US embassy cable - 03HARARE497

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MEDIA REPORT: PRESIDENT BUSH SANCTIONS MUGABE GOVERNMENT; HARARE

Identifier: 03HARARE497
Wikileaks: View 03HARARE497 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Harare
Created: 2003-03-10 13:02:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PREL EFIN KPAO KMDR ZI
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.


 
UNCLAS HARARE 000497 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR INR/R/MR AND AF/PDPA DALTON, MITCHELL AND SIMS 
INFO AF/S RAYNOR 
NSC FOR JENDAYI FRAZER 
LONDON FOR GURNEY 
PARIS FOR NEARY 
NAIROBI FOR PFLAUMER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, EFIN, KPAO, KMDR, ZI 
SUBJECT: MEDIA REPORT: PRESIDENT BUSH SANCTIONS MUGABE 
GOVERNMENT; HARARE 
 
 
Two mainstream newspapers have carried articles reporting 
on President George W. Bush's March 7, 2003 executive order 
imposing financial sanctions on 77 individuals linked to 
President Mugabe's government.  The independent weekly "The 
Standard" broke the story in the March 9 edition.  The 
paper carried the article on page two under headline "U. S. 
Freezes Mugabe and cronies' assets.  The March 10 edition 
of the pro-government "Daily Mirror" picked up a Reuters 
article and published it on page two under headline "U. S. 
sanctions are racist, says govt official."  The name of the 
quoted Government of Zimbabwe official was not revealed in 
the article.  So far the government-controlled print and 
electronic media appear to have ignored the story. 
However, Post will continue to monitor the media for 
additional placements or editorial commentaries and will 
report accordingly. 
 
SULLIVAN 

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