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FM AMEMBASSY RABAT
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9508
INFO RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC PRIORITY

UNCLAS RABAT 000004 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/MAG, JOINT STAFF FOR AFTAC/PATRICK AFB - 
BRUCE W BARKER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PARM PREL TPHY KTBT KSCI KTIA MO
SUBJECT: MOROCCO READY TO SIGN SEISMIC AGREEMENT, AGREES ON 
CONFORMITY 
 
REF: A. NEA/MAG DESK UNCLASS EMAIL 31 DECEMBER 2008 
     ¶B. EMBASSY UNCLASS EMAIL TO NEA/MAG DESK 02 JANUARY 
        2009 
     ¶C. 08 RABAT 1177 
     ¶D. 08 RABAT 1125 
     ¶E. 08 STATE 126489 
     ¶F. 07 STATE 120858 
 
Sensitive But Unclassified, Please Protect Accordingly 
 
¶1.  (SBU)  The Government of Morocco (GOM) accepted and 
incorporated all of the Department's conformity suggestions 
(Ref A) into the Arabic language version of the Agreement 
Between The Government Of The United States Of America And 
The Government Of The Kingdom Of Morocco Regarding The 
Development And Operation Of A Seismic Monitoring Station In 
The Kingdom Of Morocco. 
 
¶2.  (SBU) PolOff reviewed the Department's conformity 
suggestions in detail with MFA Legal Division Head Karim Ben 
Sallam and an MFA translator on January 2.  Both MFA 
officials agreed with, and inserted, the changes into the 
Arabic copy of the document.  Ben Sallam received final 
approval of the amendments from MFA Director of Judicial 
Affairs and Treaties Hassan Majidi, who provided official 
authorization for signature.  Post forwarded the revised 
version to NEA/MAG via email (Ref B). 
 
¶3.  (SBU)   Per Ref C, we will contact the MFA to set a date 
for the signing.  Embassy proposes Ambassador Thomas Riley 
sign on behalf of the United States. 
 
 
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Riley