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220959 8/14/2009 22:37 09STATE85140 Secretary of State UNCLASSIFIED 09ATHENS0|09AUCKLAND25|09BELMOPAN49|09BISSAU57|09BUCHAREST35|09CALGARY25|09CAPETOWN10|09DJIBOUTI62|09GRENADA50|09GUATEMALA50|09HALIFAX30|09HONGKONG51|09JERUSALEM30|09JERUSALEM55|09JOHANNESBURG35|09KUWAIT55|09LOME25|09LUXEMBOURG50|09MEXICO51|09OTTAWA25|09PANAMA52|09PRAGUE42|09PRETORIA35|09PRISTINA10|09PUSAN5|09QUEBEC25|09SAOPAULO20|09SARAJEVO5|09SEOUL5|09STOCKHOLM42|09TELAVIV30|09TORONTO35|09UNITEDARABEMIRATES55|09VICTORIA30|09WELLINGTON25|09WINNIPEG25 VZCZCXRO3073 PP RUEHAG RUEHAO RUEHAP RUEHAST RUEHAT RUEHBC RUEHBI RUEHBL RUEHBZ RUEHCD RUEHCHI RUEHCI RUEHCN RUEHDA RUEHDBU RUEHDE RUEHDF RUEHDH RUEHDT RUEHDU RUEHED RUEHEL RUEHFK RUEHFL RUEHGA RUEHGD RUEHGH RUEHGI RUEHGR RUEHHA RUEHHM RUEHHO RUEHHT RUEHIHL RUEHIK RUEHJO RUEHJS RUEHKN RUEHKR RUEHKSO RUEHKUK RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHLH RUEHLN RUEHLZ RUEHMA RUEHMC RUEHMJ RUEHMR RUEHMRE RUEHMT RUEHNAG RUEHNEH RUEHNG RUEHNH RUEHNL RUEHNP RUEHNZ RUEHPA RUEHPB RUEHPD RUEHPOD RUEHPT RUEHPW RUEHQU RUEHRD RUEHRG RUEHRN RUEHROV RUEHRS RUEHSK RUEHSL RUEHTM RUEHTRO RUEHVC RUEHVK RUEHYG DE RUEHC #5140/01 2262256 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 142237Z AUG 09 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHTRO/AMEMBASSY TRIPOLI 9082 RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC RUEHFSC/USOFFICE FSC CHARLESTON 0012 RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON DC RUEHPH/CDC ATLANTA 7786 RHMFIUU/NAVSTA ROTA SP RHMFIUU/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON DC RUEPWJF/HQ BICE WASHINGTON DC RUEADWD/DA WASHINGTON DC//PDTATAC// RHMFIUU/CDRHRC AG PERS SVCS ALEXANDRIA VA RHMFISS/CDRUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE RHMFIUU/CDRAMC EUROPE SECKENHEIM GE RHMFIUU/HQ USAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE RHMFIUU/CG MCB CAMP BUTLER JA RUEAGSA/GSA OFFICE INFO SECURITY WASHINGTON DC RHMFIUU/CDRUSAETAC WINCHESTER VA RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC RUDKC/RRF CROUGHTON 9694 RUEKJCS/DODDS WASHINGTON DC RUETIAA/DIRNSA FT GEORGE G MEADE MD RUEADWD/DA WASHINGTON DC RHMFIUU/CDRUSAEIGHT SEOUL KOR RHMFIUU/COMUSNAVEUR NAPLES IT RHMFIUU/HQ PACAF HICKAM AFB HI RHMFIUU/51MSS OSAN AB KOR RHMFIUU/35MSG MISAWA AB JA RUENAAA/DIRNSCPO WASHINGTON DC RUWHDTK/HQ AAFES DALLAS TX RHMFIUU/DFAS INDIANAPOLIS IN RHMFIUU/HRO SATELLITE SASEBO JA RHMFIUU/36MSS ANDERSEN AFB GU RHMFIUU/374MSS YOKOTA AB JA RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE RHEFHLC/DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON DC RHMCSUU/FAA NATIONAL HQ WASHINGTON DC UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 09 STATE 085140

SIPDIS, PASS TO ALL USAID MISSIONS

E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ALOW, AMGT, APER, AFIN SUBJECT: Allowance and Post Differential Reclassifications TL:SR-714

Ref: Section 920 Standardized Regulations (GC,FA)

1. Effective August 16, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-714.

2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable.

