US embassy cable - 00HARARE3674

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CUBAN DOCTORS RELEASED TO THE CUSTODY OF UNHCR

Identifier: 00HARARE3674
Wikileaks: View 00HARARE3674 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Harare
Created: 2000-07-06 14:49:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

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FM AMEMBASSY HARARE
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6533
INFO USINT HAVANA PRIORITY 
AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM PRIORITY 
AMEMBASSY LUSAKA 
USMISSION GENEVA 
AMEMBASSY NAIROBI 
AMEMBASSY LONDON 
C O N F I D E N T I A L HARARE 003674 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR PRM A/S TAFT, PRM/A, PRM/AAA, AF/S, AF/PD, 
WHA/CCA 
NAIROBI FOR REFCOORD 
LONDON FOR PFLAUMER 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/06/10 
TAGS: PREF, PGOV, PHUM, PREL, ZI 
SUBJECT: CUBAN DOCTORS RELEASED TO THE CUSTODY OF UNHCR 
 
REF: HARARE 3563 
 
CLASSIFIED BY DCM EARL M. IRVING FOR REASONS 1.5 B/D. 
 
1. (C) ON JULY 6 UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI 
BAJULAIYE, SPEAKING FROM LUSAKA, INFORMED DCM THAT CUBAN 
DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN 
PENA MARTINEZ WERE RELEASED TO THE CUSTODY OF UNHCR ON 
JULY 5.  BAJULAIYE SAID THAT ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT 
OFFICIALS DID SO QUIETLY AND WITHOUT EXPLANATION.  THE 
PAIR ARE SAFE AND COMFORTABLE IN A HOUSE IN HARARE AND 
PLAN TO TRAVEL TO SWEDEN ON JULY 7, ACCORDING TO THE 
REGIONAL UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE.  THEY WILL DEPART HARARE 
ABOARD A BRITISH AIRWAYS FLIGHT ACCOMPANIED BY THE LOCAL 
UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE, JOHN ADU.  BAJULAIYE ASKED THAT WE 
TREAT THIS INFORMATION AS CLOSE-HOLD UNTIL THE COUPLE 
LEAVES HARARE. (NOTE: IRINA SCHOULGIN, FIRST SECRETARY 
OF THE SWEDISH EMBASSY IN HARARE, CONFIRMED TO DCM ON 
JULY 6 THAT HER GOVERNMENT IS EXPECTING THE COUPLE'S 
ARRIVAL AND ALREADY HAS PLACED SWEDISH VISAS IN THEIR 
PASSPORTS. END NOTE.) 
 
2.  (SBU) ALSO ON JULY 6 WE RECEIVED VIA FAX FROM THE 
OFFICE OF CONGRESSWOMAN ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN (R-FLORIDA) 
A COPY OF A PERSONAL LETTER TO DR. NORIS PENA FROM HER 
RELATIVES IN MIAMI, WITH A REQUEST TO ASSIST IN 
DELIVERY.  WE FORWARDED A COPY OF THE LETTER TO UNHCR'S 
JOHN ADU THE SAME DAY. 
 
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