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P 080421Z APR 09
FM AMEMBASSY CANBERRA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1346
INFO RUCNARF/ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHML/AMEMBASSY MANILA PRIORITY 7431
RUEHBN/AMCONSUL MELBOURNE PRIORITY 6242
RUEHPT/AMCONSUL PERTH PRIORITY 4505
RUEHDN/AMCONSUL SYDNEY PRIORITY 4461
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RHHMUNA/HQ USPACOM  PRIORITY

UNCLAS CANBERRA 000359 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/RSP KEVIN SHIEVES 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL EAID MARR MOPS ASEAN ARF RP AS
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIAN ATTENDEES AT ARF DISASTER RELIEF 
EXERCISE IN PHILIPPINES 
 
REF: A. STATE 112442 B. 106079 
 
(SBU) On April 6, Henry Fox, Director of  the Regional and 
National Security Section of Australia's Department of 
Foreign Affairs and Trade, told Poloff that the following 
persons would constitute the VIPs attending the ARF Disaster 
Relief Exercise in the Philippines May 4-7, 2009: His 
Excellency Mr. Rod Smith, Australian Ambassador to the 
Philippines, Mr. Henry Fox, Director, Regional and National 
Security Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 
and Captain Vic Jones, RAN, Australian Defence Attache' to 
the Philippines. Mr. Fox has given this information to the 
appropriate Philippine contacts, Ms Bianca Basco and Mr. Leo 
Herrera-Lim. 
 
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