3. Important: Read this entire message as posts may be listed more than once. Changes are listed by allowance or differential rather than by post.

4. Taiwan has been included, when applicable, under arrangement with the American Institute in Taiwan.

5. The Post (Hardship) Differential changes for Greece are based on a Post (Hardship) Differential survey submitted by Athens.

6. The changes in the Living Quarters Allowance rates for Australia, Norway, and Portugal are based on living quarters expenditure surveys submitted by Air Force.

7. All Post Allowance changes are based on currency exchange rate information reported to the Office of Allowances as of the first Thursday of Pay Period 16 (August 6, 2009).

8. The Education ?At-Post? Allowance rate changes are based on updated information provided by posts for the 2009-2010 school year.

9. The Education "Away-from-Post" Allowance rates are revised as shown below and are listed by COUNTRY. The school away-from-post rates are applicable for only (repeat ONLY) those posts within the listed countries where local schools are INADEQUATE in one or more grades as indicated in Section 920 of the Department of State Standardized Regulations (DSSR). To determine which grades are INADEQUATE, Section 920 will show higher away-from-post education allowance rates than the at-post education allowance rates. If the away-from-post education allowance rates

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are the same as the at-post education allowance rates, then the school grades are ADEQUATE. The new away-from-post education allowance rates are based on updated transportation costs and a survey of selected boarding school expenses for the 2009/2010 school year.

10. This information is available on the State Department internet and intranet sites. The internet site address is: http://aoprals.state.gov. The intranet (internal State Department network) site address is: http://aoprals.a.state.gov/.

POST DIFFERENTIAL FROM TO GREECE ATHENS 0 5 ELEFSIS 0 5 ELLINIKON 0 5 MT. PARNIS 0 5 MT. PATER 0 5 NEA MAKR 0 5 PIRAEUS 0 5 TANAGRA 0 5

LIVING QUARTERS ALLOWANCE FROM TO 2 3 4 2 3 4 AUSTRALIA ADELAIDE WF 16400 15600 13100 28100 28100 26700 WOF 15600 13100 11600 28100 26700 23300 NORWAY STAVANGER WF 32600 32200 26000 40700 40500 33000 WOF 32200 26000 23500 40500 33000 30000 PORTUGAL LAJES FIELD WF 26600 25300 24000 29300 27900 26500 WOF 25300 24000 21300 28000 26500 23400

POST ALLOWANCE FROM TO BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA BANJA LUK 5 10 OTHER 5 10 SARAJEVO 5 10

BRAZIL SAO PAULO 20 25

CANADA AMHERSTBURG 25 30 ARGENTIA 25 30 CALGARY 25 30 DARTMOUTH 30 35 EDMONTON 25 30

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HALIFAX 30 35 KINGSVILLE 25 30 LONDON, ONTARIO 10 15 NORTH BAY CANADIAN FORCES BASE 25 30 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES 25 30 OTHER 25 30 OTTAWA 25 30 PRINCE RUPERT 25 30 QUEBEC 25 30 STRAIT OF GEORGIA TEST RANGE, B.C. 25 30 TORONTO 35 42 VICTORIA 30 35 WINNIPEG 25 30

