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PP RUEHWEB
DE RUEHAM #1540 1421246
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P 211246Z MAY 08
FM AMEMBASSY AMMAN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2676
UNCLAS AMMAN 001540
SIPDIS
FOR WHA/CCA, IIP/GNEA, NEA/PPD, AND NEA/ELA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PREL KPAO KDEM EUN CU JO
SUBJECT: May 21 - Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People
Refs: A) AMMAN 1497 ; B) STATE 51536; C) AMMAN 1354; D) STATE 46997;
E) STATE 45792
The Op-Ed on Solidarity with the Cuban People contained in Ref B
received by Post from WHA/CCA was distributed to all five major
Jordanian dailies. The country's leading Arabic daily, Al-Rai
(circulation approximately 100,000), and the main English language
paper, The Jordan Times, both ran the piece in full today.
Hale