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Norman, Alain G

From: Norman, Alain G

Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005.3:04 PM
To: Atkinson, David R; Fox, StephenR (NEAlRA); Campbell, William N(AF/EX); Martinez, Eduardo J
Cc: Morrow, Michael K; Bass, John R (OPS): Christenson, Richard A; Yu, Alan'K
Subject: Katrina Wrap-up

Yes, gentlemen, its an optimistic SUbject line, but I'm writing to ask you to let me know the latest on any
outstanding matters relating to offers of assistance from countries In your region.

As you may know, I'm currently sub'ing for Michelle, and I was reviewing the materials she left me. As I
understand it, here's about where we stand (other than EUR countries, which I've been following, and SA, which
all seem to be completed):
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Brunei - Acceptance cable in progress?. ~a. "".,. DATE/CASE In: 23 AUG 2006 200503991
Fr. Polynesia - 100% decline cable in progress?*
Philippines - 100% decline cable in progress? -1,~ "" ll..l a
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Jordan - Steve: Weren't you getting in touch with OFDAIFEMA about accepting something? tfIttJ/..l-rtt r s!Nf rf"JrI'I'UJ)
Libya - OFAC ok pending? cH, :J. '7tJ/foz. ,
Morocco -100% decline cable in progress? £~,. flo 176t14f7 '

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Barbados - Ed, weren't you going to send me some info so I could ping somebody else? ----..;;:-.,f~ ...--
Brazil - 100% decline cable In progress? .. D..tl'eJf 1',.1 ".t! 1:J6'f

Dominica - 100% decline cable in progress?

Ecuador - 100% decline cable in progress?
EI Salvador -100% decline cable in progress?r"""',J)
Guatemala - 100% decline cable in progress? (~~ MlJ
Jamaica - I know, I know, a mil-mil issue.•.:) lit, .",t ~ -,.,)/ uJx, ~~ ~
Nicaragua - 100% decline cable in progress?
Panama - 100% decline cable in progress?'" ••+iJ
Paraguay - 100% decline cable in.progress?
Jl St. V & Gs - Acceptance cable in progress?
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*(For these, perhaps you'll need to check with S/ES-CR's Natalie Chagnon, if she already received the cable to go
out.)

I'd really appreciate your letting me know iflwhen the relevant cables have gone out (With MRNs would be nice).

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From: Harris, Michelle F(Main State)
Sent: Thursday. September 29, 2005 4:50 PM
To: Katrina Working Group; 'adam.isles@dhs.gov'; 'andrew.baukol@do.treas.gov';
'carl.maryott@do.treas.gov'; Adams, David A(PPC/DEI)(RRB. 6.08-073);
'Brandon_Davisson@omb.eop.gov'; 'elizabeth.Katchka@dhs.gov'; 'michael.hirsch@dhs.gov';
'shorriga@omb.eop.gov';· 'sonja.nieuwejaar@dhs.gov'; 'jp.henderson@associates.dhs.gov';
'jmeline@nsc.eop.gov'; 'John_Simon@nsc.eop.gov'; Moore, Elizabeth E; Paschall, Richard C;
Thessin, James H; Bass, John R (OPS);Tyckoski, James E; DeMarcellus. Roland F; Visek,
Richard C; Scalzo, Christopher R
Cc: Anderson, RogerW(Charfeston); Millette, James L(Charleston); Schaub, Daniel D(Special
Use Only);Tucker, Kelly J
Subject: Cash Donation ReportUpdate - 09 29 05

Attachments:

The attached Includes sensitive Information - please do not forward.

Attached pleasefind the Cash Donation ReportIncluding cash commitments to and receipts by USG as of 09 29 05.

Summaryof changes since last report (092805):

• Deleted Macedonia $300,000 - offer did not materialize

• Deleted Morocco $500,000 - donation went to Red Cross, not USG
• Added receipt of Senegal $100,000
• Corrected Saudi offer to $100,000.000
• Corrected Ghana offer to $100,000
• Corrected Botswana offer to $100,000
• Confirmed Kenya $102.409 - went to BushClinton, notUSG. Not reported on the attached.-

In progress:

• Confirming if Indonesia $25k was private or govt to govt.

Thanks.

Michelle Harris
SpecialAssistant
Katrina Working Group

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From: Tucker, Kelly J(S/ES-O/CMS)

Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 1:29 PM
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To: Harris, Michelle F; Katrina Working Group
SUbject: Moroccan Assistance Offer

Michelle,

DAS Scott Parsons

offer:
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USTR called and wants to know about the Moroccan Katrina assistance

• What was the Moroccan offer?

• Did we accept?
• If so, what is the status?

Please task this and have the appropriate person (either Deborah or NEA rep) follow-up With
Parsons directly at 202-622-0887.

Let me know who will make the call so I can close the loop with Mike.

