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PP RUEHGA RUEHHA RUEHMT RUEHQU RUEHVC
DE RUEHOT #0913 1901900
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 081900Z JUL 08
FM AMEMBASSY OTTAWA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8149
INFO RUCNCAN/ALL CANADIAN POSTS COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0441
RHEHNSC/WHITE HOUSE NSC WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY

UNCLAS OTTAWA 000913 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR IO/UNP (SUN), P (REINEMEYER), WHA/CAN, AND WHA/PPC 
NSC FOR MCDONALD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA CA
SUBJECT: CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
 
REF: STATE 72078 
 
 ¶1.  (SBU)  Currently available information requested in 
reftel: 
¶A.  Head of State not expected to attend 
¶B.  Head of Government expected to attend 
--  Prime Minister Stephen Harper 
--  Arrival on evening of September 24; participation in 
Millennium Development Goal meeting on morning of September 
25; speech to UNGA on afternoon of September 25; departure 
either on evening of September 25 or on morning September 26 
--  spouse Laureen Harper likely to accompany 
--  No need for interpretation 
¶C.  Foreign Minister expected to attend 
--  Minister of Foreign Affairs David Emerson 
--  Arrival o/a September 22; departure o/a September 27 
--  Spouse unlikely to accompany 
--  No need for interpretation 
¶D.  No other VIPs expected to attend 
¶E.  Senior Foreign Ministry official 
--  Assistant Deputy Foreign Minister for Bilateral Relations 
James Fox 
--  Arrival o/a September 22; departure o/a September 27 
--  No information on spouse 
--  No need for interpretation. 
 
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