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Viewing cable 09TRIPOLI358, LIBYA-UK PRISONER TRANSFER AGREEMENT IN FORCE
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| Reference ID | Created | Released | Classification | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09TRIPOLI358 | 2009-04-29 16:04 | 2011-01-31 21:09 | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | Embassy Tripoli |
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OO RUEHTRO
DE RUEHTRO #0358 1191625
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
O P 291625Z APR 09
FM AMEMBASSY TRIPOLI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4773
INFO RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 1044
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0730
RHEHAAA/NSC WASHINGTON DC
RHMFISS/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON DC
RUEHTRO/AMEMBASSY TRIPOLI 5303
C O N F I D E N T I A L TRIPOLI 000358
NOFORN
SIPDIS
LONDON FOR TSOU, PARIS FOR WALLER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 4/29/2019
TAGS: PREL PTER KTIA LY UK
SUBJECT: LIBYA-UK PRISONER TRANSFER AGREEMENT IN FORCE
REF: A. TRIPOLI 65
¶B. LONDON 569 C. LONDON 209 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador. REASON: 1.4 (b), (d)
1.(C//NF) The UK Embassy confirmed that the instruments of ratification for the UK-Libya Prisoner Transfer Agreement (PTA) were signed on April 29 by UK Ambassador Sir Vincent Fein and Mohammed Saghrir, head of the Legal Department at the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA-equivalent), putting the PTA into force. British Embassy contacts anticipate that the GOL will not submit a forma request to transfer convicted Pan Am 103 bomber Abdelbasset al-Megrahi to Libyan under the PTA until next week at the earliest. CRETZ