CZECH REPUBLIC OTHER 42 50 PRAGUE 42 50

GUATEMALA GUATEMALA CITY 5 0 OTHER 5 0

ISRAEL KARMI'EL 30 25 OTHER 30 25 TEL AVIV 30 25

JERUSALEM JERUSALEM 30 25 WEST BANK 30 25

KOREA AMMO DEPOT #9 5 10 CAMP CARROLL 5 10 CAMP COLBERN 5 10 CAMP MARKET 5 10 CAMP MERCER 5 10 CHANGWON 5 10 CHINHAE 5 10 CHUNCHON 5 10 K-16 5 10 KIMHAE 5 10 KIMPO AIRFIELD 5 10 KUNSAN 5 10 KWANGJU 5 10 MUNSAN 5 10 OSAN AB 5 10 OTHER 5 10 PUSAN 5 10 PYONGTAEK 5 10 SEOUL 5 10 SUWON 5 10 TAEGU 5 10 TONGDUCHON 5 10 UIJONGBU 5 10 WAEGWAN 5 10

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KOSOVO OTHER 10 15 PRISTINA 10 15

NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND 25 30 BLENHEIM 25 30 CHRISTCHURCH 25 30 OTHER 25 30 WELLINGTON 25 30

ROMANIA BUCHAREST 35 42

SOUTH AFRICA CAPE TOWN 10 5 JOHANNESBURG 35 30 PRETORIA 35 30

SWEDEN OTHER 35 42 STOCKHOLM 42 50

TOGO LOME 25 30 OTHER 25 30

EDUCATION ALLOWANCE FROM TO AWAY AWAY AT FROM AT FROM GRADE POST POST GRADE POST POST BOLIVIA COCHABAMBA K 2550 2550 K-6 4300 4300 1-6 4000 4000 7-12 5050 57250 7-10 4700 58400 11-12 4850 58400

CANADA OTTAWA K-8 26100 26100 K-8 23350 23350 9-12 23200 47850 9-12 24800 50600

CROATIA ZAGREB K-5 24850 24850 K-5 25650 25650 6-8 25750 25750 6-8 26500 26500 9-12 26350 52800 9-12 27100 51450

FRANCE LYON K-12 10750 48500 K 8250 51150 1-5 11850 51150 6-8 14500 51150 9-10 17400 51150 11-12 20050 51150

MARSEILLE K-3 4450 4450 K-3 4450 4450 4 4350 4350 4 4350 4350 5-8 4350 48500 5 4350 51150

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9-12 550 48500 6 12600 51150 7 12750 51150 8 12900 51150 9 13100 51150 10 13400 51150 11 13850 51150 12 14450 51150

JAPAN GIFU K-5 17250 17250 K-5 19850 19850 6-12 18900 18900 6-12 21750 21750

KOMAKI K-5 17250 17250 K-5 19850 19850 6-12 18900 18900 6-12 21750 21750

NAGOYA K-5 17250 17250 K-5 19850 19850 6-12 18900 18900 6-12 21750 21750

KAZAKHSTAN ALMATY K-12 24500 63000 K-12 20500 57400

LESOTHO MASERU K-1 6400 6400 K-1 7800 7800 2-5 6400 59600 2-5 7800 57450 6-12 10400 59600 6-12 12900 57450

LITHUANIA VILNIUS K-5 27350 27350 K-5 25300 25300 6-8 29400 29400 6-8 27150 27150 9-10 31850 52500 9-11 29350 52400 11-12 300 52500 12 300 52400

PANAMA PANAMA CITY K-5 10350 10350 K-5 11300 11300 6-8 11250 11250 6-8 12200 12200 9-12 12200 12200 9-10 13200 13200 11-12 14150 14150

RUSSIA MOSCOW K-5 24900 24900 K-5 25350 25350 6-8 26500 26500 6-8 26950 26950 9-10 28100 28100 9-10 28600 28600 11-12 29600 29600 11-12 30100 30100

