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Sunday, 04 September, Year 3 d.Tr. | Author: Mircea Popescu

101004 3/19/2007 15:32 07BUCHAREST321 Embassy Bucharest UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY VZCZCXYZ0002 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHBM #0321 0781532 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 191532Z MAR 07 FM AMEMBASSY BUCHAREST TO RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6285 INFO RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY UNCLAS BUCHAREST 000321

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STATE FOR EUR AND PM FROM THE AMBASSADOR

E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MARR, MCAP, PREL, RO SUBJECT: AUTHORIZATION REQUEST FOR HOS AND MOD TO BOARD US MIL AIRCRAFT

I FORMALLY REQUEST DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION TO FLY THE ROMANIAN HEAD-OF-STATE - - PRESIDENT TRAIAN BASESCU, THE ROMANIAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE - - SORIN FRUNZAVERDE, THE DEPUTY MOD FOR POLICY - - STATE SECRETARY CORNELIU DOBRITOIU, AND THE CHIEF OF DEFENSE - - ADMIRAL GHEORGHE MARIN, ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT ON OR ABOUT 3 MAY 2007.

US AIR FORCES IN EUROPE (USAFE) WILL CONDUCT EXERCISE "SNIPER LANCE 2007" AT MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU AIR BASE, NEAR CONSTANTA, ROMANIA FROM 21 APRIL THROUGH 4 MAY 2007. THE EXERCISE WILL INCLUDE USAFE-ASSIGNED F-15 AND KC-135 AIRCRAFT. A CIVIC LEADER AND MEDIA DAY IS PLANNED FOR 3 MAY 2007. INVITATIONS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO THE ROMANIAN PRESIDENT AND MINISTER OF DEFENSE TO ATTEND. FURTHER, GENERAL WILLIAM HOBBINS, COMUSAFE, AND I WISH TO OFFER AN ORIENTATION FLIGHT TO THESE ROMANIAN LEADERS ABOARD A KC-15 OR F-15 AIRCRAFT.

ALL APPLICABLE MEDICAL AND PHYSICAL SCREENING WILL BE PRECOORDINATED IF ANY INDIVIDUAL INTENDS TO FLY ON BOARD THE HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT (F-15D). TAUBMAN

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