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P 161314Z OCT 08
FM AMEMBASSY CAIRO
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UNCLAS CAIRO 002205 
 
SIPDIS 
 
NEA/ELA FOR CANEDO 
NSC FOR PASCUAL 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI
SUBJECT: INVITATION TO MRS. BUSH FROM EGYPTIAN MFA AND THE 
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN 
 
¶1. This is an action request; please see para 2. 
 
¶2. Post received para 3 letter October 9th via dipnote.  We 
respectfully request that the Department pass the invitation 
to the Office of the First Lady. 
 
¶3. The text of the invitation reads as follows (informal 
Embassy translation).  Original dipnote to be sent separately 
to NEA/ELA. 
 
Begin Text: 
 
The Foreign Minister's office extends its compliments to the 
American Embassy in Cairo and advises of the upcoming meeting 
that will be held in Cairo on Thursday, February 19, 2009 in 
cooperation with the International Center for Missing and 
Exploited Children (ICMEC).  The MFA seeks that opportunity 
and encloses an invitation from the First Lady to Mrs. Laura 
Bush to participate in the previously mentioned meeting. 
 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs takes this opportunity to 
renew its highest consideration to the Embassy of the United 
States of America in Cairo." 
 
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