US embassy cable - 04SANTODOMINGO5603

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DCI SPECIAL ADVISOR'S REPORT ON IRAQ WMD: INFORMING DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Identifier: 04SANTODOMINGO5603
Wikileaks: View 04SANTODOMINGO5603 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Santo Domingo
Created: 2004-10-08 23:13:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PREL MARR DR
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.


 
UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 005603 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, MARR, DR 
SUBJECT: DCI SPECIAL ADVISOR'S REPORT ON IRAQ WMD: 
INFORMING DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 
 
REF: STATE 216020 
 
1. Embassy provided reftel talking points as a non-paper to 
MFA director for U.S. affairs Roger Espaillat on October 8. 
He undertook to share the information with the director of 
Middle East affairs.  Espaillat had no immediate substantive 
reaction, but appreciated having the points available if the 
GODR has or receives questions about the DCI special 
advisor's report on Iraq WMD. 
 
2. Media reaction:  To Embassy's knowledge, local media 
coverage has been limited to half of an inside page of 
left-of-center daily "Hoy" October 8.  This publication ran 
two AFP wire service stories and a sidebar quoting President 
Bush as saying on October 7, "The Duelfer report makes clear 
that much of the material accumulated over 12 years by our 
Intelligence and that of our allies was erroneous.  We should 
find out why and correct the deficiencies." 
HERTELL 

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