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UNCLAS STATE 084509 
 
 
INFORM CONSULS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
KOLY 
 
SUBJECT: MGCH01: VIRTUAL MONITORING GROUP FORMATION 
REGARDING THE SUMMER 2008 OLYMPICS IN CHINA 
 
¶1. The Executive Secretary has directed the Bureau of 
East Asian and Pacific Affairs to form a Monitoring Group 
to coordinate all State Department activities regarding 
the 2008 Olympics, effective 0800 EDT August 7, 2008. The 
Monitoring Group will operate virtually with support from 
the Operations Center, but will be prepared to upgrade to 
physical staffing as events warrant. 
 
The Monitoring Group can be reached through the Department 
of State's Operations Center (202-647-7640) and by 
unclassified email at OlympicsMG@state.gov or classified 
email at OlympicsMG@state.sgov.gov. The Monitoring Group 
will operate via collaborative Intellipedia Portal on the 
SIPRNet classified system at: 
 
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Olym pics_Summer_2008 
 
and on the unclassified system at: 
 
http://www.intelink.gov/wiki/Portal:Olympics_ Summer_2008 
 
Please note that these web addresses are case sensitive. 
 
¶2. The Monitoring Group is under the direction of John 
Norris, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of 
East Asian and Pacific Affairs. The Monitoring Group also 
includes representatives of CA, DS and S/ES. 
 
¶3. The Monitoring Group is the center of all Department 
activity regarding the Olympics. All reporting related to 
the Monitoring Group should include the same indicator 
which appears at the beginning of the subject line of this 
message: MGCH01. Cable traffic should include the KOLY 
tag. 
 
¶4. Embassy Beijing should take the following actions 
immediately: 
 
(a) Inform the Monitoring Group and the Department of 
State's Operations Center immediately of any changes in 
email or telephone contact numbers for post's Joint 
Operations Center. 
 
(b) Start a single, comprehensive log of all significant 
events and action items. The log should be especially 
attentive to reporting and information passed via secure 
and non-secure voice. Log should be forwarded to S/ES at 
the conclusion of the Monitoring Group. 
 
(c) Continue to prepare daily situation reports (sitrep) 
for as long as the Monitoring Group is in operation. 
 
¶5. MINIMIZE CONSIDERED 
RICE 
 
 
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