUSSIA

REF: RIGA 472

Classified By: Ambass...

C O N F I D E N T I A L RIGA 000478 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/12/2018 TAGS: PREL MOPS EAID PINR EUN NATO RS GG LG

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