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P 161314Z OCT 08
FM AMEMBASSY CAIRO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0657
INFO RHEHAAA/WHITE HOUSE WASHDC PRIORITY
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UNCLAS CAIRO 002205
SIPDIS
NEA/ELA FOR CANEDO
NSC FOR PASCUAL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI
SUBJECT: INVITATION TO MRS. BUSH FROM EGYPTIAN MFA AND THE
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN
1.This is an action request; please see para
2.
2.Post received para 3 letter October 9th via dipnote. We respectfully request that the Department pass the invitation
to the Office of the First Lady.
3.The text of the invitation reads as follows (informal Embassy translation). Original dipnote to be sent separately to
NEA/ELA. Begin Text: The Foreign Minister's office extends its compliments to the American Embassy in Cairo and advises
of the upcoming meeting that will be held in Cairo on Thursday, February 19, 2009 in cooperation with the International
Center for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC). The MFA seeks that opportunity and encloses an invitation from the
First Lady to Mrs. Laura Bush to participate in the previously mentioned meeting. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs takes
this opportunity to renew its highest consideration to the Embassy of the United States of America in Cairo." End Text
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