State Department cable describing a meeting Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper had with an Ambassador of another country on May 7, 2003. The Ambassador for the foreign government requested that his citizens be released from Guantanamo, and Amb. Prosper explained that the men were not the most recent arrivals at Guantanamo and are not scheduled for release at this time. The cable is otherwise redacted.
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SUBJECT: TRANSFER OF DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO
CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER FOR REASONS •
1.5(B) AND (D)
1.
(U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4.
2.
(S) BACKGROUND: IN A MEETING AT THE DEPARTMENT ON MAY 7 BETWEENDI1I
S/WCI AMBASSADOR PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER AND
I THE ISSUE OF
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'NATIONALS CURRENTLY IN USG
CONTROL AT GUANTANAMO WAS DISCUSSED. AMB. PROSPER EXPLAINED
THE PROCESS THAT WAS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AND PROVIDED AN
UPDATE ON EFFORTS TO EXPEDITE MILITARY COMMISSIONS,
TRANSFERS FOR DETENTION AND PROSECUTION, AND RELEASES.
CONTINUED DETENTION OFIDB1, B7(A), B7(C)
,AMBASSADOR
THAT THEIR NATIONALS WERE NOT AMONG THE MOST RECENT GROUP OF
DETAINEES DESIGNATED FOR RELEASE AND THAT THE USG HAS NOT
AMB. PROSPER INFORMED (D
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REVIEW AUTHORITY: HARRY R MELONE
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MADE A DETERMINATION AS TO THEIR DISPOSITION - RELEASE, TRANSFER FOR CONTINUED DETENTION OR PROSECUTION. AMB.
PROSPER STATED THAT THE USG HAS BEGUN TO NEGOTIATE
AGREEMENTS FOR TRANSFER FOR CONTINUED DETENTION WITH OTHER
GOVERNMENTS. BOTH AMBASSADORS AGREED THAT THE USG AND THE
COULD CERTAINLY BEGIN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATIONS USING
I1I Bl, B7(A), B7(C)
THE STANDARD AGREEMENT, RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE YET TO
IDENTIFY ANY INDVIDUALS FOR TRANSFER AND RECOGNIZING THAT
EVALUATION OF THE AGREEMENT MAY OCCUR ON A CASE BY CASE
BASIS. END BACKGROUND.
3. (S) POST IS ADVISED THAT BLANKET CIRCULAR 175 AUTHORITY
TO NEGOTIATE AND CONCLUDE BILATERAL AGREEMENTS ON THE
POTENTIAL TRANSFER AND CONTINUED DETENTION OF ENEMY
COMBATANTS WAS APPROVED ON MARCH 21. CHIEF OF MISSION IS
AUTHORIZED TO INITIATE NEGOTIATION OF THE TEXT AT PARA 4,
B5
4. (S/REL D4 ACTION REQUEST. POST IS REQUESTED TO Bl, B7(A), B7(C) CONVEY THE TEXT OF THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT:
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