US embassy cable - 05LIMA4654

UNCLAS LIMA 004654 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, MOPS, PE 
SUBJECT: FOREIGN MINISTER RAISES ISSUE OF CONSULAR SERVICES 
FOR THIRD COUNTRY SECURITY PERSONNEL IN IRAQ 
 
REF: A. LIMA 4596 
 
     B. LIMA 4544 
     C. SANTIAGO 2170 
 
Sensitive but Unclassified.  Please protect accordingly. 
 
1.  (U)  Action Request in paragraph 3. 
 
2.  (SBU)  Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua, during a 10/28 
breakfast hosted by the Ambassador, said that during his 
attendance at Congress the previous day, many legislators had 
approached him with concerns over how the Foreign Ministry 
intends to safeguard the interests of some 650 Peruvian 
citizens hired by the American company Triple Canopy Inc., 
under a USG contract, to provide security services in Iraq. 
He discounted the possibility of opening a Peruvian consular 
office in Baghdad, but inquired whether it would be possible 
to establish an American liaison office/officer that could 
look after the consular interests of Peruvian nationals 
employed by U.S. companies under USG contracts there.  The 
Ambassador replied that he would forward this request to 
Washington for its consideration. 
 
3.  (SBU)  ACTION REQUEST.  We request the Department's 
guidance in responding to Foreign Minister Maurtua's request. 
 While we doubt that the already overtaxed U.S. Embassy 
Baghdad has the resources to provide consular services to 
non-U.S. employees of USG contractors, we wonder whether a 
mechanism can be set up for an entity other than these 
individuals' direct employers, to handle any 
grievances/problems that may arise.  We suspect that this is 
an issue that will arise with respect to other third country 
nationals, if it has not already.  END ACTION REQUEST. 
STRUBLE