US embassy cable - 10DUSHANBE82

MAYOR MEETS AMBASSADOR, CONFIRMS EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE
Identifier: 10DUSHANBE82
Origin: Embassy Dushanbe
Created: 2010-01-15 11:18:00
Classification:
Tags: PGOV PREL PHUM TI
VZCZCXRO8937
RR RUEHDBU
DE RUEHDBU #0082/01 0151118
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
R 151118Z JAN 10
FM AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1144
INFO RUCNCIS/CIS COLLECTIVE
RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL 0389
RUEHDBU/AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE 2523
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 DUSHANBE 000082

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 1/15/2020
TAGS: PGOV, PREL, PHUM, TI
SUBJECT: MAYOR MEETS AMBASSADOR, CONFIRMS EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE

CLASSIFIED BY: Ken Gross, Ambassador, EXEC, DoS.
REASON: 1.4 (b), (d)
1. (C) Summary: In a platitude-ridden meeting, Dushanbe Mayor
Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloev said upcoming elections would be free and
fair, that contributions to the Roghun Dam were voluntary, and
that the losses suffered by the United States in Afghanistan
were felt by Tajiks as their own. Ubaidulloev asked for help in
getting Tajik students admitted to Harvard University, but
effectively declined to help find a new location for an American
Corner in Dushanbe. He asserted the existence of life on other
planets, caveating this by noting that we should focus on
solving our problems on Earth. End Summary.