SPAIN VALENCIA K-6 9650 52900 K-6 9650 51600 7-12 10550 52900 7-12 10550 51600

SWAZILAND MBABANE K 1900 1900 K 2700 2700 1-7 2300 2300 1-7 2500 2500 8 6100 61450 8 5700 56300 9 6150 61450 9 5950 56300 10 6450 61450 10-11 6050 56300 11-12 6550 61450 12 8400 56300

THE GAMBIA BANJUL K-5 7500 7500 K-5 8000 8000

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6 8750 8750 6 9200 9200 7-8 8750 56800 7-8 9200 54550 9 3400 56800 9 3400 54550 10-11 3850 56800 10-11 3850 54550 12 4700 56800 12 4700 54550

AWAY FROM POST EDUCATION ALLOWANCE

NOTE: The higher school away-from-post education allowance rates below are applicable for ONLY (repeat ONLY) those posts/grades within the listed countries where local schools are INADEQUATE as indicated in Section 920 of the Department of State Standardized Regulations (DSSR).

FROM TO

AFGHANISTAN 61,950 64,600 ALBANIA 52,800 54,200 ALGERIA 54,700 52,550 ANGOLA 65,300 61,800 ARGENTINA 59,600 51,800 ARMENIA 56,650 55,350 AUSTRALIA 57,300 58,200 AUSTRIA 53,650 50,900 AZERBAIJAN 55,850 57,100 BAHAMAS 48,450 49,700 BANGLADESH 57,950 56,100 BARBADOS 50,050 52,700 BELARUS 52,750 53,300 BELGIUM 53,200 50,900 BELIZE 49,700 51,550 BENIN 66,100 56,850 BERMUDA 53,850 52,450 BOLIVIA 58,400 57,250 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 52,600 52,250 BOTSWANA 55,950 54,300 BRAZIL 63,800 58,700 BRUNEI 58,550 61,200 BULGARIA 54,150 51,400 BURKINA FASO 61,050 57,850 BURMA 57,750 55,850 BURUNDI 57,500 58,050 CAMBODIA 56,850 56,850 CAMEROON 61,900 57,700 CANADA 47,850 50,600 CAPE VERDE 59,700 56,150 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 61,050 57,400 CHAD 62,900 60,900 CHILE 58,000 54,150 CHINA 51,350 54,950 COLOMBIA 52,000 51,700 COOK ISLANDS 62,900 67,150 COSTA RICA 50,300 50,900 COTE D'IVOIRE 60,100 58,050 CROATIA 52,800 51,450

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CUBA 49,350 52,000 CYPRUS 53,500 53,450 CZECH REPUBLIC 53,150 51,650 DEM. PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 59,150 61,800 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 62,400 59,950 DENMARK 53,200 50,850 DJIBOUTI 62,000 60,400 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 49,100 51,050 ECUADOR 49,950 52,600 EGYPT 57,800 52,300 EL SALVADOR 53,250 51,450 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 61,900 58,450 ERITREA 62,800 59,300 ESTONIA 52,000 52,250 ETHIOPIA 56,700 54,850 FIJI 60,350 60,900 FINLAND 55,300 51,850 FRANCE 48,500 51,150 GABON 64,850 59,850 GEORGIA 52,750 54,100 GERMANY 52,750 50,700 GHANA 58,750 54,800 GREECE 53,350 51,950 GREENLAND 50,350 54,050 GRENADA 50,800 51,800 GUATEMALA 50,200 51,350 GUINEA 60,600 56,800 GUINEA-BISSAU 57,850 59,950 GUYANA 50,100 52,000 HAITI 49,400 51,050 HONDURAS 49,600 52,250 HONG KONG 51,900 57,100 HUNGARY 52,550 51,800 ICELAND 50,550 51,900 INDIA 61,000 54,400 INDONESIA 52,650 57,900 IRAQ 56,500 58,500 ISRAEL 55,100 52,650 ITALY 54,050 50,600 JAMAICA 49,650 50,900 JAPAN 52,100 55,900 JERUSALEM 55,100 52,650 JORDAN 57,150 54,550 KAZAKHSTAN 63,000 57,400 KENYA 58,700 55,300 KIRIBATI 65,250 64,500 KOREA 56,800 55,450 KOSOVO 53,750 54,000 KUWAIT 55,450 53,550 KYRGYZSTAN 63,000 61,400 LAOS 55,450 59,850 LATVIA 52,050 52,250 LEBANON 59,950 56,650 LESOTHO 59,600 57,450 LIBERIA 62,250 59,250 LIBYA 52,700 53,000

