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INFO RUEHLB/AMEMBASSY BEIRUT PRIORITY 4189
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C O N F I D E N T I A L NICOSIA 001237 
 
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SIPDIS 
 
PLEASE PASS TO USAID 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/30/2016 
TAGS: AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
SUBJECT: TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 22 AS OF 0800 LOCAL, 
SATURDAY, JULY 29, 2006 
 
REF: A. NICOSIA 1233 
 
     ¶B. NICOSIA 1222 AND PREVIOUS 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Ronald L. Schlicher, reasons 1.4 B/D 
 
¶1. (C) Summary:  Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals in 
Cyprus as of 0800L July 29 was 13,233.  9,944 had departed 
with U.S. government assistance by 0800L on July 29.  Both 
charter flights scheduled to depart on July 29 have been 
canceled.  497 people remain at the Cyprus International 
Fairgrounds. 
 
CONSULAR 
 
¶2.  (C)  The following are consular updates: 
 
--The total number of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus as of 
0800L July 29 was 13,233 (includes the July 28 helicopter 
arrival of two adopted newborns).  Total U.S.-assisted 
departures on charter flights remained unchanged at 9,944. 
Both July 29 charter flights were canceled, increasing the 
number of people at the Fairgrounds to 497 (some who had been 
at hotels decided to wait for future flights at the 
Fairgrounds).  We have communicated the need for future 
charters to Taskforce 1, but to our knowledge at this time no 
further flights are scheduled.  The Orient Queen is expected 
to arrive at 1700L July 29 with eleven official Americans 
from Embassy Beirut and approximately 300 other passengers. 
 
--Post has received guidance from CA with regard to 
undocumented family members of U.S. citizens. 
 
MANAGEMENT 
 
¶3. (U)  The following are management updates: 
 
--MGT is still looking at hotel arrangements for Orient Queen 
passengers, however we do not believe there will be enough 
availability to book all of them in Nicosia. 
 
--The number of TDY staff is steadily decreasing, but weekend 
staffing at the Fairgrounds will again need to be boosted as 
people arrive from the Orient Queen. 
 
SECURITY 
 
¶4. (U)  The security situation at the Fairgrounds is calm but 
has potential for outbreaks of isolated violence.  Many of 
those sheltered there are frustrated by the heat and spartan 
conditions, but mostly by the uncertainty about the departure 
of onward charters to the United States or the status of the 
estimated 90 pending applications for humanitarian parole. 
SCHLICHER