US embassy cable - 04ABUDHABI1156

UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001156 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPT FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/RA, S/ES-EX - TULI MUSHINGI 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/14/14 
TAGS: OVIP, TC 
SUBJECT:  DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S VISIT TO THE UAE: 
NOTIONAL SCHEDULE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS 
 
REFS:  A) STATE 82838 
       B) ABU DHABI 1140 
       C) ABU DHABI 1139 
 
1.  (SBU) Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to the visit of 
Deputy Secretary Armitage April 20-21 and proposes the 
following schedule, based on the availability of key UAEG 
interlocutors.  Deputy Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and UAE 
Armed Forces Chief of Staff Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed Al- 
Nahyan has invited Mr. Armitage to dinner on April 20; 
please advise if D accepts this invitation and whom he 
suggests accompany him to the dinner.  We expect only a few 
UAEG officials to accompany Shaykh Mohammed to the dinner, 
including one or more of his brothers.  Notional schedule 
follows: 
 
Tuesday, April 21 
 
1720 Arrival 
TBD  Dinner with Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed 
TBD  Travel to hotel; RON 
 
Wednesday, April 22 
 
TBD  Press event at hotel (30 min); depart hotel 
TBD  Meeting with Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayed (45 min) 
TBD  Meeting with Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed 
     (pending, may be out of town) 
TBD  Tour of New Embassy Compound (15 min) 
TBD  Town Hall meeting with Embassy staff (20 minutes) 
1200 Travel to airport 
1230 Depart Abu Dhabi for Riyadh 
 
2. (SBU) Per ref C, Control Officer for Deputy Secretary 
Armitage's visit to the UAE is Econoff Cara Martin- 
Crumpler. Please note that Embassy Abu Dhabi's weekend is 
Thursday-Friday; contact Controloff via mobile phone for 
urgent communications during the local weekend.  Her 
contact information follows: 
 
Office Phone 011 (971) 2-414-2542 
Office Fax 011 (971) 2-414-2639 
Home Phone 011 (971) 2-443-0979 
Mobile Phone 011 (971) 2-50-668-6561 outside 
UAE 
 050-668-6561 in the UAE 
Unclassified Email martin-crumplerce@state.gov 
 
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Classified Email 	martin-crumplerce@state.sgov.gov 
 
3. (SBU) Acting DCM and Public Affairs Officer Hilary 
Olsin-Windecker is coordinating the press event and 
managing other public diplomacy requirements of the visit. 
Her contact information follows: 
 
Office Phone 011 (971) 2-414-2332 
Office Fax 011 (971) 2-414-2603 
Home Phone 011 (971) 2-681-6671 
Mobile Phone 011 (971) 2-50-442-9957 outside 
UAE 
 050-442-9957 in the UAE 
Unclassified Email olsin-windeckerH@state.gov 
 
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Classified Email 	olsin-windeckerHS@state.sgov.gov 
 
4.  (SBU) Mission point-of-contact to receive and pass 
messages to D staff during Mr. Armitage's visit to the UAE 
is Econ Chief Oliver John.  Econchief also will prepare a 
Read File of relevant cable traffic to be delivered to D 
upon arrival to his hotel suite and prior to departure. 
Econchief can be reached at the following: 
 
Office Phone 011 (971) 2-414-2402 
Office Fax 011 (971) 2-414-2639 
Home Phone 011 (971) 2-681-1642 
Mobile Phone 011 (971) 2-50-443-6626 outside 
UAE 
 050-443-6626 in the UAE 
Unclassified Email johnOB@state.gov 
 
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Classified Email 	johnOB2@state.sgov.gov 
 
5.  (SBU) Post would appreciate future cable correspondence 
regarding this visit tagged for AMB, DCM, ASEC, ECON, and 
AMGT to ensure that pertinent information is routed to 
appropriate Embassy personnel. 
 
Wahba