DOS Cable re: Austrailian Shadow Foreign Minister on the Alliance, The War on Terror, and Pakistan

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State Department cable concerning: Australian Foreign Minister's comments suggesting ways in which the U.S. and its allies can cooperate on the war on terror; The U.S. Ambassador's meeting in Brisbane; and due process for the Guantanamo detainees. The cable is heavily redacted.

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Cable
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Wednesday, February 6, 2002
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Wednesday, December 29, 2004
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FM AMEMBASSY CANBERRA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 2192
INFO ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
AMEMBASSY PORT MORESBY
AMEMBASSY SUVA
AMEMBASSY TOKYO
AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON
AMCONSUL MELBOURNE
AMCONSUL PERTH
AMCONSUL SYDNEY
USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI//FPA
SECDEF WASHDC//USDP:ISA/AP//

C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 CANBERRA 000244

E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/05/2012
TAGS: PREL, PGOV, PTER, AS
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIAN SHADOW FOREIGN MINISTER ON THE
ALLIANCE, THE WAR ON TERROR, AND PAKISTAN

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REF: 01 CANBERRA 3420

(U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR J. THOMAS SCHIEFFER. REASON:

1.5 (B,D).

1. (C) SUMMARY: OPPOSITION SHADOW FOREIGN MINISTER KEVIN
RUDD SUGGESTED IN A MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR SCHIEFFER TWO
WAYS IN WHICH THE U.S. APPROACH TO THE WAR ON TERRORISM COULD
DETER CRITICS AND STRENGTHEN INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT:

-- BY PROVIDING CLEAR EVIDENCE OF IRAQ'S INVOLVEMENT IN
TERRORISM; AND

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: SHARON E AHMAD

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UNCLASSIFIED
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-- BY ALLOWING A COURT TO JUDGE WHETHER THE GENEVA
CONVENTIONS WERE APPLICABLE TO AL-QAEDA DETAINEES.

B1

END
SUMMARY.

2. (U) THE AMBASSADOR MET ALONE WITH AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

(ALP) SPOKESMAN FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (SHADOW MINISTER) KEVIN

RUDD AT HIS INVITATION FOR AN HOUR AT RUDD'S BRISBANE HOME ON

JANUARY 31. THIS WAS THEIR SECOND MEETING SINCE RUDD BECAME

SHADOW FOREIGN MINISTER IN NOVEMBER.

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AUSTRALIAN OPPOSITION SUPPORTS THE ALLIANCE, BUT WORRIES
ABOUT EXPANDING THE WAR ON TERROR TO IRAQ

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AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON
AMCONSUL MELBOURNE
AMCONSUL PERTH
AMCONSUL SYDNEY
USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI//FPA
SECDEF WASHDC//USDP:ISA/AP//

C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 02 OF 02 CANBERRA 000244

E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/05/2012
TAGS: PREL, PGOV, PTER, AS
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIAN SHADOW FOREIGN MINISTER ON THE
ALLIANCE, THE WAR ON TERROR, AND PAKISTAN

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DETAINEES.

ASYLUM/BOAT PEOPLE POLICY

COMMENT

SCHIEFFER

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UNCLASSIFIED

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