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PP RUEHTRO
DE RUEHTRO #0697 2391638
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 271638Z AUG 09
FM AMEMBASSY TRIPOLI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5203
INFO RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0229
RUEHTRO/AMEMBASSY TRIPOLI 5747

UNCLAS TRIPOLI 000697 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR NEA/MAG 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL EAIR OVIP LY
SUBJECT: LIBYAN DIPLOMATIC NOTE REQUESTING DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE FOR 
QADHAFI'S PLANE 
 
REF: TRIPOLI 695 
 
¶1. (SBU) As reported reftel, MFA A/S-equivalent Ahmed Fituri 
convoked CDA August 27 to formally request that Libyan leader 
Muammar al-Qadhafi's Ifriqiyah Airways plane be granted 
diplomatic clearance -- including full privileges and immunities 
-- when Qadhafi travels to New York for the UNGA.  Embassy's 
informal translation of the diplomatic note follows. 
 
 
 
¶2.  (SBU) Begin translation: 
 
 
 
The General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and 
International Cooperation (Americas Desk), sends its compliments 
to the U.S. Embassy in the Great Jamahiriya, and has the honor 
to refer to the meeting that took place between the Secretary of 
the Libyan People's Bureau in Washington and Ms. Margaret Nardi, 
Head of  Arab Maghreb Department to discuss details relative to 
the Leader's visit to the United States, and especially the 
pretexts that she enumerated regarding the difficulty of 
securing a diplomatic authorization for the plane transporting 
Brother the Leader and his accompanying delegation, and notably 
the fact that Ifriqiyah Airlines is not registered to fly in the 
American airspace; this is unacceptable. We hereby emphasize the 
need to address this issue because the diplomatic authorization 
is normally offered to the person on board of the plane, and we 
note that an aircraft registered under the name of this company 
has previously obtained the required diplomatic authorization. 
 
 
 
We stress that this aircraft has to be offered all the services 
and privileges that other head of states' planes usually have, 
including the parking spot. This is highly important and we 
cannot compromise it or accept an alternative to it. 
 
 
 
The General People's Committee Secretariat for Foreign Liaison 
and International Cooperation (International Organizations 
Office) avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the 
esteemed US Embassy the assurances of its highest considerations. 
 
 
 
(Seal of the General People's Secretary for Foreign Liaison and 
International Cooperation) 
 
 
 
To: US Embassy- Tripoli 
 
 
 
Tripoli: August 27th, 2009 
 
 
 
(end text) 
 
POLASCHIK