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LITHUANIA 52,500 52,400 LUXEMBOURG 50,200 51,600 MACEDONIA 50,200 55,300 MADAGASCAR 55,400 59,200 MALAWI 62,050 58,800 MALAYSIA 59,100 57,050 MALI 60,250 56,200 MALTA 50,800 51,700 MARSHALL ISLANDS 64,850 58,300 MAURITANIA 59,200 55,550 MAURITIUS 67,250 57,350 MEXICO 51,800 52,050 MICRONESIA 62,850 58,250 MOLDOVA 53,200 54,350 MONGOLIA 57,600 56,650 MONTENEGRO 53,000 51,650 MOROCCO 52,300 52,500 MOZAMBIQUE 55,600 57,200 NAMIBIA 60,450 55,250 NEPAL 55,750 57,700 NETHERLANDS 53,150 51,450 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 51,350 51,750 NEW ZEALAND 62,900 60,050 NICARAGUA 52,550 52,400 NIGER 62,050 61,200 NIGERIA 61,050 55,050 NORWAY 52,650 51,050 OMAN 56,150 52,150 PAKISTAN 55,250 55,000 PALAU 53,650 58,450 PANAMA 52,950 51,950 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 65,550 61,050 PARAGUAY 52,200 52,550 PERU 54,600 53,050 PHILIPPINES 53,200 55,850 POLAND 48,200 51,150 PORTUGAL 51,750 52,650 QATAR 55,750 52,200 REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 62,150 59,850 ROMANIA 54,250 51,150 RUSSIA 53,500 51,750 RWANDA 61,050 57,300 SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 50,050 51,600 SAMOA ISLANDS 64,150 57,950 SAO TOME & PRINCIPE 64,000 61,550 SAUDI ARABIA 57,100 54,550 SENEGAL 58,600 55,700 SERBIA 53,000 51,350 SIERRA LEONE 55,100 59,950 SLOVAK REPUBLIC 54,400 52,150 SLOVENIA 49,500 51,750 SOLOMON ISLANDS 60,950 67,600 SOMALIA 61,500 64,150 SOUTH AFRICA 60,250 57,200 SPAIN 52,900 51,600 SRI LANKA 53,950 55,850 ST LUCIA 47,650 51,450

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SUDAN 57,750 64,100 SURINAME 51,300 54,350 SWAZILAND 61,450 56,300 SWEDEN 52,700 50,950 SWITZERLAND 53,150 51,400 SYRIA 57,950 55,550 TAIWAN 57,850 55,900 TAJIKISTAN 53,050 56,250 TANZANIA 60,100 56,000 THAILAND 56,650 59,300 THE GAMBIA 56,800 54,550 Timor-Leste 52,650 58,100 TOGO 59,300 56,250 TONGA 64,650 56,350 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 50,400 51,050 TUNISIA 53,300 53,850 TURKEY 53,000 51,650 TURKMENISTAN 58,450 58,000 UGANDA 64,750 55,850 UKRAINE 52,000 51,600 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 55,650 51,950 UNITED KINGDOM 49,400 51,750 URUGUAY 56,400 52,650 UZBEKISTAN 55,900 55,750 VANUATU 64,600 61,950 VENEZUELA 50,900 54,150 VIETNAM 61,050 57,650 YEMEN 58,350 55,200 ZAMBIA 62,100 55,900 ZIMBABWE 62,850 59,650

MINIMIZE CONSIDERED CLINTON