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DOS Cable re: Letter from the Secretary of State Powell to a UK Member of Parliament Concerning the Detention of UK Citizens at Guantanamo
June 16, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4398 
    
    
      State Department cable with a Letter from the Secretary of State Powell to a UK Member of Parliament concerning the Detention of two (2) UK citizens at Guantanamo. Sec. Powell's response gives assurances that the detainees at Guantanamo are being treated in accordance with the Third Geneva Conventions of 1949, although the detainees are not Prisoners of War (POWs), but rather Enemy Combatants and will be detained until the end of hostilities. Regarding visitation of Guantanamo detainees: the Military authorities permit visits by foreign officials that are essential to law enforcement or for the purposes of intelligence gathering.