US embassy cable - 05OTTAWA290

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CANADA: TIMETABLE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF US MILITARY ASSETS FROM TSUNAMI-AFFECTED REGION

Identifier: 05OTTAWA290
Wikileaks: View 05OTTAWA290 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Ottawa
Created: 2005-01-28 22:20:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: EAID PREL CA Tsunami
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.


 
C O N F I D E N T I A L OTTAWA 000290 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/28/2015 
TAGS: EAID, PREL, CA, Tsunami 
SUBJECT: CANADA: TIMETABLE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF US MILITARY 
ASSETS FROM TSUNAMI-AFFECTED REGION 
 
REF: (A) SECSTATE 15234 (B) OTTAWA 131 
 
Classified By: POLITICAL M/C BRIAN FLORA.  REASON 1.4 (B) AND (D). 
 
1. (C) DND Office of Peacekeeping Director, Colonel Denis 
Thompson, and desk officer Joey Cloutier told us on January 
27 that they foresaw "no problems" with the projected 
departure of U.S. military assets from the tsunami-affected 
region.  They noted that Canadian relief efforts had been 
focused in Sri Lanka; both were aware that CSG Sri Lanka was 
preparing to depart if it hadn't already done so.  Cloutier 
said that the Canadian LNO deployed earlier this month (ref 
B) was already back in country. 
 
2. (C) Though we were unable to meet with more senior staff 
in FAC's Office of Peacekeeping and Regional Security, desk 
officer Kelty Patterson confirmed DND officials' views that 
the departure of U.S. military assets from Sri Lanka in 
particular would not affect Canadian relief efforts. 
 
Visit Canada's Classified Web Site at 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/ottawa 
 
DICKSON 

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