US embassy cable - 05WELLINGTON674

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NEW ZEALAND: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ZIMBABWE VOTE IN IMF

Identifier: 05WELLINGTON674
Wikileaks: View 05WELLINGTON674 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Wellington
Created: 2005-09-02 04:27:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: EFIN PREL ZI NZ IMF
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.

020427Z Sep 05

 
C O N F I D E N T I A L WELLINGTON 000674 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/01/2015 
TAGS: EFIN, PREL, ZI, NZ, IMF 
SUBJECT: NEW ZEALAND: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ZIMBABWE VOTE 
IN IMF 
 
REF: STATE 158016 
 
Classified by: Acting DCM Katherine B. Hadda.  Reasons: 1.4 
(b) and (d). 
 
1. (U) This is an action request -- please see Paragraph 3. 
 
2. (U) Post on August 29 delivered reftel demarche to the New 
Zealand Agency for International Development, which handles 
issues related to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 
 
3. (C) On September 2, a representative of New Zealand's 
Treasury noted Zimbabwe's decision to pay back US $120 
million of the US $290 million it owes the Fund.  The 
representative asked whether the U.S. government would now 
consider Zimbabwe to be in compliance with its IMF 
obligations, or whether the United States still believes 
Zimbabwe should be expelled from the Fund.  Post seeks 
Department guidance on how it should respond to these 
questions.  Post also notes that the Treasury representative 
is due to deliver a recommendation on the issue to New 
Zealand's Finance Minister on September 5 and that a response 
by COB September 2 (Washington) would be very helpful. 
Burnett 

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