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Presidential delegation trimmed

The presidential delegation to the United Nations general assembly for 2007, or at least the one that was published in the diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks, was much smaller and only had seven names including his wife Grace.

Full cable:

Viewing cable 07HARARE695, UNGA HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND REQUESTS FOR

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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
07HARARE695	2007-08-03 09:29	2011-08-30 01:44	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	Embassy Harare

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RR RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN

DE RUEHSB #0695 2150929

ZNR UUUUU ZZH

R 030929Z AUG 07

FM AMEMBASSY HARARE

TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1756

INFO RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY

UNCLAS HARARE 000695

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

SIPDIS

AF/S FOR S. HILL

E.O. 12958: N/A

TAGS: PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA

SUBJECT: UNGA HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND REQUESTS FOR

MEETINGS – ZIMBABWE

REF: STATE 101170

¶A. Attendance of the Head of State:

Robert G. Mugabe, President

September 25 to October 3, 2007. Exact date/time of

arrival/depature not available.

Grace Mugabe,First Lady, will accompany the President.

No interpretation required.

¶B. Attendance of Head of Government:

(Same as A.)

¶C. Attendance of Foreign Minister:

S.S. Mumbengegwi, Minister of Foreign Affairs

September 23 to October 1, 2007. Exact travel plans not

available.

No spouse will accompany.

No interpretation required.

¶D. Other VIPs:

Francis Nhema, Minister of Environment and Tourism

September 23 to October 1, 2007. Exact travel plans not

available.

No spouse will accompany.

No interpretation required.

Amb. M.S. Kajese, Chief of Protocol

September 23 to October 1, 2007. Exact travel plans not

available.

No spouse will accompany.

No interpretation required.

George Charamba, Secretary for Information and Publicity

September 23 to October 1, 2007. Exact travel plans not

available.

No spouse will accompany.

No interpretation required.

¶E. Attendance of the Foreign Ministry official responsible

for IO affairs:

Amb. Joseph M. Bimha, Secretary for Foreign Affairs

September 23 to October 1, 2007. Exact travel plans not

available.

No spouse will accompany.

No interpretation required.

DHANANI

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Charles Rukuni

The Insider is a political and business bulletin about Zimbabwe, edited by Charles Rukuni. Founded in 1990, it was a printed 12-page subscription only newsletter until 2003 when Zimbabwe's hyper-inflation made it impossible to continue printing.