US embassy cable - 05KINGSTON168

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Identifier:	05KINGSTON168
Wikileaks:	View 05KINGSTON168 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Kingston
Created:	2005-01-19 20:25:00
Classification:	CONFIDENTIAL
Tags:	PREL AORC JM OAS
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

C O N F I D E N T I A L KINGSTON 000168 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/18/2015 
TAGS: PREL, AORC, JM, OAS 
SUBJECT: USG SUPPORT FOR FLORES OAS/SG CANDIDACY 
 
REF: (A) SECSTATE 10956 (B) 2004 KINGSTON 3314 
 
Classified By: CDA THOMAS C. TIGHE FOR REASONS 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
1. (C) Charg spoke to MFA Minister of State Delano Franklyn 
on January 19 and delivered the talking points provided in 
REFTEL concerning U.S. support for the candidacy of former 
Salvadoran President Flores for OAS Secretary General. 
Franklyn responded that although he was aware that at least 
two CARICOM nations had purportedly decided on a candidate 
for the OAS/SG race, Jamaica did not at this time have a 
preferred candidate. 
 
2. (C) Franklyn stated that it is Jamaica's view that all 
CARICOM members should attempt to reach consensus for a 
single candidate when the Heads of Government confer at the 
CARICOM Intercessional meeting in Paramaribo next month. 
 
3. (C) COMMENT: In December, FM Knight told Ambassadors 
Maisto and Cobb that "if Flores is the best candidate, we 
will go for him," though the Minister clearly felt little 
enthusiasm for that prospect.  Later that month, while 
pushing his own country's candidate at a reception, the 
Chilean ambassador told POL/ECON Chief that unnamed 
diplomatic interlocutors had privately expressed to him their 
concern that Flores was "too close to the U.S." 
TIGHE