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DE RUEHAM #1512 1880408
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 070408Z JUL 09
FM AMEMBASSY AMMAN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5444
INFO RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME PRIORITY 1621
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 1268

UNCLAS AMMAN 001512 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR EEB/CIP/TS (DMAY) AND NEA/ELA (MGREGONIS) 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECPS AORC ECON EFIN INTELSAT KTIA TSPA JO
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ITSO EXTRAORDINARY ASSEMBLY 
IN ROME 
 
REF: STATE 68508 
 
(SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to the Secretary 
General of Jordan's Ministry of Information and 
Communications Technology, Bashar Bashaireh.  Bashaireh said 
that he will convey to the Jordanian delegation in Rome, 
which is likely to be comprised of Jordan Embassy personnel 
based in Rome, the U.S. Government's opposition to the 
Extraordinary Assembly of the International 
Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) formally 
authorizing arbitration against the United States and the 
United Kingdom.  Bashaireh said that the Jordanians would 
welcome the opportunity to discuss the issue with the U.S. 
delegation attending the ITSO Extraordinary Assembly in Rome, 
if time permits. 
 
Visit Amman's classified website at: 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman 
 
Beecroft