Thanks,
Kelly

·····Original Message-----
From: Harris, Michelle F
sent: Tuesday, September27,20055:18 PM
To: Katrina Working Group
ee: Tucker, Kelly J
Subject: ' Offer Status Report - 9/27 1700

Information in the attached report is based on input from Katrina Working Group regional bureau reps, updated as of
9/27 1700. *Red items have been edited since last report issuance.

Attached please find by bureau/country:

• Offers accepted in whole or in part (acceptance cables for these offers are complete),
• Country offers USG will decline in total
• Acceptance cables and/or acceptance decisions pending.

Note that there are two tabs, one listfng countries only, one includinq offer detail.

Status of thank yous, acknowledqernents and/or condolence .is not included in this report.

Internal working document attached; do not distribute.

Thanks,

Michelle Harris
Special Assistant
Katrina Working Group

« File: Offer Status Summary 9 27 05.xls »

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Choi, Martino I
From: CMS TaskForce1 Q
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 3:00 PM RELEASED IN FULL
To: Sheppard, Margaret D(Main State)
Cc: TaskForce-1
Subject: FW: FW: (UN) KINGDOM OF MOROCCO DONATION FOR HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF
EFFORTS .

Attachments: (UN) RABAT 1880

From: Ewing, Y Robert(NEA/MAG)

sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 2:45 PM
To: TaskForce-l
Subject: FW: (UN) KINGDOM OF MOROCCO DONATION FOR HURRICANE KATRINA REUEF EFFORTS

For NEA. Please log this cable. The Government of Morocco has just contributed 500K for Hurricane Relief efforts.

NotesTele.txt (9
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TELEGRAM September 08, 2005

To: SECSTATE WASHDC - PRIORITY

Action: FOE

From: AMEMBASSY RABAT (RABAT 1880 - PRIORITY)

. TAGS: AFIN, AMGT

Captions: None

Subject: KINGDOM OF MOROCCO DONATION FOR HURRICANE KATRINA

RELI EF EFFORTS

Ref: SECSTATE 164963

The Kingdom of Morocco has committed $500,000 to Hurricane

Katrina .
relief efforts'. A deposit is being made at the U.S. Embassy
in
Rabat for transfer to the Red Cross. Please include the
Moroccan .
Government donation with information provided to the public.
RILEY

Additional Addressees:
None
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Q'Herron, Petra C
From: CMS TaskForce1 Q
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 3:40 PM
To: Ewing, Y Robert (NENMAG) RELEASED IN FULL
Cc: Germain, Ellen J; TaskForce-1
Subject: RE: Request: Morocco contribution not in TF docs

Thanks - blw, it missed the sltrep but will be in the 1700 Executive Summary report to S, et ai". Joel
-,-Qriginal Message-----
From: Ewing,Y Robert(NEA/MAG)
sent: Friday, september 09, 2005 3:29 PM
To: eMS TaskForcelQ
Cc: Germain, Ellen J; TaskForce-1
Subject: RE; Request: Morocco contribution not in TF docs

Thanks, Joel.

See Rabat 1880 -I sent it on the class system.

Robert Ewing
Morocco Desk Officer
NEA/MAG Room 6250
Department of State
Washington DC 20520
Tel: (202) 647-1724
Fax: (202) 736-4460
EwingYR@state.gov

From: eMS TaskForcelQ(S/ES-O{TF)

sent: Friday, september 09, 2005 3:25 PM
To: Ewing, Y Robert (NEA/MAG)
Cc: Germain, Ellen 'J; TaskForce-l
Subject: Request: Morocco contribution not in TF docs
Importance: High

Robert - there's currently no mention of the Moroccan offer of $500K in cash. Could you email us (specify 'for NEA')
with all the info you have on their offer and I'll then get it into the system (Matrix and Sitrep»?

Thanks, Joel

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From: Fox. StephenOR (NEAlRA) RELEASED IN FULL
Sent: Sunday, September 25. 2005 8:58 PM
To: Harris. MichelleF; McCarthy. Deborah A
Subject: NEA: Status of Follow-up actionson Hurricane Katrina

I sent the message below to NEA desks on Friday at noon. Here is the status of respoa~f::.._~
COB Friday. Apologies for missing the 1:00 deadline; I was out all afternoon at a large retirement
ceremony for our office. Note that there is a request for guidance as regards Jordan. Will follow up
on Monday to try to get more complete responses.
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Thanks.

These comments are relatively unedited cut-and-paste responses from desk officers.

The MRN for the thank you cable to Israel for the offer of assistance is STATE 174118

The matrix for Israel is totally screwed. up. I tried to correct this once. but was told the Task Force
would not remove anything from the matrix. The GOI offers of assistance are repeated multiple times
° with slight variations, all garbles of a couple of main offers (problem partly caused by GOI calling every
agency in town to reiterate their assistance offers). In the matrix, line 240 is accurate, line 243 is
accurate, lines 245 and 244 are the same thing. line 246 is accurate. line 247 and 249 deal with the same
offer, line 250 is accurate. All other lines in the matrix concerning Israel are either inaccurate or garbled
repeats of the offers mentioned in the lines I just mentioned and should be deleted. All GOI offers were
eventually declined. except for the relief flight mentioned in the second document.

