US embassy cable - 05LJUBLJANA294

UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000294 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
EUR/PD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO, OIIP 
SUBJECT:  COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GORDON TODD 
 
REF: STATE 079374 
 
1.  Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants 
Country Clearance to Mr. Gordon Todd, Counsel to 
Assistant Attorney General Alex Acosta, U.S. Department 
of Justice, to travel to Ljubljana, Slovenia on May 07 
- 10, 2005, to accompany AAG Alex Acosta to participate 
in meetings on anti-trafficking issues, in support of 
post's objective, to reduce trafficking in persons. 
 
2.  The Control Officer for your visit is Colleen 
Hyland, Office phone: 386-1-200-5708, fax: 386-1-200- 
5555, Cell phone: 386-70-323-664. 
 
3.  A reservation has been made for you at the Grand 
Hotel Union, tel: 386-1-308-1270; FAX: 386-1-308-1015. 
The cost of a single room is EUR 90.  Please inform 
Post of any changes in order to avoid a no-show bill. 
 
4.  Post will assist with transportation from airport 
and will also arrange transportation for Mr. Acosta. 
 
5.  The overall security threat level for U.S. 
personnel and interests in Ljubljana, Slovenia is 
considered to be low.  Slovenia has a low crime rate 
and violent crime is extremely rare.  Nonetheless, 
visitors should take normal security precautions and 
are requested to report any suspected surveillance of 
themselves or U.S. facilities to the Mission Security 
Office.  Visitors should avoid carrying large amounts 
of cash and jewelry on their person and are urged to 
use safe deposit boxes available in hotel.  While very 
uncommon, there have been some incidents of purse 
snatching or pickpockets, usually at night outside of 
bars.  The threat from intelligence services remains 
viable, and official visitors should take appropriate 
measures to protect classified or sensitive 
conversations and documents.  Conversations on non- 
secure lines and cell phones should be considered 
subject to compromise. 
 
ROBERTSON 
 
 
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