UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05761663 Date: 06/30/2015 RELEASE IN PART B6 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Reines, Philippe I Thursday, June 04, 2009 1:23 AM Sullivan, Jacob J Re: OAS--again Because of the time difference, your clips were prepared at midnight Eastern Time so many are still early versions. But what we're seeing online right now look MUCH better this morning than even 5 hours ago - it just took a bit for your statement, our conf call, our pushback, and our travelers to catch up. Many including the Times take a very different tone. And all note Cuba's not in. Mostly, stories are small and seem buried. Original Message From: Reines, Philippe I To: 'Hdr22@clintonemail.com' Cc: Sullivan, Jacob J Sent: Wed Jun 03 18:29:22 2009 Subject: Re: OAS--again I'm usually the pessimist, but I'm not sure this is as dire as it seems in the moment from 10,000 miles away. First, the world/media is fixated on the President's speech, the imagery from Riyadh dominates, there's no Honduras footage of interest, which is key. Speech tomorrow will blanket coverage and extinguish the Cuba stuff, so we just need to weather the night. Second, Tom & Dan did an on the record conf call not long ago and we think they did very well. Dan was especially strong, and he's also speaking to people 1:1 Third, your statement was strong and the reporting will catch up with it, it's only been out 90 minutes. Fourth, we are suffering from two significant tactical problems: 1) you are here and removed 2) our press corps was out of position today and in flight, so the people we worked on all week and the ones likely to skew our way were replaced by reporters not connected to us. The two issues above will be rectified tomorrow in your two interviews - especially Greta who is malleable. We can use that to make a strong case on the principle, and the simple fact Cuba wasn't in the OAS yesterday, and won't be tomorrow. Everyday that passes reinforces that point. The time difference to East Coast will help us in moving whatever is said in these interviews tomorrow. Short term, we started the week showing we can engage with Cuba (mail, migration), and ending it showing we are serious about our redlines Long term, we stood up for human rights and that can only be a plus. 15 UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05761663 Date: 06/30/2015 UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05761663 Date: 06/30/2015 Original Message From: H To: 'preinest Sent: Wed Jun 03 18:11:59 2009 Subject: OAS--again Sullivan, Jacob i Well, Philippe looks right again. CNN is reporting this as being done against my wishes. Any way to salvage? 16 UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05761663 Date: 06/30/2015 B6