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Cablegate: Country Clearance Request for U.S. Mission to The

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RR RUEHAT
DE RUCNDT #0857 2662214
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 222214Z SEP 08
FM USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
TO RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 1851
RUEHDR/AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM 0297
RUEHTC/AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE 9050
RUEHAT/AMCONSUL AMSTERDAM 0098
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4986

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000857

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OTRA ICTY ICTR PREL PGOV BE NL TZ
SUBJECT: COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR U.S. MISSION TO THE
UN ATTORNEY ADVISER JAMES B. DONOVAN

1. Country Clearance is requested for James B. Donovan of
the United States Mission New York to travel to The Hague the
Netherlands; Brussels, Belgium and to Arusha, Tanzania. The
UN Security Council Informal Working Group on International
Tribunals, which deals with issues related to the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
(ICTY) as well as the International Criminal Tribunal for
Rwanda (ICTR), both subsidiary organs of the Security
Council, is planning a mission to the respective seats of
the Tribunals (The Hague, The Netherlands, and Arusha,
Tanzania). The Informal Working Group is chaired for 2008 by
the Permanent Mission of Belgium. Mr. Donovan will represent
the U.S. on this mission. Mr. Donovan holds a diplomatic
passport. Passport number is 910076913.

2. Proposed itinerary:

26 Sept LV Newark 16:25 via KLM flight 6064
27 Sept AR Amsterdam 0600

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27 Sept LV Amsterdam 0650 via KLM flight 1721
27 Sept AR Brussels 0745

28 Sept LV Amsterdam 1020 via KLM flight 567
28 Sept AR Kilimanjaro, TZ 1945

30 Sept LV Kilimanjaro TZ via KLM Flight 571
01 Oct AR Amsterdam 0700

03 Oct LV Amsterdam via KLM Flight 641
03 Oct AR JFK 1520.

3. Embassy assistance is not required as accommodations and
transportation have already been arranged by the Kingdom of
Belgium.
Khalilzad

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