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R 291309Z MAY 09
FM AMEMBASSY WARSAW
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8353
INFO RUEHKW/AMCONSUL KRAKOW 2285

UNCLAS WARSAW 000538 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR S/ES-CR, S/ES-O, EUR/CE, DRL/AE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OPDC PREL OVIP PHUM PL
SUBJECT: LETTER OF THANKS AND MEETING REQUEST FOR SECRETARY 
CLINTON 
 
REF: A. WARSAW 383 
     ¶B. WARSAW 525 
 
¶1. Embassy Warsaw received a letter from Stanislaw 
Stankiewicz, President of the International Romani Union in 
Poland, addressed to Secretary Clinton expressing thanks for 
her Roma Day statement and requesting a meeting.  The 
original letter will be sent by pouch to S/ES-CR. 
 
¶2. Post received the letter following PolCouns' participation 
in an International Roma Day event on April 8, 2009 (Ref A), 
which included a reading of the Secretary's statement. 
Embassy Warsaw and ConGen Krakow are actively engaged in a 
dialogue with the Polish government and diverse Roma 
communities in Poland on Roma issues (see Ref B). 
 
¶3. Begin text of letter: 
 
For all Rroma in Europe and elsewhere, your speech on the 
International Day of the Rroma on April 8th, was received 
with great enthusiasm and pride. 
 
This day has been a turning point in history, for this is the 
first time that Secretary of State of the US Government has 
highlighted the plight and issues faced by Rroma in many 
countries. 
 
We Rroma, as the largest transnational European minority, 
took your speech as a key that opened the prospects of new 
policies on Rroma with Rroma in Europe and other countries. 
 
Your open and direct talk, with the democratic and open 
background of your country gave hope to many Rroma to be able 
to live normal lives amongst the rest of the population. 
 
In the name of the International Rromani Union and all Rroma 
whom we represent, we would like to thank you for this 
intervention and for your engagement to better our lives and 
future. 
 
We would be very happy if we could meet you in person and be 
able to present you our work, which we are currently doing to 
improve the situation and integration of the Rroma minority. 
This would be a great honor and would give us strength in 
continuing and improving our work.  It would also be a signal 
to politicians in all countries, to at long last include 
Rroma in the democratic processes and societies of their own 
countries. 
 
Once more, many thanks for your engagement and intervention, 
which showed insights and a depth of knowledge of the 
situation of this transnational minority, something we have 
until now not been used to.  In the name of all Rroma, thank 
you. 
 
End text. 
QUANRUD