US embassy cable - 04AMMAN8047

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GOJ AGREES TO ALTER TAX EXEMPTION CARDS TO ENHANCE SECURITY

Identifier: 04AMMAN8047
Wikileaks: View 04AMMAN8047 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Amman
Created: 2004-09-28 05:05:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: ASEC JO PGOV PTER
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.

280505Z Sep 04
UNCLAS AMMAN 008047 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/EX, DS/IP/NEA, DS/DSS/ITA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ASEC, JO, PGOV, PTER 
SUBJECT: GOJ AGREES TO ALTER TAX EXEMPTION CARDS TO ENHANCE 
SECURITY 
 
REF: AMMAN 7733 
 
1.  SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PROTECT ACCORDINGLY 
 
2.  (SBU)  Following Charge's recent meetings with Royal 
Court Minister Samir al-Rifai, PSD Commander Tasheen Shurdom, 
and Finance Minister Muhammad Abu Hammour, and a separate 
meeting with GID Chief Saad Khayr, the Jordanian government 
agreed readily to redress a security vulnerability associated 
with the use of GOJ tax exemption cards by Mission employees. 
 REFTEL outlined a threat to an Embassy employee that grew 
out of the use of the current tax exemption card.  Within 
weeks, the Finance Ministry informed us, a new version of the 
tax exemption card would be issued to members of vulnerable, 
Western embassies.  The new card will have neither a 
photograph nor a reference to an embassy affiliation.  The 
head of the tax department indicated the U.S. Embassy would 
be the first to be issued such cards. 
HALE 

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