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051156Z Oct 05

UNCLAS MANAMA 001444 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL BA
SUBJECT: CONGRATULATIONS FROM CROWN PRINCE TO SUPREME COURT 
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS 
 
 
 ¶1.  Embassy received a congratulatory message from His 
Highness Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince and 
Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force addressed to 
The Honourable John Roberts, Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme 
Court.  No original will follow. 
 
¶2.  Begin Text: 
 
4th October 2005 
 
The Honourable John Roberts 
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 
 
 
Your Honour, 
 
Please accept my warmest congratulations upon your 
investiture as the 17th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of 
the United States of America, an appointment which reflects 
the confidence shown by the President, Congress and people of 
the United States in your ability, experience and integrity. 
I wish you many distinguished and successful years in the 
post. 
 
SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL-KHALIFA 
Crown Prince and Commander-in-Chief 
of the Bahrain Defence Force 
 
End text. 
MONROE