US embassy cable - 05MUSCAT771

C O N F I D E N T I A L MUSCAT 000771 
 
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FOR NEA, NEA/ARPI 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/16/2010 
TAGS: PREL, OVIP, MU, U.S.-Oman Relations 
SUBJECT: PROPOSED VISIT OF OMANI FM 
 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Richard L. Baltimore III. 
Reason: 1.4 (b, d). 
 
1. (U) This is an action request for NEA - please see para 4. 
 
2. (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin 
Alawi convoked the Ambassador on May 11 to express his 
interest in visiting Washington DC in early July if meetings 
with appropriate USG interlocutors could be arranged.  Citing 
the Sultan's request that he defer any travel until the end 
of June, the Minister said he hopes to take a family vacation 
throughout July and August (possibly including stops 
elsewhere in CONUS and Hawaii), and would prefer to have his 
formal meetings at the front end of his travels. 
 
3. (C) Based on a similar program in 2004, the Minister 
requested calls on the Vice President, Secretary Rice or 
Deputy Secretary Zoellick, U/S for Public Diplomacy, 
Secretary Rumsfeld, Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff, and 
 
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members of the House Ways and Means Committee (particularly 
Chairman Thomas and the other members of the CODEL with whom 
he met in November 2004). 
 
4. (C) Action request: Apprised of the July 4 holidays, the 
Minister requested our feedback as to the best time in early 
July that he might call on the officials listed in para 3, if 
possible. 
BALTIMORE