Jordan

We conveyed to the GOl a FEMAlDHS request for first aid kits without pharmaceuticals. The
Jordanians were studying the request and attempting to ascertain if they could fulfillit, If these items are
no longer needed, please let me know so we can officially tell the Jordanians.

I don't think a thank-you cable is needed.for Jordan blc Secretary Rumsfeld already sent a thank-you
letter to King Abdullah, and the King received numerous thank-yous in person during his recent visit to
the u.s. Please advise.

Lebanon

No offer of help.

Libya hasn't made a specific offer ofhelp. They would require an OFAC waiver to provide assistance;
we told them that.

Morocco

Morocco has a thank you cable in process with S/ES waiting to go out - apparently, they still have a
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number to work through.

Palestinian Authority

The Palestinian Authority made a $10,000 donation to the American red Cross. The Matrix reflects this,
but the second document you sent [the "Cables Matrix" attachment in Michelle's e-mail of 10:12 a.m.
Friday] does not, and should be changed to reflect the PA contribution. The thank you cable for the PA
was STATE 172112.

Tunisia

. The stuff arrived, the acceptance cable went out, and the thank you note is still with S staff.

Colleagues --

The chain below is a little hard to follow, but here is what is needed on a reasonably quick basis (the
urgency is principally to close out Katrina-related business before we are inundated with Rita over the
weekend).
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1. Look at the following chart of needed follow-up actions to fill in the blanks and close the thank-you
loops on gifts received from NEA countries. There actions for most, though not all, NEA desk
officers.

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actions 09 23 as...

This table is cross-referenced to the master matrix, in step 2 below (which is SBU/close hold).

2. Check in this master matrix for any items for your countries that I may have missed.

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Wortlng -
International Offer..,

3. Send me an e-mail via the reply function (don't fill in boxes in the matrix) with responses to the
"actions needed" items or other things you have spotted in the matrix. "II assemble everything and
send one response to the WG.

4. If you need to draft a thank-you reply cable, the models to use are below. Generally, I don't think
they need a front office clearance (beyond a cc to the staff aides). Send them directly to Michelle
Harris for approval, cc to me, and push them out.

5. Drop dead date is allegedly 1:00 today, but under the circumstances, mid-afternoon will be more
than acceptable. I'll be out 3-5 and will send then.

Thanks.

Steve Fox,
Deputy Director, NEA/RA
Office of Regional Affairs
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Tel: (202) 647-4505
Fax: (202) 647·7837

From: Harris, MidleIle F(Maln State)

sent: Friday, september 23,2005 10:12 AM
To: Katrina Working Group; Mllhous, Virginia H(AF/EX)
Cc: Tucker, Kelly J
SUbJect: cable AcUons
Importance: High

KWG Regional Bureau Reps-

Per meeting this morning:

• Attached please find the current outgoing Cable Log. ,

• Refer to my email yesterday (Subject: Katrina Cable Guidance) for sample cable language, and advise supporting
desks and/or posts to use the same. The less deviation from the sample language the better.
• FYI - A draft cable does exist for 100% declined countries. I will distribute to the KWG after receiving further guidance
~m& .
• By 1:00pm today, please send me a list of countries that have open offers/remaining action items, l.e.,
-'Country A, 500 tents. pending FEMA decision
- Country B, USD 10,000. cable being drafted ,
- Country C, plastic sheeting and 1,000 rations. country offer 100% declined (holding for S guidance)
• Let's give a big push to get all acceptance/partial acceptance cables out today if at all possible.

Thanks,

Michelle Harris
Special Assistant
Katrina Working Group

--Original Message---
From: Harris, Michelle F
sent: Thursday, september 22, 2005 4:40 PM
To: Katrina Working Group
Cc: Vlsek, Richard C; Milhous, Virginia H(AF/EX}; Smith, Nakita S
Subject: Katrina cable Guidance

Hi Everyone -

Please use the following as examples (formaVwording) for drafting acceptance/partial acceptance cables. You can
draft cables using Cable Express. Run clearances. then transmit to me via email. I'll review, track, pass to Deborah for
final chop.

• Acceptance of cash donations: State 172114 or State 172098

• Acceptance of material donations: State 172092
• Partial acceptance of cash and/or material donations: See cables above for TPs 1 and 3, State 172113 for TP 2

For Talking Points: Use exact language as in cables above for TPs 1 and 3. Edit TP 2 to reflect offer details.
For Subject Line: Use exact wording as in cables above, substitute country name.

Required clearances are as follows:

• For all above cables: Reg Bureau. L (this week Richard Vlsek, next week Richard or Peter Gutherie), TFUS01
(Deborah via me)
• For cash donations: Add RM - info only (Donna Bordley)
• For material donations: Add OFDA (Tony Stitt - tstitt@ofda.net)

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Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks.

Michelle Harris
Special Assistant
Katrina Working Group

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