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• . ·om: , .ent: To: Subject: ~. ; .. : / ....... ., ·.· . ·~ l· ,, }:x..-ecut.ive Secretary, Governance Group . ~ .... Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance.' Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy •, Ji _;( ·--.· _.,. . . ~· o ' ,.,.t..!. - "',,.I n "; · :. ~ ... : • "' "•" ~ fax: <b><2> phon ~ e ~ : ~--------~~ email: (b><2 > ~~=---------~----------~ ~----------------------~ '. . i .. t'! ·. ' . Special Assistant to the Director Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance Office of the Secreta of Defense Th· e Pentagon, Room.._ <b > _ _ > _ ...... Washin ton DC 20301-2400 Tel: < 2> E are going to 102 degrees this week end. Wh~e ... 1. We have on objection to 'this group. /A-8 1 " "':I' 2. WE'll check on this one. ~ ~· ~- ;.~~:.···;-.;;. • .-. - . : .. 0 • .:.. !'. ---=. -~~ - ... : _ 4. This is a non-issue it Is' being taken care of. -· 5. Our international guy is <b><6> <b><7><C> ~ p- -·' ,.,.....,.,..,.....,;=:"lAt""------. coaltition contact. - -· from the UK. He is our point man on the 6 . OK 7. I'll get back with you. 8 . OkCJy All is welL On the correspondence part that everyone is talking about. WE have faxed the letters from Jay to the SECDEF via cables. : I have confirmations on every paper. I also sent copies to DiRita, Durnan, Henry, and-Feith_ efnaik:1So .. - . CIV, OSD-POLICY" < ><2> wrote: ~----------~ ~------------------~ >Greetings from Washington, where it's a · beautiful 75 degrees only 48 hours >after it snowed. - The weather in Washington is as screwy as the politicians. > >Here are the issues of tre day: > > > > 1. We plan to bring three people (b)(S) <b><7><Cl . ~~~~~ ~b !) on contract with SAlt in support of the democraey and governance team >(Liz Cheney/Scott Carpenter group, which will work with Ryan Henry on >developing long-term political .institutions). They will remain in >Washington until Garner releases Ryan Henry and the people who will form his >policy staff in ORHA Forward to come to Iraq. The E-ring is screaming to >bring them on now and the statement of work is bein· g held up due·to an email >sent byfb"Re> (b)(7)(C) I Plea-se· confirm for us that you have no >objections to this woup,· which D~pSecDef Woifowitz wants to start work >immediate!y, from coming on board and beginning its in Washington. Again, >we wiiJ nc,t send them to you until you give us the go.. > > > >2. WE ur.der-standl(b)(S) K 6)(5) 2 .. ' ·'- . ...-- - . .: ,. { - (6)(5) > : •t... •' ... > > ·- >3. At the direction of Under Secretary for Intelligence Steve Cambone, USAF >Office of Special I nvestigations (AFOSI) will provide CI support to ORHA. >An AFOSI Operations assessment team is planning to arrive in Kuwai~ City on >4 April conduct an on-site CI needs assessment. They have already scheduled >meetings with ORHA, CENTCOM, and Embassy Kuwait officials. (No info on >whom.) Be aware that these guys are on their way in your direction. POC is (b)(2).(b><6> (b><7><C> DOD Count~rintel Field Activity Directorate of Operations, '-:' .> "> > >4. We understand the issue of getting NGOs badges that are accepted by >coalition forces is becoming hot, as NGOs don't want to accept badges issued >by the HOC yet are frustrated that they have to wait at coalition >checkpoints because no one knows who they are or what they are doing. The _ >president of NGO the umbrella group Interaction went on CNN to gripe about >this earlier today, asserting that the military is trying to assert too much · >control over food aid. Do you see this as a hot issue for you? It seems as ·if this will have to be worked in DC (USAID/State/NGOs) as well as in Kuwait >(HOC, ORHA Humanitarian Assistapce.staff, and NGOs). > > > . . >5. At the suggestion of Zakheim and Feith, we· are goin to work a cable >with OSD Com troller State and JCS to encourageL.. <b ><5 _ _ > _______ __. b)(S> Abizaid gave his OK to >this approach via e-mail. Stay tuned. > · > > >6. has for > > > > 7. Just sent you qrafts of tomorrow's ORHA update and top ten slides on the >high side. Please review and get back to me before 0530 DC time so we can >incorporate any chcmges, additlons, or expletives into the documents before >we meet with R,yan at. 0615 . . > >8. Please tell {b (a) (b}( H > that the black suitcase of his that went missing >on the way back from the NBC training has appeared in our new office in t t I \ ) 3 •· •' .