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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINGSTON 000704 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
STATE FOR WHA/CAR (JMACK-WILSON) (BALVARADO) (VDEPIRRO) (WSMITH) 
L/LEI (CHOLLAND) (AKLUESNER) 
INR/IAA (GBOHIGAN) 
JUSTICE FOR OIA (PPETTY) 
TREASURY FOR ERIN NEPHEW 
INR/RES (RWARNER) 
PASS TO CENTRAL AMERICAN CARIBBEAN BASIN COLLECTIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
XL 
SUBJECT: JAMAICA: DIP NOTE RECEIVED ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 
 
REF: REF: A. STATE 85807 
 
¶1. (SBU) In a meeting with Foreign Minister (FM) Kenneth Baugh on 
September 18, CDA received the following diplomatic note, dated 
September 18, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign 
Trade (MFAFT): 
 
(Begin text of MFAFT DIP NOTE) 
 
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica 
presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of 
America and, further to the latter's Note No. 296 dated 25th August 
2009 concerning the request for extradition of Christopher Michael 
COKE, has the honour to transmit hereunder the request of the 
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Jamaica for additional 
information, in accordance with Article IX of the treaty, to enable 
the proper consideration of the request as required by the 
provisions of the treaty and domestic legal requirements. 
 
                The additional information requested is the 
following: 
 
a)      The names of the co-operating witnesses; 
 
b)      Whether these witnesses are being charged jointly with the 
accused Christopher Coke; 
 
c)       Whether the evidence which is contained in the statements 
of the cooperating witnesses was presented to the Grand Jury which 
returned the indictment; 
 
d)      If the answer to (c) is no, please advise the circumstances 
under which the cooperating witnesses decided to give evidence for 
the prosecution; 
 
e)      If the answer to (c) is no, then the Minister of Justice 
and Attorney General is requesting a copy of the evidence which was 
presented before the Grand Jury which formed the basis for the 
indictment; 
 
f)       Whether any scientific analysis of the substance alleged 
to be marijuana was done and placed before the Grand Jury, and if 
so the complete results of the analysis; 
 
g)      Whether there was any evidence of Mr. Coke having traveled 
to or entered the United States and the dates of such travel; and 
 
h)      A better quality copy of the photograph, as the one 
supplied is of extremely poor quality. 
 
In addition to the above, it is the understanding of the Minister 
of Justice and Attorney General that Mr. Coke was also designated a 
"Drug King Pin" by the Executive Authority of the United States. 
If this is correct, official confirmation is hereby requested of 
this designation and the statement of the circumstances justifying 
the said designation, as well as a certified copy of the statute or 
other law which authorized the designation. 
 
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General is also of the view 
that there has been significant delay in seeking Mr. Coke's 
extradition and this may be substantially prejudicial to him.  In 
the circumstances, an explanation for the delay is requested. 
 
Further, the Treaty mandates that a request for extradition should 
be made through normal diplomatic channels.  The Minister of 
Justice and Attorney General has indicated that there is clear 
evidence that the details of the request were passed to 
unauthorized persons prior to it being received by the Ministry of 
Justice through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. 
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General considers this a 
serious breach.  The perspective of the Requesting State as to how 
this could have occurred is hereby requested. 
 
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General looks forward to 
receiving the above mentioned information to enable the relevant 
deliberations to be expedited so as to fully comply with Jamaica's 
obligations under the treaty and Jamaican law. 
 
KINGSTON 00000704  002 OF 002 
 
 
A copy of the letter of 17th September 2009 from the Minister of 
Justice and Attorney General to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and 
Foreign Trade is attached for information and reference. 
 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica thanks 
the Embassy of the United States of America for its attention to 
the above and avails itself of this opportunity to renew the 
assurances of its highest consideration." 
 
(End Text) 
 
¶2. (U) CDA's discussion with FM will be reported via Septel. 
 
Parnell 
Parnell