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O 191751Z DEC 08
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TO AMEMBASSY TUNIS IMMEDIATE 1567

UNCLAS STATE 132990 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL TS
SUBJECT: FAREWELL MESSAGE FROM A/S DAVID WELCH TO TUNISIAN 
MINISTER OF DEFENSE KEMAL MORJANE 
 
 ¶1.  Please deliver the following message from NEA Assistant 
Secretary David Welch to Tunisian Minister of Defense Kemal 
Morjane at an appropriate time.  The State Department does 
not plan to release the text of the message but has no 
objection if the Government of Tunisia wishes to do so. 
There will be no signed original. 
 
¶2.  Begin text: 
 
Dear Mr. Minister: 
 
After a long and extremely rewarding career with the Foreign 
Service, I will retire from the U.S. government on December 
¶19.  It has been a pleasure to work with you to advance our 
bilateral relations. 
 
Thank you for your contribution to the advancement of 
military cooperation between the Tunisian Republic and the 
United States of America.  The twenty-third U.S.-Tunisia 
Joint Military Commission meetings in May of this year were 
successful due in large part to your leadership and to the 
respect we share for one another. 
 
It is my sincere hope that you, your family, and the people 
of Tunisia experience health, happiness, and prosperity, now 
and in the years ahead. 
 
Sincerely, 
 
David Welch 
 
 
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