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SUBJECT: Mozambique - Ambassador La Lime's Farewell Call on 
President Guebuza 
 
 
¶1. (U) On June 15 Ambassador La Lime paid a farewell call on 
President Guebuza.  Guebuza complimented the Ambassador for 
being instrumental in furthering good relations between the 
Mozambique and the United States, emphasizing that he 
"greatly appreciated" her helpful role.  He said he was 
pleased with progress toward a Millennium Challenge 
Corporation (MCC) compact, and understood fully that 
preparing for an MCC compact required thorough preparations 
that would take time.  He added that his June 1 meeting in 
Cape Town with MCC CEO John Danilovich had been very 
positive.  Guebuza observed that MCC would make a big 
difference in his country's development, with its focus on 
performance indicators - particularly in the area of 
promoting business development. 
 
¶2. (U) Guebuza told the Ambassador that he had traveled four 
times to the United States in 2005.  He said he was 
especially grateful to have had the opportunity to talk up 
Mozambique in his address to the Corporate Council on 
Africa's bi-annual business summit in Baltimore last June 
and to meet with business representatives while there. 
 
¶3. (U) Somewhat as an aside, Guebuza informed her that he 
was eager to improve  Mozambique's civil service, making it 
more efficient and staffing it with competent, committed 
officials.  He said that as a poor country his government 
could not afford to pay high salaries, but that perhaps 
other benefits could be employed as incentives.  He had 
formed a working group on the subject, he said, to look at 
successes and failures in the region, and he believed 
Mozambique had much to learn from Botswana's civil service. 
 
¶4. (U) The Ambassador thanked the President, agreeing with 
him that relations had deepened greatly during her tenure. 
She pointed out that she had highlighted President Guebuza's 
strong public leadership in the fight against HIV/AIDS at 
the PEPFAR annual meeting in Durban earlier that week.  It 
was plain to all at the conference, she emphasized, that 
President Guebuza stood out among other African heads of 
state for his responsible leadership towards his people in 
fighting HIV/AIDS.  She told him that Washington was pleased 
with Mozambique's efforts, and that she looked forward to 
the USG continuing its strong support to Mozambique. 
 
La Lime