This State Department Cable is entitled "Subject: Transfer of Detainees in Afghanistan to Guantanamo Bay". There is no other discernible information or context. There is a handwritten notation on the top of the page that states "Important: Hold for GTMO access guidence" and at the bottom that states: “2/1 got S/WCI Blaschle’s argument for SWO to pass to CENTCOM & SOUTHCOM. SP.”
~b~
UNcE~sPfflffu
u.s.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
IMMEDIATE RELEASED IN FULL OUTGOING
'. • • I
OFFICE: TFl 0 /""'I: 'i /.",
COPIES: 1 ,\ ., /....-..:.. L/~J;/\. L/,,-..
POST: State (l DTG: 010450Z FEB 02 MRN: 20095
U
DISTRIBUTION: CIAE D DODE EUR INR L NEA NSCE P PA PM S SA SCT SPX ~S SSO SSOX SWCI T TF1 WHA
SUBJECT: TRANSFER OF DETAINEES IN AFGHANISTAN TO GUANTANAMO
BAY
COMMENTS: DECAPTIONED
S/ES AUTHORIZATION: DATE/TIME:
S D P STTP DR INR UNW SP NSCE CIAE SES READ
T E G M R C EUR NEA AF WHA EAP SA SNIS CA DS EB DRL INM 10 L OES PA PM PRM SeT DODE ACDA AID USTR JUSE FBIE SESO SESS SESIRM
This NODIS message will be automatically decaptioned after 5 years, unless exempted by the Executive secretary or designee.
~Check box to exempt telegram from automatic decaptioning.
The attached document may be seen only by the addressee and, if not expressly precluded, by those officials under his authority whom he considers to have a clear-cut "need-to-know." It may not be reproduced, given additional distribution, or discussed with non-recipients without prior approval of the Executive Secretariat.
Addressees outside the Department of State must handle the document in accordance with the above instructions and with current Department of State instructions on NODIS.
When this document is no lon~er needed, the recipient is responsible for supervising ~ts destruction.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY: WILLIAM E LANDFAIR
Executive Secretary
DATE/CASE 10: 09 NOV 2004 200303827
005-000016