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Viewing cable 09MONROVIA619, MONROVIA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO AFRICAN STATES

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09MONROVIA619 2009-08-27 18:15 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Monrovia 
VZCZCXRO2737
OO RUEHMA RUEHPA
DE RUEHMV #0619 2391815
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 271815Z AUG 09
FM AMEMBASSY MONROVIA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1266
INFO RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE
RUEHFN/AMEMBASSY FREETOWN 1551
RUEHKI/AMEMBASSY KINSHASA 0060
RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK 0363
RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 0070
 
UNCLAS MONROVIA 000619 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR EAP/MLS, EUR/RUS, AF/W, AF/C AND S/CT 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KCRM PTER CO RS TH LI
SUBJECT: MONROVIA:  RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO AFRICAN STATES 
ON VIKTOR BOUT 
 
REF: A) STATE 88230 B) BANGKOK 1998 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED.  NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 
 
1. (SBU) Charge raised Ref A demarche points with Deputy 
Foreign Minister Ambassador William Bull in an August 27 
meeting.  Bull told Charge that he will discuss the Viktor 
Bout situation with relevant Liberian authorities.  He noted 
the GOL's neutral position regarding the prosecution of 
former President Charles Taylor at the Special Court for 
Sierra Leone in The Hague, but confirmed that the GOL 
understands the significance of bringing Bout to justice. 
 
2. (SBU) Charge stressed the importance of GOL weigh-in with 
the Royal Thai Government on the harm that Bout did in 
Africa.  Bull assured Charge that the GOL will respond to the 
fullest extent possible.  He also asked Charge if it would be 
possible for the USG to share any information on specific 
Bout activities concerning Liberia.  Bull also noted that the 
GOL has no embassy in Thailand and any message will likely be 
passed via the Thai Embassy in Dakar, Senegal. 
 
ROBINSON