US embassy cable - 03HARARE1375

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MEDIA REACTION SECRETARY POWELL'S OP-ED ON ZIM UNDER FIRE; HARARE

Identifier: 03HARARE1375
Wikileaks: View 03HARARE1375 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Harare
Created: 2003-07-08 09:42:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PREL 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 001375 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/PDPA FOR DALTON, MITCHELL AND SIMS 
NSC FOR JENDAYI FRAZER 
LONDON FOR GURNEY 
PARIS FOR NEARY 
NAIROBI FOR PFLAUMER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, KPAO, KMDR, ZI 
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION SECRETARY POWELL'S OP-ED ON ZIM 
UNDER FIRE; HARARE 
 
  1.   The government-controlled daily "The Herald" continues 
      to publish discourteous articles against Secretary of State 
      Colin Powell.  Excerpts of an 
      op-ed carried in the July 2 edition follow: 
 
  2.   Under headline "U. S. Secretary of State ignorant of 
      Zimbabwean situation" the "Herald" (07/02) carried 
      the following op-ed by Willmore Kanyongo - based in 
      the United States - on page 4: 
 
      "It is clear the U. S. Secretary of State - Colin 
      Powell - is totally ignorant of the Zimbabwean 
      situation.  The article he wrote. . .has further 
      shown him as a shameless liar, who habitually sought 
      to build his foreign policy on utter fabrication. . 
      .American foreign policy has always been underpinned 
      by double talk, double standards, deception and 
      false promises of money if certain leaders are 
      removed. . .Zimbabweans should be wary and not 
      succumb to these American machinations." 
 
SULLIVAN 

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